Our Child Development Services Department focuses on the needs of parents, teachers, professional child care providers, and others who care for and educate young children. We offer a broad range of services aimed at helping families and caregivers provide the best possible care to their children (click the links below to learn more):

• Voluntarily Registered Family Day Home

• Professional Development Training

• KIDCare® Training Academy
• Special Needs Training
• KIDCare® STAR Van
• Professional Development Counseling
• Unregulated Child Care Providers
• Early Childhood Development Training

• Child Care Resource and Referral Service

• USDA Child Care Food Program

Our Child Development Services Department has been approved by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for professionals working in early childhood care and education. Our first course, offered for one CEU credit, was "Promoting Social Emotional Competence." Additional courses are being offered on an ongoing basis. Please contact Karen Sweeney or Janet Burke for more information.

Click here to read some tips for observing children.

Click here to view the Resource Guide for Early Care Professionals.