Maryland State Child Care Association
Caring for Maryland’s Most Important Natural Resource
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Call: (410) 820- 9196
Email: [email protected]
Conference by the Sea 2024
Thursday, May 2 – Sunday, May 5
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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.
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.
Policy Changes and Improvements to the Child Care Scholarship (CCS) Program
The providers participating in this program are essential and their challenges are real. These challenges range from facing multiple attendance verification audits throughout the year to delayed payments. Further, slow processing of CCS program applications affects the Maryland State Department of Education’s (MSDE’s) ability to provide timely...
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News and Articles
Maryland STEM Fest Upcoming Events
News from our partners at The Maryland STEM Fest: The Maryland STEM Festival runs virtually through November 1st. All events can be found on the website, https://marylandstemfestival.org/ Many events are geared for families with young children. Here are some of those...
MSCCA Virtual Conference 2020: Vision for Diversity!
Don't miss the Maryland State Child Care Virtual Conference 2020 - Vision for Diversity! Registration is open for the safe digital/virtual delivery of Core of Knowledge approved, CEU approved, Continued Training approved sessions from September 24-27, 2020. MSCCA is...
MSCCA Gets a Thank You from Dr Salmon
MSCCA has received a letter from Assistant Superintendent Steven Hicks on behalf of Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon thanking us for our advocacy efforts on behalf of early childhood education in Maryland through our www.SaveMarylandChildCare.org campaign. An excerpt...
Request for Input: Maryland Early Childhood Technology Survey
Sharing from our partners at MSDE: The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is seeking to better understand the technological capacity of early care and education (ECE) stakeholders through the following survey: The survey should only take 10-15 minutes to...
State ECAC June 3rd Virtual Meeting / Meeting Presentations
Sharing from Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood: On behalf of the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood you will find links from the State Early Childhood Advisory Council Virtual meeting on Early...
Save Maryland Childcare: Site Launched
Licensed Child Care Providers Are The Backbone Of Our Economy Maryland May Lose Half of Child Care Supply From Crisis Please visit: SaveMarylandChildCare.org We Need Child Care To Enable Our Economic Recovery, Now And In The Future Now that Governor Hogan has started...
Statement from Christine Peusch, Executive Director of the Maryland State Child Care Association (MSCCA)
“MSCCA appreciates the swift and transparent response from Comptroller Peter Franchot and his office into this problem at the Maryland State Department of Education. We are hopeful that his intervention will speed up and help clear the weeks-long backlog of payments...
Interim Guidance for Use of Cloth Face Coverings in Child Care Programs – Updated April 23, 2020
Interim Guidance for Use of Cloth Face Coverings in Child Care Programs Updated April 23, 2020 Click Image for Full Document
Free Training Provided by MSCCA
As a result of the current crisis and movement of our annual Conference by the Sea to the September time frame, MSCCA will be providing free training in April, May and June to MSCCA members. This training is approved and can be used for Credentialing/Continued...
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