The Arlington Child Care Council

The Arlington Child Care Council (ACCC) is a freestanding, citizen-driven initiative composed of up to 25 members. The 2009-2010 ACCC
Co-Chairpersons are:

    Mel LeBlanc, Executive Account Manager, Molnlycke Health Care, Inc.
    Pam Dunbar, Headmaster, The Montessori Academy of Arlington

The ACCC was formed in February 2004 through a United Way grant which was based on the 2002 Arlington Human Service Planners Child Care Report (pdf).

Designed to ensure that all children in Arlington will experience quality early childhood development opportunities and will enter school ready to learn, the ACCC is responsible for impelementing Ready for School (pdf), an Arlington School Readiness Initiative.

Ready for School is a 2005-2007 Strategic Plan that will ensure that all Arlington children will experience quality early childhood development opportunities and will enter school ready to learn through improving the quality, accessibility and utilization of informal and formal child care opportunities in Arlington.

Results as of June 2006 (pdf)