CDA York County
                    What is CDA?
   A Child Development Associate is an individual who has successfully completed a CDA assessment and has been awarded a Credential. She/he is able to meet the specific needs of children and works with parents and other adults to nurture children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth in a child development framework.
   A CDA is an individual who has demonstrated competence in her/his ability to meet the Competency Goals through her/his work in a center-based, home visitor or family child care program. In addition, an individual who has demonstrated competence in meeting bilingual criteria is a CDA with a Bilingual Specialization.

   The Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program is a major national movement which was started in 1971. Its mission was to improve the quality of child care. The program was funded by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, is designed to assess and credential early care and education professionals based on performance.
   In 1985 the Council began administering the program and has assessed and credentialed more than 85,000 CDA's. But since then the total number of early childhood professionals who have obtained their Credential is more than 100,000.
   The number of child care providers who apply for their Credential has grown by leaps and bounds due to an increase in demand from both the public and private sectors. Currently 46 states plus the District of Columbia combine the Child Development Associates Credential into their child care center licensing regulations.

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Post Office Box 512   Sanford, ME.  04073
Tel.  207-286-1445 or 207-324-6844
Email: cdayc@gwi.net

                        CDA York County is a program of Child Care Services of York County    

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