While most children live in secure environments and reach young adulthood healthy both emotionally and physically, we know that the opportunity to become productive members of society eludes thousands of Wyoming children.
We challenged you to Step Up for Children on September 16th at the Capital or at your local county courthouse and many of you did!
Related Links
Wyoming Department of Family Services — Division of Early Childhood has information regarding licensing and child care subsidy.
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services — WY Quality Counts has information regarding educational scholarships.
National Association for the Education of Young Children works to promote excellence in early childhood education.
Zero to Three is the nation’s leading resource on the first years of life.
The Health and Safety E-News Newsletter is an electronic newsletter provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics Child Care and Health Partnership program to offer child care providers information on evidence-based practices that promote the health and safety of children in child care.
Parent Information Center (PIC) is a statewide center that offers support, information and training on special education and disability issues to Wyoming families of children with disabilities and/or special health care needs from birth to 21.
Parent Education Network (PEN) is statewide center that offers information and support to families so that they might be more actively engaged in their children’s education and learning. PEN provides fact sheets and resources on parenting and educational issues in Wyoming.
Children & Nutrition Services provides Child Care Finder and the Child and Adult Care Food programs.
Nutrition and Child Development provides Child and Adult Care Food programs.
Everyday TLC,the leading child care resource, is a theme-based online newsletter full of hands-on learning activities you can enjoy with the children you care for everyday.
The Council for Professional Recognition (CDA), headquartered in Washington, DC, operates the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program. Focusing on the skills of early child care and education professionals, the program is designed to provide performance based training, assessment, and credentialing of child care staff, and family child care providers. The CDA Program represents a national effort to credential qualified early child hood educators who work with children from birth through age 5.
WCAA coordinates with Wyoming community colleges to offer courses preparing the provider to:
- Meet CDA training or formal child care education requirements
- Document competency of the CDA Competency Standards, and
- Successfully complete the CDA Assessment process.