Learning to Read & Write Begins at Birth.

This brochure will give you a good start to knowing how you and your child's caregiver can best build your child's early reading and writing skills. Find out simple ways for your child to have fun with literacy both in child care and at home. This brochure also provides an Early Literacy Child Care Checklist to help you evaluate the early literacy materials your child's caregiver offers.

Finding Help Paying for Child Care.

This brochure addresses the difficulties many families face in meeting the cost of child care. Find out how you might be able to reduce your child care costs by taking advantage of child care subsidies, tax credits, and exploring alternatives to full-time care.

A Guide for Dads: Give Your Child an Early Lead in Life… Quality Child Care.

Studies show fathers who get involved with their children's care and education make a real difference in their children's success in school and life.

This brochure is written specifically for fathers, to help you get and stay involved with your child's early care and education. In it, you will learn key indicators of child care quality and tips for choosing child care that is right for your child.

Give Your Child Something That Will Last a Lifetime…

Is child care something you need? Then this brochure can help. Especially if you’re looking for the one thing that matters most in child care — QUALITY.

This brochure provides parents with five helpful steps to choosing quality child care. It also includes a checklist to use when choosing a child care home or center.

Choosing Quality Child Care for a Child with Special Needs

In a quality child care environment, caregivers respond positively to differences in children’s abilities, interests and experiences.

This brochure provides parents with important factors to consider when choosing quality child care for a child with special needs. A sample checklist is included.

All in the Family.

Using relatives to care for your children while you work or go to school has some unique issues. Read this brochure to help make this choice a good choice for you, your child and the relative caring for your child.

Matching Your Infant's or Toddler's Style to the Right Child Care Setting.

This brochure offers some guidelines on how to use what you know about your infant or toddler — like personal style and activity level — to select a child care setting that’s just right.

Selecting a Quality After-School Program for Your Child

Concerned about after-school care for your child? This brochure will help you in selecting a quality after-school program. It includes questions to ask yourself along the way as well as a checklist to refer to when looking at a specific program.