Parent Organization: Orchard Place
Location Information
808 5th Avenue, Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone 5152442267 | Fax 5152441922
The mission of Child Care Resource & Referral of Iowa (CCR&R) is to actively respond to community needs for affordable and accessible quality child care by providing resources, education and advocacy for children, parents, child care providers, and employers. CCR&R is a program to support quality child care throughout the State of Iowa. CCR&R is available to assist families in selecting child care providers who best meet the needs of a child and their family. Child Care Consultants provide on-site consultation to licensed preschools, centers, non-registered home providers, and Child Development Home providers.
Services:
Services provided online, over the phone or at child care settings. Referral provides services to:
- Assist parents in choosing child care to meet their priorities
- Maintain and increase the quality of child care and services
- Increase community interest in child care and provide a structure for child care planning
Eligibility:
Parents seeking child care providers
Intake Process:
Call 855-244-5301 Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, or visit www.iowaccrr.org for referrals and resources
Payment:
No Cost to Participant
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Appointment Needed: Yes
Program: Child Guidance
Child Guidance Center provides evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment for children with behavioral, learning, organizational, or emotional problems. Staff includes professionals from the following disciplines: psychiatrists, residents in psychiatry, psychiatric nurses, clinical social workers, educational consultants, speech and language pathologists, psychologists, occupational therapists, and activity therapists.
Services:
-Evaluation -Diagnosis -Treatment recommendations -Educational materials
Eligibility:
Services are available to children, age two through 18, with behavioral, learning, organic, or emotional problems.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Appointment Needed: Yes
Program: Healthy Child Care Iowa (HCCI)
Healthy Child Care Iowa supports registered nurse child care health consultants (CCHC) throughout Iowa. The child care nurse consultants provide on-site consultations, technical assistance, and training to child care providers. Businesses may call or send questions to a child care nurse consultant about health and safety policies, health programs, health of personnel, and specific child health or safety issues.
There is also a toll-free talkline available to child care providers and families for health related questions and to be connected to a child care nurse consultant. The Healthy Families Hotline number is 1.800.369.2229. Multiple language interpretation is available.
Services:
- Assessment of the child care environment for health and safety policy and practices
- Review of child health portion of enrollment record for health status of child, and identify overall health and safety needs of the whole group of children enrolled in child care
- Program planning with child care providers to meet the National Health and Safety Standards for Out-of-Home child care
- Issues specific consultation for identification of health and safety needs
- Technical assistance for specific problems or need areas
- Training of child care providers on health and safety issues
- Assist child care providers in drafting policy or procedures pertaining to health and safety
- Audit of immunization records, incident reports, etc.
Services are provided in licensed child care centers, registered child development homes, preschools, Head Start or Early Head Start, and non-registered child care homes.
Eligibility:
Services are available to all Iowa child care providers and families.
Intake Process:
Contact your local Child Care Nurse Consultant or Child Care Resource and Referral.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Appointment Needed: Yes