The Contra Costa Child Care Council is a private, nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Our mission is to provide leadership to promote and advance quality care and early education.

For 35 years, the Child Care Council has been in the business of ensuring that Contra Costa's children achieve their full potential. As the only child care resource and referral agency serving all of Contra Costa, we are at the center of the child care delivery system. Through a wide range of services and programs, we partner with parents, child care providers, businesses, and the community to promote quality care and early education so that children are ready for school and parents can work.

The Contra Costa Child Care Council provides free or low cost programs and services designed to support and empower parents and child care providers so that children, families and communities benefit. Through community-based offices in Richmond, Concord and Antioch, the Child Care Council provides services, such as:

• Free child care referrals
   
• Parent education and resources to help families make the best child care choices
   
• Financial assistance to low-income working families to make quality child care services more accessible
   
• Child health, nutrition and safety education
   
• Child care provider training and development to help them build sustainable businesses and to provide quality, healthy, and age-appropriate care
   
• Public education and advocacy