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Child Care for Parents
Child care is an opportunity to enhance the healthy growth, development and learning of young children. High quality early care enables children to enter kindergarten with the good health and skills they need to be successful.
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Professional Development
Professional Development includes workshops, classes and presentations about how best to work with young children, school age children and their families. Classes are around the state, and are often low cost or free.
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Child Care Financial Assistance Program
Child Care Financial Assistance helps eligible families with the cost of child care. Payments are made directly to child care providers.
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Child Care for Providers
The Child Development Division (CDD) licenses and monitors registered family child care homes and licensed programs to make sure they provide safe and healthy environments for children and contribute to their development.
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Children's Integrated Services
CIS offers prevention, early intervention, and family support services that helps ensure the healthy development and well-being of children, pre-birth to age 5.

Child Development Division

CDD's goal is to increase access to high-quality, sustainable services that are developmentally beneficial for children, strengthen families, and meet their needs. We do this in partnership with families, communities, schools, providers and state and federal agencies.

Contact Us

Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner
Child Development Division (CDD)
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-1040
Phone: (802) 241-3110 or 1-800-649-2642
Fax: (802) 241-0846

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