COAD Programs: Early Care and Education: COAD Early Care and Education Division Programs:
– A Service of the COAD ECE Division

Mission: The COAD EC&E Division’s mission is to advocate and support the improvement and accessibility of care and education services for children and those who care for them.

About Us: Since 1993 COAD’s Early Care and Education Division has been the Appalachian region’s information hub for child care and related education services for children. Helping parents choose quality child care, and training providers to open and operate a child care business is our work. COAD ECE programs provide high quality services to a variety of child care related consumers - families, providers, schools, agencies, and communities. Our staff of specialists consult and train on the care and education of Infants and toddlers, Pre-schoolers, and School-agers. Our FREE referral services, provided by trained counselors, are the first nationally accredited consumer education services in Ohio.

COAD Early Care and Education Programs - COAD Child Care Resource Network - a source of FREE information and referrals to a variety of Early Care and Education services for - Parents: Select child care options available near you. Our trained early childhood counselor is available via phone, email, and fax, or you can do your own custom online search for child care. - Providers: Contact trained specialists for answers to questions about child development, to find training and funding sources; and for assistance to enter into a child care career. - Communities: Provide community planning for child care and children’s programming; gather and report local data; educate and advocate on child care issues

- School Age Care Services – A trained specialist is available FREE to support and assist you to develop and/or provide educational and recreational experiences for school age children

- Infant/Toddler Care Services – A trained specialist is available FREE to provide information, support and quality improvement services to infant/toddler settings and parents.

Special Projects

- Healthy Child Care – The link between health care and child care providers to prevent and manage health issues. An R.N. is available FREE to answer questions and to provide training on health issues.

- Healthy Child Care Nutrition – Provider nutrition education by a trained dietician on proper nutrition, obesity prevention, and healthy activity for children.

- Step Up to Quality – Ohio’s voluntary quality rating system for child care centers; it is similar to levels of quality for restaurants.

- Ohio Professional Development Registry – A data collection system for providers’ transcripts of ongoing training and development.

- Provider Professional Development – Customized provider training for child care providers in homes and centers on health and safety, business practices and child development activities.

- Provider Support, Mentoring and Pre-certification - On-site provider consultation services and group events for providers’ whose business is caring for children in their home.

- Agency Services: COAD ECE partners with many local agencies to coordinate training, to develop new children’s programs, provide localized data, to coordinate service, to educate and communicate among families and the care and education community.

Want to know more? Contact us at 1-800-577-2276 or ece@coadinc.org

In East Central Ohio, at New Philadelphia, serving:
	Ashland, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Knox, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties COAD Child Care Resource Network 1243 Monroe Avenue, NW New Philadelphia, OH 44663 (330) 364-8882 (330) 602-7569 (fax) Call us toll free in Ohio at 1-800-577-2276 ece5@coadinc.org Training Calendar (pdf) Newsletter (pdf) In The Know (Fall 2007) (pdf) In The Know (Spring 2008) (pdf)
In Southeast Ohio, at Marietta, serving:
Athens, Belmont, Guernsey, Hocking, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Washington Counties COAD Child Care Resource Network 1500B Greene Street Marietta, OH 45750 (740) 373-6996 (740) 373-6829 (fax) Call us toll free in Ohio at 1-800-577-2276 ece10@coadinc.org Training Calendar (pdf) Newsletter (pdf) In The Know (Fall 2007) (pdf) In The Know (Spring 2008) (pdf)
In Southern Ohio, at Portsmouth , serving:
	Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton Counties COAD Child Care Resource Network 806 6th Street, Suite 203 P.O. Box 1756 Portsmouth, OH 45662-8056 (740) 354-6527 (740) 353-1797 (fax) Call us toll free in Ohio at 1-800-577-2276 ece11@coadinc.org Training Calendar Newsletter In The Know (Fall 2007) (pdf) In The Know (Spring 2008) (pdf)

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