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.
MSDE Child Care Scholarship Audits
MSDE has previously sent out two email blast reminders about the need for child care providers to maintain daily sign-in and sign-out sheets and the importance of responding timely to attendance audits. Providers selected for an attendance audit for the 9.13.2021 - 9.26.2021 Service Period have until 11:59 pm on 10.29.2021 to submit their...
Resources
News and Articles
Training of Trainers: Registration Policies
By Innovations in Education, LLC Have you ever sat through a professional development workshop and thought, “I could do that?” Do you have special interests or knowledge of a specific topic that you would like to share with others? This 18-hour training is designed to...
Maryland Family Network Hosts Preparing for Active Shooter
Training for Child Care Providers How can child care providers be prepared in the event that they experience an active shooter at their facility? Maryland Family Network has heard these concerns and is now offering the new emergency preparedness training from Child...
GREAT NEWS – CDA for Credit at Montgomery College
Effective immediately, Montgomery College will be awarding the following coursework when students complete the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program, administered through the Council for Professional Recognition: 3 credits for EDUC119,...
Newsletter Submission
We are accepting newsletter submissions. Please fill out the attached PDF form and return. Newsletter Submission Request Form 2018
Children’s Miracle Network Fundraiser
In February the Johns Hopkins Hospital sponsors a radio campaign for donations, and each year MSCCA coordinates a state-wide campaign within the preschool community to collect additional donations online. This is a great cause and part of our "Children Helping...
Child Care Management Software Online Survey
Opportunities Exchange has asked that we forward this survey to our providers. The survey is recommended for anyone using child care management software. Please see information regarding the survey along with the link to the survey below: Opportunities Exchange is...
Children’s Advocacy: WE CAN HELP YOU GET THERE!
WE CAN HELP YOU GET THERE! The Organization of Child Care Directors of Montgomery County, the Family Child Care Association of Montgomery County, Montgomery College’s Early Childhood Education Club, Maryland Early Childhood Professionals, & the Maryland State...
Submitting of Subsidy Survey for Professional Activity Unit (PAU)
Maryland Child Care Credentialing Program Process for submitting the Subsidy Survey to be awarded 1 Professional Activity Unit (PAU) Center Please note that only one Center Staff will be awarded a PAU for completing the survey • Center Staff must sign and date Survey...
Fingerprinting Reimbursements Updates
Information from TJ Bennett, Legislative Liaison/Program Developer, MSDE/DECD/Office of Child Care on fingerprinting reimbursements: As of February 1, we will no longer accept an incomplete invoice, or any invoice that does not contain all of the required information...
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