Mission
That was the question a group of committed volunteers asked the San Fernando Valley in 1974. After hearing an enthusiastic and definite “NO,” these volunteers looked for a way to support families struggling to find quality childcare, development, and education services for their families. So that year, the San Fernando Valley Child Care Consortium and the Mayor’s Child Care and Junior Task Force proposed the first childcare resource center in the San Fernando Valley. Doris McLain was elected chairperson as Mayor Bradley accepted the proposal and gave the newly founded Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) space in Van Nuys City Hall Center. On January 23, 1975, CCRC was formally dedicated; volunteers of the National Council of Jewish Women became the first staff, and Marj Morris became the agency’s first paid director. Upon formal incorporation in 1976, Resource and Referral (R&R) services began in the San Fernando Valley with an average of 60 requests per month from parents needing assistance in their search for caregivers. In that same year, a grant from the California Department of Education allowed CCRC to begin providing financial support to help low-income families pay for the co