Through our partnerships with many child care resources, the Early Childhood Council of the San Luis Valley has compiled many resources useful to care providers and parents. These links will take to a variety of child care websites dedicated to providing excellent information to both parents and providers...Enjoy!

–» Qualistar.org
Educare.org and CORRA.org merged together and formed Qualistar.org (formerly CORRA) a non-profit organization dedicated to coordinating a statewide system of organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality, training and availability of child care in Colorado and to promoting character education in schools and communities. Qualistar's (formerly Educare's) main purpose is to make children aware that their character is their real strength, and that all other acquisitions such as wealth and education is of no real value without character. The Qualistar (formerly Educare) program and its lesson plans are built around this purpose.

–» SmartStartColorado.org
Smart Start Colorado partners are state and local early childhood councils, agencies, organizations and associations working together to create a better system of early childhood supports and services for children birth to age eight and their families.

–» ColoradoKids.org
The Colorado Children's Campaign researches child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes accountability and action to improve the health, education, safety, and economic security of Colorado's children.

–» NCSmartStart.org
Smart Start is a public-private initiative that provides early education funding to all of the state's 100 counties. Smart Start funds are administered at the local level through local nonprofit organizations called Local Partnerships. The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) is the statewide nonprofit organization that provides oversight and technical assistance for local partnerships. Services at the local level range depending on local needs. Funding for Smart Start is currently $192 million in state funds. Smart Start has raised more than $200 million in donations since it began.

–» NACCRRA.org
NACCRRA is the national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the US. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care.