The mission of Rockville Day Care Association is to facilitate the provision of high quality child care and children’s programs in Montgomery County, Maryland. We strive to continue to expand our services in communities where the need is identified. We are devoted to improving the quality of our programs at our various Centers through ongoing training for staff and working in partnership with parents. We will continue to advocate increased support for quality child care programs by local government and the community at large. We will continue to provide program management, oversight and administrative services to our associated child care centers.
 

Facts

· We are a private, non-profit, 501c3 organization founded in 1969.

· We comply with all conditions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the   Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.

· We are governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of parents of enrolled children.

· Our Centers are licensed by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) - Office of Child Care.

· Our Centers are accredited, or in the process of being accredited, by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).

· Our Centers participate in the US Department of Agriculture - Child and Adult Care Food Program.

· We accept vouchers for child care tuition from the Maryland State Purchase of Care Program (POC) and the Montgomery County Working Parents Assistance Program (WPA)

· We operate eight child care centers, six are located in Montgomery County School buildings and two are located within Montgomery County Government facilities.

· Tuition is all inclusive - no additional fees are charged for materials, meals, field trips or special events.

· Breakfast, AM Supplement and Afternoon Snacks are provided.

· Our programs operate on a year round basis. We open on many of the MCPS closure days and provide full day care.  We are closed on the following holidays; President’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Memorial Day, 4^th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Years Day.  In addition we are closed for two - three staff in-service days (one day prior to the start of the summer program and one-two days before school starts in the fall).  We may possiblly close an additional day around Christmas (voted on by the RDCA Board of Directors on a year-to-year basis). 

The Centers make every attempt to open during inclement weather.