What is Resource & Referral?

Our mission is to help parents find appropriate child care; to assist family child care homes and centers in offering quality child care; to promote a child care system that meets the needs of the community. With a diverse array of child care providers, thousands of referrals to parents, and numerous support services, all services are provided at no charge to families and ECE professionals, and available in English and Spanish. Resource and Referral (R&R) is a core service that started at the conception of Crystal Stairs, Inc. as a non-profit agency in 1980. Crystal Stairs started a Toy Loan Project that would be the genesis and foundation for what we now call the Resource and Referral Early Childhood Education (ECE) Resource Center. Our founders identified early that locating child care for parents was extremely fragmented and desired to be part of the solution. 

Call Resources and Referral at (888) KIDS-247 for more information about our basic services and special projects.

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