Child Care Aware Wayfinder - United Community Action Partnership
101 Vesta Street South, Cosmos, MN 56228
Eligibility
Parents and families who are residents of Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, and Renville counties
Hours
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(888)291-9811
Voice·
Intake Language Assistance Line
(800)992-1710
Voice·
Child Care Aware
Interpretation services
Language assistance line in English, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish
Application process
Call
Service area
Kandiyohi County, MN
Mcleod County, MN
Meeker County, MN
Renville County, MN
Other Information
Languages
- Somali
- Spanish
- Hmong
Program Fees
- No Fee
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
What's Here
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