The Quality Counts Literacy-based program is a unique literacy program designed for child care providers. This program is available to ALL child care providers- licensed or license-exempt, big or small, home or center!!!
The Quality Counts Coordinator will visit your home or center to present a story (complete with props and songs) and provide a craft for the children to make. Some common activities include:
To sign up for the Quality Counts Literacy Program- contact our coordinator at deanna@wcccc.com or call our office! Hurry! Space is limited!
The Quality Rating System (QRS) assists Illinois child care programs in providing quality care for children and their families. This initiative is funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). This voluntary System is available to License-Exempt Family Child Care Providers, Licensed Family/Group Home Child Care Providers, and Licensed Centers. License-Exempt Centers will need to become licensed to participate in QRS. Providers do not need to be serving children eligible for the IDHS Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in order to participate in QRS.
The system offers progressive levels which providers can achieve depending on the type of care they provide. Specific quality criteria must be met to achieve a level. Once a child care provider has met the required criteria for a level, they will be recognized for their achievement and will receive a quality add-on rate to the CCAP standard daily reimbursement rate for any approved CCAP children they are caring for.
Interested providers can attend a QRS Orientation offered by West Central Child Care Connection. Attendance at an Orientation is required for any provider who applies to QRS. Please check our training calendar for training dates, times, and locations. The application process for QRS is administered by the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (INCCRRA).
For more details and the application please contact INCCRRA at 1-800-649-1884 or access their website at www.inccrra.org.
The Quality Counts Grant Program was offered through the Department of Human Services to child care providers in Illinois. These dollars were used to enhance the quality of care in family child care homes and centers, as well as increase the slots available in child care facilities. All homes and centers listed on the West Central Child Care Connection database were eligible to apply.
Family child care homes can apply for a maximum grant of $2,000. Group homes are eligible for up to $2,600. Child care centers have a maximum range of between $5,400-$16,000 depending on their license capacity.
The application process for this fiscal year (June 2009 - July 2010) has ended. If new grant funds become available we will post it on this website and will notify all child care providers on the database by mail. Once a new application is available you will be able to access the "Grant Application & Guidelines" link on the top left of this page to print off an application.
Please contact our Quality Counts Grant coordinator at robin@wcccc.com with any questions!2010 Grant Recipients:
Adams County
Amy Obert
Bonnie Steinkamp
Cheerful Home Child Care & Learning Center
Cheryl Clayton
Denise Taylor
Drenda Curtis
Heather Dodd
Jennifer Arens
Kathleen Moore
Kimberly Doellman
Krista Artman
Lauretto M Eno CCC
Lois Knuffman
Leann Demoss
Lori McClean
Melissa Kinman
PACT for West Central Illinois
Renee Barner
Shelly Collins
Theresa Buchanan
Valerie Schonarth
Brown County
Jenny Sorrells
Jessica Ham
Jessica Mathewson
Lora Llewellyn
Cass County
Dianne Estes
Jennifer Kuhlman
Jessica Monroe
Greene County
Meghan Field
Early Beginnings
Cynthia Tefertiller
Hancock County
Brandy Dooley
Beverly Markey
Annie Kehler
Trudy Kellett
Lynne Kammerer
Jane Moore
Jessica Schrapf
Trista Henry
Tina Lionberger
Melaney Piles
Jolene Howes
Melissa Washburn
Sunbeam Corner
Jersey County
Sonshine Kids Day Care and Learning Center
Pike County
Kandis Hull
Mandy Mellon
Rita Vogelpohl
PACT for West Central Illinois
Schuyler County
Kids -N- Care Daycare and Learning Center
Renda Wallace
Tonia Clark
Tracy Allen
Tarah Eckman
Nicole Zeisler
Amy Ambrosius
Julie Davis
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