Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center

The Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center provides comprehensive child care training services including certification courses, on-site training, training sessions that meet MSDE’s child care licensing requirements, and technical assistance (mentoring) on child-focused issues. For more information, go to www.cccrc.org.

All child care courses are offered by Chesapeake College Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Training in partnership with the Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center.

Other programs managed by the Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center include:

Project Right Steps, a free program to assist parents and child care providers who are dealing with children ages birth through six who have “challenging behaviors”.

The Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund that provides scholarship funds for qualified child care providers who are seeking their Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education. CCCRC provides a counselor who can assist providers who are approved for this scholarship fund.

Chesapeake HELPS!, a free information and referral line that assists callers in finding needed local services in Queen Anne’s County.. Information is provided through a toll-free telephone hotline: 1-888-722-4577 or through the Web at www.chesapeakehelps.org.

The Resource Center is located on the Chesapeake College campus in the Early Childhood Development Building. Resource Center Hours: 8:30 am to 5 pm.

For more information, please call:

Peg Anawalt - Executive Director, 410-822-5400, ext. 2357
Donna Berger - Early Childhood Program Coordinator, 410-822-5400, ext. 2339
Deanna Tobin - Training and Technical Assistance Specialist, 410-822-5400, ext. 2353
Lesley Fallon - Career and Professional Development Fund Counselor, 410-822-5400, ext. 2358
Denise Taylor-Turner - Project Right Steps Coordinator, 410-822-5400, ext. 2321
Chris Perkins Chesapeake HELPS! Coordinator 410-822-5400, ext. 2325

In a continuing effort to meet the goal of quality, developmentally appropriate child care, every training course conducted through Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center will include discussion about inclusive care and focus on meeting the needs of individual children served in early care settings.