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BOOK <br />Commissioner Ginn expressed her concern that Community Child Care Resources <br />(CCCR) had still made no adjustments about accreditation groups. Besides National <br />Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) there are other national <br />accreditation groups, such as National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA). <br />She has strong philosophical disagreements with NAEYC and insisted that the language be <br />opened up to include other accreditation agencies. She felt the County should not be <br />supporting a single philosophy and that the change is critically important. <br />Barbara Patten, Executive Director of CCCR, stated they are trying to raise the bar <br />for childcare available to all citizens. Last March they included any national accreditation <br />agency in keeping with their standards of quality. The most important factor is the ratio of <br />adults to children. Some of these agencies allow one adult per 20 children, while CCCR has <br />a standard of one adult to 10 children. Any agency whose guidelines fall within that ratio <br />is acceptable. It is .the pleasure of the center as to what agency they use for accreditation. <br />Commissioner Ginn believed there is a need to mention some other agencies. She <br />knows that Accredited Professional Pre -School Learning Environment (APPLE) is a State <br />accreditation and stated that she would obtain several others. This is a very big concern to <br />her. <br />Chairman Adams commented that the Board is asking the CCCR to take a look <br />because there was a perception that some childcare providers were excluded because of the <br />accreditation agency used. <br />Ms. Patten believed that an attempt to broaden the language had been made. <br />Commissioner Ginn felt there is a need to look at the philosophies of NAEYC . <br />February 22, 2000 <br />-52- <br />