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.
Time Sensitive: Child Care Apprenticeship Assistance Needed
Attention Early Childcare Education Community: Support is needed for a child care apprenticeship program from our partners in Early Childhood Education at Harford Community College. Harford Community College is in the final stages of creating a Child Care Apprenticeship program. This program will provide apprentices with all the training required...
Resources
News and Articles
2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education Now Collecting Data in All 50 States and D.C.
Sharing from the Maryland State Department of Education Office of Child Care. 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education Now Collecting Data in All 50 States and D.C. February 26, 2019 Dear Early Care and Education Colleague: We wanted to let you know that data...
2019 Children’s Mental Health Matters! Campaign
Join the Maryland State Department of Education, Mental Health Association of Maryland, Maryland Coalition of Families, Maryland Department of Health, schools, and programs statewide for the 2019 Children's Mental Health Matters! Campaign from May 5-11! The Campaign...
Market Rate Survey
Maryland’s child care provider organizations work to better the field of early care and education, including work to increase funding to make high quality programs available and affordable for all families. On behalf of MSDE Office of Child Care we are asking that you...
We Need to Make Kindergarten Engaging Again
Please read the important article linked here, shared by MSCCA Board Member Ruthie Claytor and MSCCA Anne Arundel Chapter President that sheds light on the issues with many kindergarten classrooms and how policy makers and public institutions with little knowledge of...
Call for Presenters – 2019 Early Childhood Professional Development Conference All Children Together
Call for Presenters 2019 Early Childhood Professional Development Conference All Children Together Presented by: Abilities Network Project ACT & The Community College of Baltimore County Event Dates: Friday, September 20, 2019 9:00am-3:30pm Saturday, September...
The 2018-2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Report
The traditional greeting of the Maasai people, one of the most accomplished and fabled tribes of Africa, is “And how are the children?” It acknowledges the high value that the Maasai place on their children’s well-being. They hold that no matter the daily struggles we...
The Next Step: Improving Program Quality and Child Outcomes in Maryland
In January 2018, Maryland’s highly influential Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education highlighted the need for the state to ensure that “all early childhood education programs, irrespective of whether they are provided by public agencies or private...
PRESS RELEASE – SPEAKER BUSCH ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
SPEAKER BUSCH ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ANNAPOLIS, MD – House Speaker Michael E. Busch today announced committee assignments for six standing committees in the House of Delegates. The committees are balanced to reflect the demographic, geographic, and party...
MSDE Office of Child Care Contact Information
The Maryland State Department of Education Division of Early Childhood has provided their contact information. MSDE DEC Contact List
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