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Resources for Parents

Search for Child Care on the Web

Parents can search for child care and educational programs anytime through an easy-to-use software program. This program enables its users to conduct self-guided searches for regulated child care program referrals including family child care, child care centers, before and after school programs, summer camps, Head Start programs, nursery schools, part-day preschool programs, and private kindergarten programs.

To use this software, parents will enter an address close to where they would like care and choose the type of child care they want. Based on the parent's choices, a printable list of up to ten child care programs with short descriptions and contact phone numbers is displayed.

The listed programs are referrals only, and no recommendation is expressed or implied. A disclaimer statement appears on the program's initial screen, as well as on the screen containing the referrals.

Search for Regulated Child Care on the Web

After-School Activities

The After-School Activities web application provides on-line access for parents and children who are searching for information about after-school activities and programs of all kinds. The After-School database contains information on after-school programs, including all regulated after-school programs in the state of Maryland. The web application is searchable by county and by school or town within counties. The database contains information on cost, hours of operation, location, program description and more. Only programs that are monitored or regulated are included in the search for after-school activities.