CHILD CARE RESOURCE

25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES!

Child Care Resource is a non-profit organization serving Chittenden County families since 1984. Originally called Child Care Resource & Referral, we were founded as the result of a United Way Task Force study on child care needs. At that time, nationally and in Vermont, women were entering the work force in large numbers. 

With parents at work, more and more children needed programs that would provide nurturing care and learning opportunities.  Families needed help finding programs, including after school care and summer camps.  Employers recognized that it was in their interest to assist employees with the child care needs.  Some of our original funding was from employer contracts for Search & Referral services.

CCR archive document 1982-1984

Children attending programs qualified for federally-funded meal programs. CCR became the local sponsor for the federal Child Care Food Program for family child care homes. Additional employer contracts for Search & Referral services were added as a valued employee benefit for employees in and around Chittenden County. Click here for the current list of employers offering a child care search benefit.

Since 1984 we have helped more than 30,000 families find child care. Today there are about 6,700 children enrolled in some form of child care or afterschool program in Chittenden County. CCR serves more than 2,000 of these children each month.

75% of our clients are low and moderate-income families who struggle to make ends meet. Each month, the Child Care Food Program makes possible more than 25,000 meals for 725 hungry children in Chittenden County.

Child Care Resource is located in Williston, Vermont with an office on Commerce Street and the NAEYC-accredited Williston Children's Center located in the Williston Federated Church.