Care About Quality: Your Guide to Child Care

Working parents need quality child care so their children can grow and learn. Finding the best child care requires research, which includes interviewing providers and visiting their child care settings. Trust is key. This guide, from the California Department of Education, provides tips, checklists, and information to help you ask the right questions, find resources, and choose the best child care for your family's needs.

• Child care options
• What to look for in quality child care
• How to pay for child care
• How to find child care
• Questions to ask
• What you need to enroll
• Child care site visit checklist