Child Care Connection & Referral Service
Provider Services
Provider Resources and Links
Child Care Connection provides information and assistance to child care providers as they strive to meet the needs of the families they serve. Our staff members are here to help child care providers with the daily questions that occur in early care and education. Whether you are a Family Child Care Provider, a Center Director, Early Childhood Teacher, or School Age Program Staff, we are here to assist and support your efforts to provide high quality programs for children.
Contact our office at (309) 690-7339 or by email.
Especially for Family Child Care Providers:
Print our Free Resource Order Form [pdf] and send it in to receive information for Family Child Care Providers including articles, booklets, and pamphlets about topics such as: Business Management, Health and Safety, Caring for Children and Child Development.
- Child and Adult Care Food Program
- National Association for Family Child Care
- Resources for Child Caring
- Redleaf Press
- Family Child Care Licensing Standards [pdf]
- Group Family Child Care Licensing Standards [pdf]
Other Resources:
- Child Care Aware
- Child Care Exchange
- Child Care Law Center
- Children's Defense Fund
- Everyday TLC
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Gateways to Opportunity
- Illinois Action for Children
- Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Illinois Early Learning Project
- Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
- Internal Revenue Service
- Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children
- Kids Health
- Kids in Danger
- National AfterSchool Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Association of Child Care Professionals
- National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
- National Child Care Association
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Network for Child Care
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
- Ounce of Prevention Fund
- Safe Kids USA
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- University of Illinois Extension Service
- Voices for Illinois Children
- Zero to Three
- Center Licensing Standards [pdf]