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The Arizona Child Care Association (ACCA)
ACCA is a non-profit professional trade organization governed by membership through a representative Board of Directors. ACCA is the ONLY organization supporting the specific interest of licensed, private childhood care and education communities in Arizona. Join ACCA today to become better informed about issues that make a difference in your business or organization, gain access to money saving opportunities, great ... [Read more...]
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We need your Help!
Everyone involved with children from the child care providers to parents, we need you to support. To date 11,187 child have been denied subsidy, with 17,000 projected by the end of June. Please show up and show your support (information is below). Read More →
Action Alerts
We need your Help!
Everyone involved with children from the child care providers to parents, we need you to support. To date 11,187 child have been denied subsidy, with 17,000 projected by the end of June. Please show up and show your support (information is below). Read More →
Update on DES Funding
State continues to turn away eligible families
Child Care subsidy for low income working families being phased out One year ago today, on February 18, 2009, the State began turning away eligible families and placing them on a “waiting” (denial)...
10,000 Kids have been turned away from Childcare 12/2/09
10,000 Children Turned Away From Child Care Number of working poor families receiving assistance plummets, Since February, all eligible low income working families who applied for...
Read MoreUpdate on Licensing Fees
CHILD CARE LICENSING FEES AND SB 1315
BACKGROUND: The State had not increased fees for many years. Centers paid $150 fee for a 3 year license. The Auditor General recommended a study of the impact of increasing fees with recommendations...
Empower Pack
Empower Pack is a new opportunity for child care providers. The program empowers children to make good choices about nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco using age-appropriate vehicles including costumed...
Read MoreWelcome New Members
New ACCA Arizona Members
We are excited to announce the newest Arizona Child Care Association members. We are a non-profit organization that represents professional licensed child care providers statewide...
Are You a Member?Partnership with ECEC
Early Care & Education Consortium
The Early Care and Education Consortium is a non-profit alliance of America’s leading providers of quality early learning programs. Consortium members operate over 8,000 licensed centers caring for and educating nearly 800,000 children every day across the country. The Early...
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Member Spotlight
Wayne and Mary Sue Watson, We opened our first center in 1971. We currently own, Children’s Campus ( opened 1982), Children’s Campus Too (opened 2002) and Premier Children’s Center (opened 1999). I have always had a great love and respect for children. In grade school I helped my mother...
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