Oklahoma Child Care Resource And Referral Association

Programs: The oklahoma child care resource and referral association (occrra) is the lead organization to guide and administer a statewide network of child care resource and referral agencies (ccr&r). The network serves communities by providing information, referrals, assistance, and consulting that improves the quality, affordability, and accessibility of licensed child care. In fiscal year 2018, the network supported families by serving 4,379 children ages 0-12 throughout the state of oklahoma with free child care referrals and by responding to 1,893 free online requests to find quality child care to meet their needs. The ccr&r network supports child care programs and providers by offering free consultation to enhance the quality of care. While assisting providers in their efforts to offer age-appropriate learning experiences in a healthy, safe environment that meets licensing requirements, the network offers support and best practices on how to provide a quality early learning environment. This environment is linked to oklahoma core competencies and early learning guidelines. This year the network provided 1,128 hours of technical assistance to child care providers; and offered 1,019 hours of certified training which was completed by 5,789 participants. Each year we provide up-to-date data and reports on child care for each of oklahomas 77 counties along with a cumulative for the entire state. Occrras child care and early education portfolio containing this data is published on our website annually and a state summary is printed for distribution bi-annually. We are proud to keep community leaders informed on what child care looks like in their neighborhood and to enable decision-makers to create better policies for continuous improvements in oklahomas child care system. With dedication the occrra network works to support a child care system that serves all of oklahomas children.