Find Child Care

Request a Child Care Referral

Complete our Child Care Needs Form to get a personalized list of legally operating child care programs that can meet your family’s unique needs.

Child Care Needs Form

Schedule a Consultation

Have questions, or just want to talk with someone about your child care needs? Schedule a personal consultation with our Referral Specialist.

Schedule Consult

Join Our Community

CCC administers two Facebook groups, safely connecting early childhood professionals with local families.

Summer Care

Our community partner, Montana Parent, offers a free resource to help you find summer camps and activities in your area!

Summer Care

Choosing Quality Child Care

Quality child care is safe, nurturing, and educational. Child Care Connections will help you learn about the different types of licensed and legally operating care so that you can find care that fits your unique needs. Our quality care tools take the guesswork out of finding quality child care.

Quality Care Info

Affording Child Care

Child care is expensive. Costing more than in-state college tuition, on average, child care takes up around 25% of a household’s annual income in Montana.

Child Care Connections’ offers a variety of resources to help you afford child care including the Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship and Special Needs Subsidy that we administer for the State. Additionally, we offer privately funded emergency scholarships and one-time support opportunities.

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Why is Child Care Hard to Find?

The cost of lost earning, productivity, and revenue due to the child care crisis is estimated at $57 billion annually across the nation.

Montana is 1 of 5 states that fail to meet even half of the potential need for child care. As a Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, we advocate for the wellbeing and quality care of all children.

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