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Find affordable, quality child care that fits your needs. Find resources to improve your program and support your business. Find ideas and solutions to enhance child care where you live. Thriving Businesses. Flourishing Communities. Healthy, Happy Children. They’re all products of an equitable and expansive early care and education system. The Problem An expensive, cobbled-together patchwork of programs with shrinking capacity and limited options. The Solution Collaboration with families, innovative pilot programs, increased investment, and inclusive statewide coordination. Learn More What We Do In 2023, Child Care Aware of Kansas connected parents, child care providers, businesses, local and state leaders, and community members to the information and ideas they needed to take action. referrals made to families looking for child care 0 in start-up and health and safety grants awarded to early care and education programs $ 0 licensed child care slots opened through start-up programming 0 Child care challenges are complicated, but you don’t have to solve them alone. By learning about issues and working alongside us — and with others in your community — you can have a significant impact with less effort and fewer resources than you might expect. Your Plan of Action Subscribe Subscribe to email updates to learn more about the problem and solutions. Share Share what you’ve learned with others and contribute ideas of your own. Change Listen to families and providers and take small steps toward addressing needs. Invest Make a monthly gift to invest in effective solutions. Join the Conversation Ideas and Solutions Explore different perspectives and projects from people working to improve child care. Phone a Nurse” When to Call Your CCHC Nurse Consultant May 8, 2024 No Comments Child care providers often face uncertainties. Unsure when to call? Here are 9 instances… Read More » Why Updating Your Provider Profile is Important April 29, 2024 No Comments The information we gather is used to inform parents about child care programs that have openings for their child(ren), based on the parent’s needs. Read More » When Providers Need Medical Help April 18, 2024 No Comments As childcare providers, we are great at making sure that the children we are tasked with taking care of are warm, dry, fed and are safe. Do you have a plan as the provider if you have a medical emergency? 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