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.
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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.
Important Tax Alert/Relief information resource link from Comptroller Franchot’s Office!
Important Tax Alert/Relief information resource link from Comptroller Franchot’s Office! As many child care businesses have applied for and received pandemic related grants and loans, MSCCA has asked Comptroller for info to share with child care community as a resource related to tax implications. The last round of federal American Rescue direct...
Resources
News and Articles
Letter to the ECE Community
A letter from the State Superintendent of Schools, Karen B. Salmon, PhD. Read Letter
A Note to MSCCA Conference by the Sea 2020 Participants About COVID19:
On behalf of the Maryland State Child Care Association Board of Directors and Professional Development Committee, we make the health and well being of all participating in our annual Conference by the Sea a priority. Our thoughts are with those impacted by the novel...
We Need Your Voice: Share the Successes of Child Care and Non Public Nursery Schools
It’s time to recognize child care programs/nursery preschools play an important role in successfully educating birth to 5 years. Click here to read the State Kindergarten Readiness data report for 2018-2019 Please review this report and share the successes of child...
Maryland’s 2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results Stay Consistent
Excerpt from MSDE Please read linked PDF for the complete letter MSDE Release- KRA 2019 Data BALTIMORE (February 25, 2020) – Maryland's 2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) results show that the percentage of Maryland kindergartners demonstrating readiness...
We have to Make Our Voices Heard: SB 1000 & HB 1300
Now is time to keep communication going with legislators ASAP all week long. They are making decisions over next few weeks and we MUST flood their offices with emails, phone calls and visits or their office of time allows. We have to make our voices heard. MSCCA is...
Kirwan Bill HB1300-SB1000 Prekindergarten Sections
MSCCA has been able to make an impact in some of the legislation, but will submit more amendments on Monday at the Hearing. Will share our amendments on our legislative page! Please feel free to contact your legislators and let them know how this will impact you....
The Right Way to Meet Kirwan’s Universal Pre-K Goal
By Christina Peusch We urge you to contact your legislators! Click here http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/members/district They need to hear from you !!! MSCCA will testify and ask for amendments. We need your voice to make a bigger impact as this will impact your...
MSCCA Op/Ed on Universal Pre-K
MSCCA recently submitted an Op/Ed to the Baltimore Sun on Jan. 9, 2020. The Sun has agreed to run this article but we also wanted to share the article with our members and social media followers. The Kirwan legislation Senate Bill 1000 dropped at the end of last week....
Testimony: State FY 2021 Budget for the MSDE, Division of Early Childhood Development
Testimony: State FY 2021 Budget for the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood Development Education and Economic Development Subcommittee February 3, 2020 MSCCA budget hearing testimony Feb 3, 2020 MSCCA acknowledges and appreciates all...
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