Child Care Services Association

Through direct services, research and advocacy, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) works to ensure that all children have the best start in life. For more than 45 years, CCSA has promoted high-quality child care for children ages birth-12 years old. Research has demonstrated that quality early care and education lays the foundation for a lifetime of successful learning, and CCSA works with thousands of families and early childhood professionals each year to guarantee that all children receive the best possible early care and education. Through direct services, research and advocacy, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) works to ensure that all children have the best start in life. CCSA provides a nutrition program for children in child care settings, free referral services to families seeking child care, low-cost training for early care and education providers, and quality improvement assistance to child care businesses. CCSA’s T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project provides educational scholarships to early childhood educators in every county in North Carolina and licenses the program to 23 other states and D.C. The Child Care WAGE$® Project provides salary supplements to child care providers throughout NC and is licensed in two other states.