Parents & Families
Empowering Your Choices in Child Care
Looking for Child Care?
Discover child care options in Arizona tailored to your family’s needs, featuring detailed information on facility hours, ages served, quality ratings and more.
Your Child Care Guide
Unlock essential insights to choose the best child care option for your family.
Child Care Options
From centers and preschools to in-home and relative providers, discover a variety of child care options to match your family's needs.
Quality Indicators
Understanding what defines quality in child care is crucial. Our guide covers everything from provider qualifications to learning environments and provider rating criteria.
Child Care Cost
Find out how things like the kind of care and where you live affect child care costs, and see the average cost in your area to pick the best for your family.
Financial Assistance
Affording quality child care is possible with financial support. Discover the various assistance programs available, their eligibility criteria, and how to apply.
Child Development & Growth
Walk-through the journey of your child’s developmental milestones, exploring everything from their early brain growth to language and reading skills, while also understanding the unique paths of children with special needs.
Safe Child Care Standards
Every parent wants to know their child is being cared for in a safe place. There are key criteria and standards child care environments are held to make sure they are nurturing and secure.
Family Resources
Access a wide range of tools and information to support your family's unique needs.
Health and safety information
Mental health support
Early learning programs
Child care advocacy
Parenting tools
Community support services
Concerned About Your Child Care Provider?
If you're uneasy about your current child care provider, take action by submitting a complaint for a thorough review.