Those who work in child care and early learning influence the lives of others every day.

Through your knowledge and skills you can change the course of a young life. You can strengthen families and schools and increase the appeal of your community as a place to live, work and raise children. It is important work and quality counts.

Inside this section, you will find services that include professional development, career opportunities and resources for licensing, accreditation and registration. You will also find information about referrals to your program, food and nutrition programs and current news and information about child care and early learning.

	Quality Programs Action for Children is committed to offering a wide variety of quality projects and programs to those professionals working the Early Childhood Education field.  Quality programs are offered for professionals in a variety of settings who serve children birth 12 years.
	Managing a Center-Based Child Care Program Action for Children provides a variety of services to child care centers in Central Ohio. Child care centers may care for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and/or provide before or after school care.
	Managing a Home-Based Child Care Business Ohio is one of a few states that currently does not license all family child care homes. It is important to remember that anyone who does child care in their home can care for no more than 6 children at a time, with no more than three under the age of two years-old. The provider’s own children count until age 6 years.
	Professional Development Research has shown the positive impact adults can have on children’s growth and development when they continue to participate in their own learning about early childhood development.