Families Finding Child Care: A Guide for Families

Finding Child Care Guide

A step-by-step guide to finding the right place for your child.

Finding child care can be challenging. We’re here to help. This guide offers steps for choosing care, including questions to ask and things to look for when visiting child care programs. It also has additional information about child care and links to useful resources.

This guide is available for download in English, Spanish, Somali, and Hmong, and print copies are available in English and Spanish.

Are you interested in ordering this guide in bulk? Email your request to PrintMaterials@parentaware.org.

Updated July 2026.

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Finding Child Care: A Guide for Families (English) Finding Child Care: A Guide for Families (Spanish) Finding Child Care: A Guide for Families (Somali) Finding Child Care: A Guide for Families (Hmong)

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