History
The Child Care Council of Orange Co., Inc. was organized as a Non-Profit Corporation in 1971. The Council was organized to coordinate, assist and promote day care services in Orange County. Original funding was from RECAP and services were referrals to parents and training of child care center staff. In l978 we lost the RECAP funding due to reduced funding to them. Via a group of center directors, we tried work with parents needing child care and to hold trainings at each others site to maintain staff development for about five years. Through the 1980’s we accessed funding of discretionary funds of one our Assemblywomen and hired a director to continue parent referrals, were a resource for Work Family Directions their parent referrals, became a sponsor of USDA and hired another staff person. About then the County started to certify Family Day Care Providers and we were given funding to train providers. With the 1990’s we became stronger, hired additional staff and were awarded the CCR&R contract from NYS DSS and in about 1994 were given the Registrar contract by Orange County. Also, the State started the Tier Training for providers and we were given a contract.
Today we continue all of the above services under contracts from NYS OCFS, NYS DOH CACFP, Orange County DSS, and SUNY Research. We charge minimal fees for enhanced training, work with providers on CDA and SACC credentials, and for program accreditation. We have fourteen (14) staff members and a budget of $1,263,086.
