Accreditation

HRCCC Accreditation and Licensing

 

  • HRCCC has been accredited by The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) since October18, 1990. 
  • NAEYC is a professional membership organization dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with a focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.  It is the world’s largest organization for early childhood educators and others dedicated to young children.  
  • NAEYC administers a national, voluntary, professionally sponsored accreditation system for all child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens. 
  • Early childhood programs accredited by NAEYC have voluntarily undergone a comprehensive and collaborative process of internal self-study, invited external professional review to verify compliance with the NAEYC Accreditation Criteria, and have been found to be in substantial compliance with the Criteria. 
  • The Accreditation Criteria all fall within the 10 NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards grounded in NAEYC’s core belief that children are the ultimate beneficiaries of high-quality early childhood education.  The 10 Program Standards are: relationships, curriculum, teaching, assessment of child progress, health, teachers, families, community relationships, physical environment, and leadership and management. 
  • Through accreditation, NAEYC uses the standards and criteria to define program quality and recognize programs that have demonstrated the capacity to sustain quality over time.
  • More information about NAEYC Accreditation can be found at: https://www.naeyc.org/accreditation/early-learning-program-accreditation.
  • As a federal child care center on federal property, HRCCC is not required to be licensed by the District of Columbia.  However, as part of the NAEYC Accreditation process, HRCCC voluntarily complies with DC Licensing Standards.
  • More information about DC Licensing, including the Final Rulemaking for the Licensing of Child Development Facilities, can be found at: https://osse.dc.gov/page/child-development-facilities