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Child Care Aware - 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

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

Program Fees

No Fee

Description

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

01/23/2025

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