On August 9th at the Community Center, the Cleburne County community came together for a vibrant Back-to-School Bash, welcoming children and families to celebrate the start of a new school year.

All Eyes on Reading - Faulkner County & Child Care Aware partner to improve pre-k literacy in the 501. We were honored to have the work we do spotlighted by the 501 Life Magazine.

Child Care Aware is the recipient of a $2,000.00 donation from the Kiwanis Club of Conway!  We are very grateful and excited to put these monies toward early Literacy projects!

Child Care Aware of North Central Arkansas is happy to share the success of the Toad Suck Daze Reading Challenge for Preschoolers, aimed at promoting pre-literacy and the importance of grade-level reading.

Child Care Aware is the recipient of a $2,000.00 donation from the Conway County Community Foundation. We are very grateful and excited to pursue projects in early Literacy in Conway County!

We were honored to attend and support the AFCAA Conference held on Saturday, June 7, at Hendrix College in Conway! CCANA is proud to continue its commitment to advancing the work of family child care providers across Arkansas. 

The Faulkner County Library was celebrating 30 years at the 1900 Tyler Street location and 90 years as a library (including being a city library to start off)! We were happy to celebrate with them at their birthday party and official Summer Reading Kickoff on Saturday, May 31st.

We are so excited to announce the winners of The Toad Suck Daze FAMILY READING CHALLENGE for Preschoolers. These randomly selected participants are winners of a TOADALLY awesome Storytime at their facility with Child Care Aware of Northcentral Arkansas and the Toad Suck Daze mascots Dazey and Croaker!

CCANA attended the Child Abuse Awareness Walk in Jackson County this weekend. This was an event of the White River Women’s Shelter.

CCANA celebrated Arkansas Children's Week in 6 counties in northcentral Arkansas this year - from Story Time, Music and Activities to a Community Fishing Derby.

Child Care Aware is excited to sponsor the Toad Suck Daze Family Reading Challenge for preschoolers in Faulkner County.

Child Care Aware of Northcentral Arkansas and our friends at Merchants & Planters Bank to host 3rd Annual Children’s Fishing Derby in Batesville in celebration of Arkansas Children’s Week.

CCANA along with Partners for Inclusive Communities has had the wonderful opportunity to pilot the Mutt-i-grees social-emotional curriculum to 24 preschool and 4 kindergarten classrooms in Independence County. 

Kwianas Club members of Conway were honored at the state legislature for their Book Case project promoting literacy. Child Care Aware's Carol Crockett is an active participant.  CCANA is so honored to support this wonderful project. 

CCANA had the pleasure of supporting the Cave City community last night with a child friendly space while families attended the disaster update meeting.

CCANA has been laying the foundation for the CLASS Pilot for multiple age classrooms within our Leads counties.  (CLASS stands for Classroom Assessment Scoring System) 

Arkansas Children's Week (ACW) has been a statewide tradition for more than 30 years! ACW is a celebration of children of all ages and their educators and families.

This year CCANA is happy to be celebrating Arkansas Children’s Week on the Following dates/locations in Northcentral Arkansas:

Child Care Aware organizations from around the state had the opportunity to gather at the state capital.

The 27th Annual Early Childhood Education Conference held by Child Care Aware of Northcentral Arkansas is just around the corner. We are so honored that First Community Bank of Batesville is sponsoring our keynote speaker this year, Lisa Murphy.