Looking for Child Care?

Please contact Childcaring at 800-628-8534 before completing an internet referral as you are eligible for an enhanced referral. With an enhanced referral you will receive detailed information about child care providers that have openings.

For more information click here.

Search Online Directory Simply enter your information and you will receive a computer-generated list of regulated child care providers.

Call or stop in at our office to meet with a referral specialist who can help you search for regulated child care programs that best meet your needs. 

Watch this video to learn about how CCR&R Agencies are just a phone call away to support you in your child care search

• Walk In My Shoes: If your children could look for QUALITY child care, this is what they would want to know
  • (Spanish) Camina en mis Zapatos
• Interview Questions: In-Person & Over the Phone
• Your Child Care – Is It Legal? Information to help families determine whether a child care program must be licensed.
  • (Spanish) Cuidado Infantil: ¿es legal? Aquí tiene información que lo ayudará a determinar si su centro de cuidado infantil debe tener licencia.
• Type of Child Care Regulation
• YoungStar: Wisconsin’s child care quality rating and improvement system
  • (Spanish) YoungStar Brinde a su hijo un gran comienzo.
• How to Read the Stars Understanding YoungStar child care quality ratings.
  • (Spanish) Cómo leer las estrellas. Entender las calificaciones de calidad del cuidado infantil de YoungStar.

• The provider is warm, caring, and enjoys their work. They believe every child is valuable and can do well.
• The provider understands how children develop, listens carefully to children, answers their questions, and respects their feelings.
• The provider receives regular training to improve their skills.
• The children are safe, relaxed and comfortable. They are read to daily and are happy and actively involved in play or group activities.
• The parents are welcome to visit and have opportunities to participate in the program. They are respected and receive help or support if needed.

Learning begins at birth. Each day, over 200,000 children are learning in child care programs throughout Wisconsin. Approximately 84,000 children are learning in Wisconsin Head Start and kindergarten classrooms daily. Over 70% of young children spend time in early education and care outside their homes.

• Early learning is important because the brain develops most rapidly during the first years of life.
• Quality early learning experiences pave the way for success in school.
• The opportunities we provide to all children today shape who they will become tomorrow.
• Children who have quality early care and learning experiences are more likely to be successful as adults.

Caregivers trained in early education are critical to building young minds

• A child’s caregiver has the single greatest impact on the quality of his or her early care and learning experiences.
• Consistent, well-trained, nurturing caregivers plan activities that benefit children at each age and level of development.

The future of our community depends on what we do for all our children today.