Child Care
Cuidado Infantil
Contents

Community Resources / Recursos Communitarios

Well-Being Pages

Definitions

  • F Services Free of Charge
  • S Services Provided on Sliding Scale/Reduced Fee Basis
  • $ Cost for Services
  • SP Spanish-Speaking Staff or Volunteers (Se habla Español)
  • TTY Teletypewriter for the Hearing-Impaired

CHILD CARE REFERRAL SERVICES (locates a specific provider)

CCMS (Child Care Management Services), Dallas 214-631-2273
CCMS, Denton 800-234-9306
CCMS, Fort Worth 817-831-0374
CCMS, Texhoma 800-932-9995
Child care referrals and information. (F S SP)

Child Care Answers, North Texas 214-631-2273
Computerized search that matches parents’ child care needs by age, cost, location, hours and type of care. (F SP) (www.ccgroup.org)

The Child Care Group, Dallas 214-631-2273
Resource and referral service to help parents find appropriate child care for infants through age 12. (F SP) (www.ccgroup.org)

Warm Line for Parents, Fort Worth (www.theparentingcenter.org) 817-332-6399
Warm Line, Richardson (www.dallasparents.org) 972-699-7742
Noncrisis, nonmedical phone service for people with concerns regarding children 12 and under. (F)

SPECIALIZED CHILD CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS

Child Care Associates, Fort Worth 817-838-0055
Child care, Head Start and Early Head Start programs, WorkForce Commission, CCMS for infant to school age children. (S SP) (www.childcareassociates.org)

Dallas Day School 214-828-9900
Private nonprofit school for children from birth to kindergarten including children with special needs. CCMS provider. ($ SP)

Richardson Development Center For Children, Richardson 972-490-9055
Therapy and family help for families with children ages 0-3 with developmental delays or disabilities. (F SP) (www.eci.state.tx.us)

Shaun’s Place, Dallas 214-376-7050
Inclusive child care setting for all children. (S SP) (www.shauns-place.com)

Vogel Alcove Childcare Center for the Homeless, Dallas 214-368-8686
Provides professional child care for families residing in domestic violence and emergency shelters or transitional housing programs. (F SP)

GENERAL CHILD CARE

YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth (www.ymcafw.org) 817-335-6147
YMCA Program for Child Care, Dallas (www.ymcadallas.org) 214-880-9622
Child care for children of all ages. (S SP)

YWCA of Fort Worth and Tarrant County 817-332-6191
Provides quality full-day child care for children from birth through 5 years. (F S SP) (www.ywcafortworth.org)

YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas Program, Richardson Branch 972-231-7201
YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas Program for Child Care 214-826-9922
Child care for children of all ages. ($ S SP) (www.ywcadallas.org)