General info/history
For over 35 years, Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) has been a non-profit organization in our community working to "ensure positive beginnings for all young children and their families." CCR&R is a resource for parents, child care providers and community members for all aspects of early childhood.
CCR&R is an organization that manages many programs and services devoted to young children and their families, regardless of income levels and background. The list of programs managed by CCR&R is:
- Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Child Care Assistance
- Circle of Parents
- Crisis Nursery
- Head Start
- Resource and Referral
- School Readiness
History
Pioneering a Child Care Resource and Referral Service
- 1970 Study commissioned by the United Fund and Olmsted County Department of Social Services
- 1972 Olmsted County Council for Coordinated Child Care, Inc. (4-C's) established
1970s New Programs Launched
- United Way Nursery School Scholarships
- Child and Adult Care Food Program - Federally funded
- PAIIR - Parents Are Important in Rochester (One of six pilots funded in MN by Early Child and Family Education [ECFE] )
- Parents Anonymous chapter begun — United Way funded
1980s A Decade of Innovation
- Name changed to Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.
- Programs piloted through MN Dept. of Education, Olmsted County, United Way, local employers
- School-Age Child Care Survey identifies 'latch key children' problem …and Building Partnerships to Meet the Needs of Children and Their Families
- Community Education School Age Child Care Program — Funded in part through Wellesley School Age Project
- Head Start Program in Olmsted County 1984; Freeborn County 1985
- IBM purchases child care referral services for employees
- Mayo Medical Center subsidizes child care for low income employees while they are on the wait list for assistance.
1990s A Decade of Growing Needs
- IBM donates funds to build Infant/Toddler Child Care Center for community
- Independent School District #535 contracts with CCR&R to provide School Readiness / Nursery School Partnership
- 1994 Crisis Nursery Program
- 1998 New Building
2000s Service to the Community Continues
- A Kinship Caregiver caseworker added to facilitate the Grandparents, Parenting Again Group and add services to the program.
- Head Start began partnership with Mayo Clinic Pediatric Resident Program. Residents rotate through Head Start in their third year.
- On-going support and implementation of the Incredible Years Curriculum year between Head Start and Olmsted County Children's Mental Health Resource Center occurred.
- CCR&R Head Start selected as an Americorps Early Literacy Site.
Help provide valued services the young children of our community. Over 200 children are on the wait list for Head Start and School Readiness opportunities. Donate now.