Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) strives to enhance individual and family lives, enrich communities and promote economic development through its services to a six county area in east-central Illinois: Clark, Coles, Cumberland Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby.

More specifically, CCR&R provides the following services:

• child care referrals and consumer education to families
• determines eligibility to access child care assistance
• facilitates recruitment and retention of child care providers
• provides outreach educational opportunities for child care providers
• promotes and supports child care provider professional development
• provides families with referrals to other family service agencies
• assists business and industry with family friendly programs
• maintains a comprehensive database on the six county service delivery area
• disseminates information through media, reports and research