Child care programs wanting to earn or renew national accreditation can receive services funded by Bright from the Start to help them prepare for and complete the application or renewal process. Through a competitive grant process, Bright from the Start funds technical assistance organizations to help child care programs meet national standards of quality including National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) for child care centers; National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC) for family child care providers; the Council on Accreditation (COA) for after school programs; and other comparable national accrediting organizations.

Accreditation facilitation services, provided free of charge to child care programs, include site visits to assess the program's readiness to participate; assistance to help each program develop an improvement plan; on-site technical assistance; and coaching to help program staff develop skills to achieve and sustain program improvement goals.

Bright from the Start has funded the following organizations to provide accreditation facilitation services. Child care programs interested in learning more about achieving or renewing national accreditation should contact one of the organizations below using the contact information provided.

Helping child care learning centers statewide earn or renew NAEYC accreditation:

• Georgia Association for Young Children
  • 404-222-0014
  • gaycdirector@algxmail.com
  • http://gayconline.org
• Quality Assist, Inc.
  • 404-325-2225
  • info@qassist.com
  • http://qassist.org

Helping child care learning centers, group day care homes, family day care homes, and school-age care programs earn or renew national accreditation:

Child care resource and referral (CCR&R) agencies provide technical assistance and additional accreditation facilitation services in their regions.

• • REGION 1- Child Care Resource and Referral Agency of North Georgia-Quality Care for Children, Inc.
    • 770-387-0828
    • 1-800-308-1825
    • http://www.qualitycareforchildren.org
  • REGION 2 - Child Care Resource and Referral Agency of Metro Atlanta-Quality Care for Children, Inc.
    • 404-479-4200
    • 1-877-722-2445
    • http://www.qualitycareforchildren.org
  • REGION 3 - Child Care Resource and Referral Agency of the Central Region at Macon-Medical College of Georgia
    • 478-751-3000
    • 1-877-228-3566
    • http://www.mcg.edu/ccrr
  • REGION 4 - Child Care Resource and Referral of Southwest Georgia at Albany-Darton College
    • 229-317-6834
    • 1-866-833-3552
    • http://ccrr.darton.edu
  • REGION 5 - Child Care Resource and Referral Agency of Southeast Georgia at Savannah -Savannah Technical College
    • 912-443-3011
    • 1-877-935-7575
    • http://www.ccrrofsoutheastga.org/
  • REGION 6 - Child Care Resource and Referral Agency of East Georgia-Quality Care for Children, Inc.
    • 706-543-6177
    • http://www.qualitycareforchildren.org