Locate Child Care
Childcare Resources’ Resource and Referral Program is a free service that guides families through the process of locating quality child care. Finding child care can be difficult, especially in central Alabama where there are nearly 500 child care programs.
Over the Phone
Call our Family and Community Services Coordinator to assist with your customized search, and to provide available parenting resources.
205-945-0018 Ext. 307
Guide to Choosing Child Care
Our Guide to Choosing Child Care is a comprehensive resource designed for parents seeking the best child care options. Providing essential insights on selecting quality care, this guide covers various types of care settings, licensing requirements, financial aid, and key indicators of quality, along with practical tools like checklists and comparison charts to support families in making informed decisions.
Our trained and dedicated staff understand that this is an important decision for families. We help parents narrow down their child care choices based on their specific needs, location, kind of care, etc., and provide educational materials so they’ll know how to recognize quality child care when they visit potential providers.
Resources
Child Care Affordability Calculator
In Alabama, raising a family with children is expensive. Whether or not a family can afford child care depends on income remaining after paying basic household expenses.
The family calculator, created by Voices for Alabama's Children, allows users to select their county and based on median income for that county, see whether or not a family can access the licensed child care market after paying basic monthly expenses.
The calculator is a policy tool to better understand the challenges families have in accessing child care subsidy. For families who are interested in seeing whether they qualify for child care subsidy, please see the child care subsidy application (English and Spanish) and contact the Child Care Management Agency in your region.
