Online Library:
Documents available through our online library:
- RDC Resource Library List – 2010 — These resources are available for loan to child care providers. The library is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 – 4:30 at our offices, 18 Avery Lane, Ellsworth, ME. You may also access these resources by calling or emailing our office.
- Family Child Care Licensing
- Child Care Center Licensing
- Water Safety Matrix for Child Care Providers (provided by DHHS Licensing)
- RDC Newsletter (our most recent newsletter)
- Guide to New Crib Standards
Useful Links:
- Maine Roads to Quality (MRTQ)
- Eco Healthy Childcare (Contact the RDC for training or assistance in becoming certified)
- Healthy Child Care America
- Strengthening Maine Families
- Quality for Me (QRS) Application
- Maine Afterschool Network
- Maine’s Expanding Inclusive Opportunities Initiative for Children, Families and Communities - Expanding Inclusive Opportunities is a federally funded initiative designed to build on existing state efforts to improve inclusive opportunities for young children with disabilities and their families.
- NAEYC
- NAFCC
- Supporting Maine’s Infants and Toddlers: Guidelines for Development and Learning (Maine Department of Health and Human Services)
- Growing Ideas Tip Sheets (Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies)
- Zero to Three
- Sun Blocks
- Child Care Plus ME
- Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS)
- Maine Early Care and Education Online Training Calendar
- Kid’s Count – national and state data
- Alliance for Children’s Care, Education and Supporting Services – A.C.C.E.S.S.
- Child Care Tax Center contains links to child care related topics such as the Child Care Provider Audit Techniques Guide, forms, publications, and related links.
- Commonly Asked Questions About Child Care Centers and the Americans with Disabilities Act A 13-page publication explaining how the requirements of the ADA apply to Child Care Centers. The document also describes some of the Department of Justice’s ongoing enforcement efforts in the child care area and it provides a resource list on sources of information on the ADA.
