Community Coordinated Child Care

BRIEF HISTORY

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Butte 4-C’s is a non-profit regional child care resource and referral agency serving children, families, and early childhood professionals in southwest Montana. We became a 501 (c) 3 organization over 45 years ago in June of 1974. Although child care resource and referral is our primary source of business, our organization provides a broad range of programs and services to meet the increasing needs of children and families.

MISSION & GUIDING PRINCIPLES

 

Mission Statement: Butte 4-C’s is dedicated to strengthening families, supporting early childhood professionals, and promoting high quality, affordable child care.

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Guiding Principles:
• All children should have equal access to safe, healthy, stable, and affordable child care with developmentally appropriate activities in a child oriented environment with trained and loving caregivers.
• Parents retain and must exercise responsibility for assessing, selecting, and continually monitoring child care for their children.
• Butte 4-C’s encourages and assists child care professionals and facilities to achieve their professional goals.
• When judgment calls are required, Butte 4-C’s advocates for the child.
• Butte 4-C’s offers and encourages early childhood education to the community in an effort to promote best practices and high quality child care.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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• Rocko Mulcahy, Chairperson

• Connie Daily, Vice Chairperson

• Kathy Davis, Secretary/Treasurer

• Dala Lean

• Dana Peterson-Thompson

• Claire Holman

• Rosie Garvey

• Diana Chatriand