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 |
|
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| 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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for directions
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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here for directions
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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directions
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