Arizona Department of Health Services: Office of Child Care Licensing
602-364-2539 or 800-615-8555 • azdhs.gov/als/childcare/
Licenses and regulates childcare facilities and certified childcare group homes. Offers a search tool for locating centers by name and zip code.
Association for Supportive Child Care
480-829-0500 or 800-535-4599 • asccaz.org
Helps parents find child care; provides training and education to those who work in early childhood education.
Child Care Resource & Referral
800-308-9000 • azchildcare.org
A free statewide service that can assist you in your child care search (full time, part time, after-school care, summer child care, special-needs care) through an extensive list of providers.
College Nannies & Tutors
Ahwatukee/Phoenix: 4802 E Ray Road #F-9, Phoenix
480-237-2333 • collegenanniesandtutors.com/ahwatukeeaz
Gilbert/Phoenix: 1940 S Val Vista Dr #105, Mesa
480-499-5559 • collegenanniesandtutors.com/gilbertaz
Phoenix/Scottsdale: 6619 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale
480-304-5300 • collegenanniesandtutors.com/northscottsdaleaz
Places full-time, part-time, summertime, after-school, on-call and parents’-night-out nannies. College Tutors also provide customized tutoring, homework help and college-prep services through one-on-one role model tutors and techniques tailored to each student’s individual needs.
Cultural Homestay International
480-840-9046 • chiaupairusa.org
A nonprofit organization that places international au pairs from more than 22 countries for live-in child care. Educare Au Pair program allows in home-care for 30 hours per week, rather than 45, which is ideal for families with school-age kids. Also offers programs that look for hosts for high school students, ESL teaching abroad programs for Americans and more.
Nanny Exchange
602-748-1350 • nannyexchange.com
Assists parents in finding live-in or out, full- or part-time nannies, house managers, mothers’ helpers, night nannies, personal assistants and senior companions.
Quality First
azftf.gov
A program of First Things First, the tobacco-tax funded initiative designed to help Arizona kids ages 5 and younger receive the quality education, healthcare and family support they need to arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed. Quality First is resource for parents that defines quality child care and helps parents find a quality early learning setting for their child. In September 2010, Quality First launched a five-star ratings system to help parents identify quality settings.
Raising Arizona Kids magazine provides resource directories as a community service and a starting place for your research. We do not independently evaluate nor do we imply endorsement by including particular organizations. If you know of additional resources we should list, please contact us.