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Have you heard about QRS?

Quality for ME is a voluntary four-step program designed to increase awareness of the basic standards of early care and education, to recognize and support providers who are providing care above and beyond those standards, and to educate the community of the benefits of higher quality care. Quality for ME has three goals.

To recognize child care programs that provide quality care
To encourage providers to increase their level of quality
To provide parents with identifiable standards of quality

With the Quality for ME pilot now complete, we are moving toward statewide implementation in January 2008. Beginning in January any provider, statewide, may apply to the Quality Rating System by filling out an online application at:

For more information, visit http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/occhs/qualityforme.htm

New certification for infant-toddler care

Parents in Maine soon will have an opportunity to choose a child care provider who has been specially trained in the care and education of infants and toddlers.

http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/020345.html

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