New Jersey daycare, preschool & elementary of the lives of many families. Parents are often challenged to balance location, cost and quality when choosing child care for their children. Research has shown that high quality early learning and child care experiences support a child’s cognitive, social and emotional development. This is especially true for the critical period between pregnancy and a child’s second birthday, when a child’s brain is developing at its fastest rate. The state’s network of local Child Care Resource & Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) have been helping parents find child care and preschool for decades.

New Jersey has an extensive network of licensed child care centers. These facilities must be licensed by the Department of Children and Families and must comply with regulations set forth in the Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers. Parents can access the Licensed Child Care Center Explorer to search for a childcare center and get important information about the facility including inspection reports.

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In addition, the state offers child care subsidies to help low-income working families pay for child care. CCANJ’s mapping tool shows the availability of these subsidy-eligible spots statewide, broken down by county and community.

If you are a registered family child care provider in New Jersey, you can log into the New Jersey e-Child Care Provider Web Portal using the User ID and temporary password provided to you when you completed your registration application and became a registered provider. Once you log in, you can view agreements, attendance transactions and payments.