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About Quality Care for Children

Fast Facts about Georgia Child Care

Research shows that the first five years of every child’s life are the most critical for success in school and beyond. Because vital brain development and profound changes in child’s language, social skills and cognitive abilities occur during these years, it is crucial that all children have quality, nurturing, and educational early childhood experiences.

Last year, Quality Care for Children assisted child care programs throughout Georgia by:

 Increasing school readiness with QCC’s programs for more than 100,000 children in Georgia.
 Selected recent service statistics include:
 16,231 Georgia children had access to early learning through new child care programs
 17,434 child care teachers in Georgia were trained to prepare young children for school
•  600 children in an impoverished Atlanta neighborhood received a higher standard of care
 10,000 children in child care programs throughout Georgia received nutritious snacks and meals
 11,608 Georgia families received assistance in finding and selecting quality child care
 375 children of 199 families in crisis received safe, stable emergency child care


Contact Information:

Main number: (404) 479-4200
Child Care Referrals: 877-ALL-GA-KIDS or 404-479-4240
Child Care Provider Information: 404-479-4230
Child Care Food Program: 404-479-4255 or 404-479-4253
Info for Children with special needs 877-ALL-GA-KIDS or 404-479-4240


Executive Staff    
Name Extension Title
Pam Tatum 4201 Chief Executive Officer
Pam Runkle 4233 Executive Director of CCR&R Services
Judy Pittman 4251 Director of Child Care Food Program
Theresa Prestwood 4202 Director of Development & Marketing
Jon Tuuri 4219 Director of Finance and Operations

Quality Care for Children (Main Office)
50 Executive Park South
Suite 5015
Atlanta, GA 30329
404.479.4200
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Quality Care for Children (North Georgia)
913 North Tennessee Street
Suite 202
Cartersville, GA 30120
Phone: 770.387.0828
Toll Free: 1.800. 308.1825
Fax: 678.721.6676
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Quality Care for Children (East Georgia)
3706 Atlanta Highway
Suite 1
Athens GA 30606
Phone: 706.543.6177
Fax:
706.543.3077
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