NC Subsidized Child Care System

Allows licensed child care centers and family child care homes to receive payment for child care services provided to families who are eligible for child care subsidy services through a locally administered state-supervised voucher system.

Your local department of social services or county child care contacts.

Smart Start Partnerships for Children

Provides support to improve the quality, accessibility and availability of child care for NC children and families. Also provides health and family support services to ensure children are healthy and ready to succeed in school. Services vary by county. Many partnerships provide grants and technical assistance to improve the quality of care.

919.821.7999 or www.ncsmartstart.org for the name/contact of your local partnership.

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Provides reimbursement to licensed caregivers for meals and supplements (snacks) served to children enrolled in a child care center or family child care home.

919.707.5799 or www.nutritionnc.com for information on your local contact.

Self-Help Credit Union

Provides loans to help child care providers get started, expand, buy equipment and real estate, and upgrade quality. Providers serving children receiving subsidy may qualify for a special low-interest loan program.

800.476.7428 or www.self-help.org for more information.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project

Comprehensive scholarships help pay the cost of tuition, books, and travel, may insure paid release time, require compensation incentives and encourage retention for child care providers working on a credential or degree in early childhood education or child development.

Salary supplements that are linked to the education level of participants are paid every six months as long as participants remain in child care program.

A portion of the cost of health insurance is reimbursed in child care programs that have all highly educated staff or participate in the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project.

Child Care Services Association, P.O. Box 231 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 or call 919.967.3272 or www.childcareservices.org

Promotes the reduction of injury, illness, and death from poisonings through public and professional education and scientific research. Promotes universal access to certified regional poison centers

800.222.1222 or http://www.aapcc.org

Promotes safe and healthy environments for children in child care settings. Our toll free number, 1-800-367-2229, is part of the NC Family Health Resource Line. Information, resources, and referrals to the child care communities are provided in both English and Spanish. We provide consultation and technical assistance for Child Care Health Consultants and other professionals working with child care programs.

800.367.2229 or www.healthychildcarenc.org for the name/contact of Child Care Health Consultants and for health and safety information and resource.

Toxic Free NC

An independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization fighting pesticide pollution in North Carolina by advocating for common-sense alternatives that protect our health and environment. Toxic Free NC works with parents, schools, childcare centers and health advocates to replace toxic pesticides with low-cost, common-sense pest management methods.

919.833.1123 or This page has been visited 311644 time(s).
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