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Child Care Aware Wayfinder - United Community Action Partnership

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Resource Name:Child Care Aware Wayfinder - United Community Action Partnership

address

101 Vesta Street South, Cosmos, MN 56228

Eligibility

Parents and families who are residents of Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, and Renville counties

Required documents

None

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(800)992-1710

Voice

·

Toll-Free

(888)291-9811

Voice

·

Intake

Application process

Call

Fees

None

Service area

Kandiyohi County, MN Mcleod County, MN Meeker County, MN Renville County, MN

Child Care Aware is a statewide early childhood education program providing early child care resources, information, tools, and navigation to network with other child care programs. Programs include:

- Child Care Assistance Wayfinder: One-stop navigation network to help individuals interested in starting a child care program

- Early childhood professional resources, grants, and scholarships

- Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN): Unlicensed care provided by a relative, friend, or someone in the community

- Parent Aware: A quality rating system for child care centers and family centers and directory tool to locate a child care or family center

Last Assured

01/05/2026

Providing organization

United Community Action Partnership

Community action agency providing programs such as affordable housing, child development, emergency financial assistance for rent/mortgage, homeless shelter, basic needs, transportation, and weatherization to nine counties across southwest Minnesota