Choosing a Child Care Provider

Child Care Aware, a partnership for quality child care, recommends five steps to finding quality care.

1. Look: Do the caregivers enjoy talking and playing with children? Do they talk with each child at the child’s eye level?
2. Listen: What does the setting sound like? Is it calm? Dull? Loud? Do the children sound happy? Involved? What about the caregiver’s voices? Are they cheerful? Patient?
3. Count: How many children are in the caregivers’ care? The fewer children, the more attention your child will receive.
4. Ask: What experience or training do the caregivers have? Quality caregivers will be happy to answer your questions.
5. Be Informed: At the YWCA Children’s Centers, we welcome your questions. Stop in, watch us in action, ask questions and be informed.

For more information on the quality of care provided by the YWCA Children's Centers, please see our Quality of Care section.