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.
Outreach – Be Prepared!
BE PREPARED! 1.) Child Care Providers must maintain daily sign-in and sign-out sheets in order to receive payment from the Child Care Scholarship Program. Child Care Providers must develop processes that ensure parents sign their children in/out of your child care program. If your invoice is selected for an Invoice/Attendance Audit and you cannot...
Resources
News and Articles
Scholarship Opportunity for Early Ed Students at Montgomery College
Applications for Scholarships for Early Education students and prospective students at Montgomery College are now being accepted. Click Here to learn more on how you can take advantage of this opportunity.
W-9 Form for Providers
If providers have never had payment from the State before and are not in the statewide FMIS system, they will need to submit a W-9 form with their packets. They can't get paid until it is received. Here is the link to a printable version of the form:...
Maryland Child Care Credential Program Application Form
Update from the Maryland State Department of Education Credentialing Branch: Please be advised that effective January 1, 2018, we will no longer accept the Maryland Child Care Credential Program application form that was revised 10/15. The newly revised application...
Clarification of When to Get Printed
Clarification of when to get printed: Anyone who was printed before September 22, 2012 MUST be printed NOW. Anyone printed after September 22, 2012 follow the fingerprinting schedule. *Exception - if you were printed on September 22, 2017 to date - you are already...
Information Regarding Background Checks for Out-of-State
Out of state clarifications in CBC and sex offender registry below from MSDE: Remind providers who fall into this category that they are not ONLY seeking to obtain a criminal background check. They must ALSO obtain information on the State sex offender registry, and a...
Mass Fingerprinting News
Information from TJ Bennett, Legislative Liaison/Program Developer MSDE/DECD/Office of Child Care regarding new fingerprinting requirements: Some of the fingerprint vendors have expressed a willingness to travel to locations to do mass fingerprinting. I believe the...
Non-Criminal Justice Applicant Privacy Rights Form
Information from Maryland State Department of Education regarding new form: CJIS is requiring that every person (family, large family home, center, LOC) who works in child care, or who is required to be fingerprinted, sign and return the attached form to their Office...
Maryland Department of Health – H3N2v Variant Influenza (Flu) Guidance
The 2017-2018 influenza (flu) season is underway, and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) urges schools, child care centers and family child care homes to take precautions to protect children from seasonal flu, as well as a type of flu called H3N2v variant flu. In...
Flu News From American Academy of Pediatrics
Click Here to Read the latest information on flu shots from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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