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Shape NC
CCSA is proud to present this report on Year 1 of Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children. Thanks to our supporters and participating families and centers, we are building a strong foundation for the health and happiness of our youngest children. Read the report here.
AWARD$
Infant-Toddler Educator AWARD$ (AWARD$) provides education-based salary supplements to low paid teachers working full-time in infant-toddler classrooms in North Carolina. The program is designed to better compensate and retain well-educated teachers working with our youngest children. Click here to learn more.
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Professional Development

Child Care Services Association offers a variety of professional development opportunities to support high-quality services and encourages providers to enroll in early childhood courses at local community colleges or universities. Our professional development calendar describes CCSA’s workshops and workshops offered by other organizations.

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T.E.A.C.H. National
The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® National Center provides leadership in the early childhood education field to states across the country, and to our nation’s policymakers, on the critical importance and value of an educated, well-paid and stable early childhood workforce to ensure the long term success of our nation’s children in school and in life.

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WAGE$ NC

Are you an early childhood educator? If so, you deserve better compensation for the job you do and the Child Care WAGE$® Program was created with that in mind. Click here to learn more about our education-based salary supplement program and how you can put more money in your pocket.
T.E.A.C.H. NC

The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Program addresses the issues of under-education, poor compensation and high turnover in the early childhood workforce. T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® provides educational scholarships to early care professionals and those who perform specialized functions in the early care system.

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Welcome to Child Care Services Association

We are excited to be a part of the proven success of early care and education programs. Through research, services and advocacy, Child Care Services Association realizes improvements to the child care system throughout North Carolina and across the country. As a national nonprofit agency and United Way member, we are proud to be a leader and innovator in strengthening the early care and education system.

Why Should You Care About Child Care?

Before first grade, a child may spend 10,000 hours in a child care program. Each of those hours is critical: research tells us that children who attend a good early education program in the first five years of life are most likely to be in a highly skilled job or in college at age 21… | MORE |

Shape NC

AWARD$

Discover why parents spend so much on child care, but early childhood educators earn so little.

Professional Development

T.E.A.C.H. National

WAGE$ NC

T.E.A.C.H. NC

Welcome to Child Care Services Association

Why Should You Care About Child Care?