MountainHeart Child Care Resource & Referral provides a variety of free services to parents.
MountainHeart Child Care Resource & Referral provides:
- Information on selecting quality child care for their child’s individual needs.
- Assist eligible parents with available federal and state funds for child care services.
- Connect parents with parent support or parent focus groups.
- Provide referral lists for licensed day care centers, registered family day care homes, and certified family day care facilities.
- Provide a toll-free number for consultation and accessing current information and resources.
- Provide current information on a variety of issues such as child development, health, immunizations, childhood illnesses, safety, free screenings, self esteem, discipline and behavior management.
- Assistance in locating before and after school care for older children.
- Assistance in locating child care for children with special needs.
- Provide Information on making good educational choices for children.
- Provide access to child care resource library materials such as parenting videos, books, and magazines.
Sliding Fee Scale for Child Care Services
Click on the images below to view the sliding fee scale for child care services.
Choosing Quality Child Care
Visit ChildCare Aware of America for Information on Choosing Quality Child Care for your children.
When you’re looking for child care, you want to find a program that’s convenient, open when you need it, and within your budget. All of those things are important, but most importantly, you and your child need a child care program that makes sure your child is safe, healthy and learning.
What Is My Family Eligible For?
Visit West Virginia PATH (People’s Access To Help) to apply for Medicaid, WVCHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program), SNAP, and other services offered by the WV Department of Health and Human Resources.
Help Me Grow West Virginia
Help Me Grow is a FREE referral service that connects families with critical developmental resources for their children birth through five years. The goal of Help Me Grow is to successfully identify children at-risk and link them to the help they need.
Help Me Grow offers parents and medical providers:
- Referral line – Get expert advice and a referral to community resources to help support early childhood development; and
- Ages and Stages Screening Questionnaire – 3 (ASQ-3)TM – A developmental screening tool that’s endorsed by West Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and available upon request.
Help Me Grow is part of a national program that connects families to resources right here in West Virginia. The program is funded by the Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health, West Virginia Home Visitation Program.
