The Mission of the National Child Care Association is to promote the growth and safeguard the interest of quality childhood care and education focusing on licensed, private providers of these services.

NCCA is a professional trade association focused exclusively on the needs of licensed, private childhood care and education programs. As an alliance of care and education professionals and owners, NCCA takes a singular position in the United States as the ONLY organization representing the specific interests of the licensed, private community.

Every licensed private provider in the United States needs to join NCCA to enhance and insure the private sector's role in providing quality childhood care and education. NCCA represents a unified voice in Washington and strives to balance the quality, affordability and availability of licensed child care and education programs. Networking opportunities, professional development programs and money saving programs are all ways YOUR association serves the industry.