The Tender Times newsletter includes conference dates, upcoming classes & training information,  ideas & recipes, provider recognition, and the latest on child care issues. This valuable resource is published and distributed quarterly.

For information on how you can obtain a copy click here.

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The 6th Annual Child Care Professional Development Conference, "Imagine A Day" will be held Saturday, October 11, 2008 on the SLCC-South City Campus. The keynote speaker will be "Mr. Gordon" from Sesame Street! Registration booklets will be mailed out in August.

For more information, visit the CCPDI website.

The Utah Office of Child Care SnapShot Annual Report discusses the progress that has been made throughout the past year. The Annual Report for 2008 also contains information on child care subsidy as well as the quality and supply of child care in the state of Utah.

View the SnapShot Report

Child Care Resource & Referral, Western Region serves eleven Southern Utah counties - Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Washington, and Wayne. Click here for other Utah counties.

Click here for driving directions to our St. George and Cedar City offices.

We offer the following services:

Services for Families

• Free referrals to and information about child care programs, tailored to meet families' specific child care needs
• Free information on how to choose quality child care, given over-the-phone, through-the-mail and on-line
• Free child care data and contact information to programs that support families

Services for Providers

• Start-up support, including grants, for new child care providers
• Free listings on our referral database
• Low- or no-cost training to instruct and encourage providers and center staff in offering quality child care
• Unlimited access to curriculum lending library and children's books
• Free quarterly newsletter featuring upcoming training, grant opportunities, and activities for children

Services for Community and Business Partners

• Useful data about child care services in local areas
• Collaboration with a variety of agencies interested in family and child care issues, including a yearly early childhood conference
• Employer presentations on work-life policies, including ways to support employees with their child care needs, as well as brown-bag seminars for employees on a variety of topics.