Professional Organizations and Support Groups



Delaware Professional Organizations

Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children (DAEYC)
P.O. Box 10686
Wilmington, DE 19850-0686
302-529-7721
www.daeyc.org

Delaware Family Child Care Alliance
302-655-0803 or 302-373-8479 
www.delawarechildcare.com

 

Nursery-Kindergarten Association of Delaware (NKAD)
712 Lora Lane 
Hockessin, DE 19707
302-239-1416 Barbara Dixon



State of Delaware

Dept. of Education
302-739-4601

Child Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
302-739-4718 Beth Wetherbee

ECAP
302-739-4667 Connie Moran

Head Start Collaboration
302-739-4667 Betty Richardson

Dept. of Health and Social Services
302-577-4500
www.state.de.us/dhss/dhss.htm

Delaware Healthy Children Program
800-996-9969

Purchase of Care
302-255-9670 New Castle County
302-734-4437 Kent County
302-856-5569 Sussex County

Dept. of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
302-633-2503
http://kids.delaware.gov/

Office of Child Care Licensing
302-892-5800 New Castle County
302-739-5487 Kent/Sussex Counties
http://kids.delaware.gov/occl/occl_resources.shtml

Office of Prevention & Early Intervention
302-892-4500

Office of Early Care & Education
302-739-4288 Janet Carter


Family Child Care Support Groups

For current support group information, contact Peggy Winslow at 302-479-1676.

Central Child Care Connect
19709, 19730, 19734, 19938, 19977

MOT Support Group Organization (Middletown/Odessa/Townsend)
19706, 19709, 19730, 19731, 19734

Newport/Elsmere/Wilmington Professionals 
Caring for Children (NEWPCC)

19804, 19805, 19808

Pike Creek Family Child Care Providers
19707, 19711, 19804, 19805, 19808

Provider’s Circle
19711, 19713

Region 1
19703, 19803, 19809, 19810

Region 5
19720, 19701, 19702

Wilmington Child Care Providers Association (WCCP)
19801, 19802, 19805, 19806

Family Providers United
19901, 19904, 19977 (Kent County)

Frederica Child Care Support Group
19946

Kent County Support Group

Sussex County Family Day Care Support Group

Delaware Providers and Parents for Young Children (DPPYC)
Statewide

Hispanics in Preschool Education (HIPE)


Child Care Center Director Groups

New Castle County 
302-777-1222 Dayna Moore  

Kent County 
302-734-1211 Dottie Kringel

Sussex County
302-856-3490 Kathy Moore