Maryland State Child Care Association
Caring for Maryland’s Most Important Natural Resource
Contact Information
Call: (410) 820- 9196
Email: [email protected]
Welcome!
The Maryland State Child Care Association (MSCCA) is the premiere professional association for licensed child care and early learning centers operating in Maryland and for associated businesses and individuals that support the mission of the Association.
Mark Your Calendars!
Conference by the Sea 2025
May 1st to 4th
The Ashore Hotel and Conference Center
Ocean City, MD
Business Membership
We thrive from the support of business members through their membership, event sponsorship, donations, and industry support to our centers.
News from Child Care Central
CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT DIRECTLY TO CHILD CARE CENTRAL USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 410-229-0145
Mail: Child Care Central, PO Box 598 Baltimore Maryland 21203
For questions pertaining to your credential, please contact Child Care Central: 877-355-1229
Maryland Child Care Mapping
MFN and Upfront, a software company that validates and provides access to childcare data, developed a real-time interactive mapping tool to make data about the availability of care more transparent. The map breaks down to hyper local information and type of program so government officials and policymakers will be able to better understand where childcare deserts are throughout the state or even by neighborhood. Historically, this type of data is only updated yearly and has never been built to this scale in a public-facing tool. By making this type of childcare data transparent, policymakers have valuable information to support initiatives for the regions that need it most.
Membership Directory
View our membership directory for centers, school age, and individuals.
Statewide Virtual Child Care Town Hall – January 29th
Join the first of multiple virtual statewide Town Halls with one click from home and share your important support for child care! Maryland has a significant surplus of money and in order to build a stronger, more equitable, effective, efficient child care system that works for children, parents, and child care businesses, we need to raise...
Resources
News and Articles
New Eligibility for Child Care Financial Assistance
Information from the Maryland State Department of Education on Child Care Subsidies Do you need help with the cost of child care? You may be eligible for financial assistance if: • You are a resident of Maryland; • You are working; attending school, participating in...
2018 Compass Government Relations Partners Election Recap
Read the full election recap here.
Child Care Career & Professional Development Fund (CCCPDF)
Montgomery College is now working on preparing new applicants to apply for the Child Care Career & Professional Development Fund (CCCPDF)! New applicants must be working in child care or family child care to qualify. The CCCPDF deadline is March 1, 2019, and we...
New Eligibility and Reimbursement Rates for Child Care Subsidies
News from the Maryland State Department of Education! New eligibility and reimbursement rates which will allow more access and equity for Marylanders. Find out more...
PDG B-5 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
The United States Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the United States Department of Education held a Webinar and Q&A concerning Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Link to the...
Update on Lead Poisoning Levels in Maryland
Good news from the Maryland Department of the Environment on Lead Poisoning Levels in Maryland. Lead poisoning in Maryland drops to lowest recorded levels, testing increases dramatically under state initiative. Read Press Release! Read the Maryland Department of the...
MSDE to Meet Oct 23rd
Maryland State Board of Education to Meet on Tuesday, October 23 From MSDE Alert BALTIMORE (October 18, 2018) – The Maryland State Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 23 at the Maryland State Department of Education, 200 W. Baltimore...
MSCCA Fall Newsletter
Our fall newsletter is now available and is chock full of great information! Read our 2018 Fall Newsletter!
MSDE Release – PROHIBITION OF SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES PREK TO 2
The Maryland State Department of Education has released information on Maryland General Assembly Senate Bill 651 (Chapter 843) Public Schools – Suspensions and Expulsions which amended Education Article §7-305. This bill, which became effective in 2017, prohibited a...