Looking For DC Child Care? WCDC Can Help!

The Washington Child Development Council (WCDC) operates the District of Columbia's Child Care Information, Resource and Referral Service. The service, providing computerized data on all licensed child care facilities located in DC, is provided free of charge to any person seeking placement of their child or children in child care centers, family child care homes, or before and after school programs. WCDC also has information on services for handicapped child as well. All counseling is done over the phone, providing immediate help to the parent or guardian, and additional information is fax and/or mail to callers. Assistance is offered to parent groups, and various organizations and individuals across the city in developing early childcare and education programs. Call 202-387-0002.

"WCDC's Child Care Referral Counselors were very helpful in informing us about the child care options in D.C. and within days our daughter was happily attending her new center."

(DISCLAIMER) This grant is funded by the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)/Office of Early Childhood Education, with funds from the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to provide Child Care Resource and Referral Services (CCR&R).