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Roscommon County Childcare Committee (Roscommon CCC) was established in 2002 and is a partnership of the statutory, voluntary, community, and private sectors, including parents and families, working together for the enhancement of early childhood care and education in County Roscommon.

Roscommon CCC is the first point of contact for the public in seeking advice, information or support on early childhood care and education. In 2014, the Department of Children, Equality, Diversity, Integration and Youth affairs (DCEDIY) launched the National Better Start Initiative. Better Start describes a suite of quality supports being provided to the early childhood care and education sector in Ireland. Roscommon CCC’s role under this initiative is to identify local support needs, provision of local support and administration of funding programme support.

Mission Statement

The mission of Roscommon County Childcare Committee CLG is to develop, support and enhance a wide range of high quality, inclusive, integrated, accessible and affordable childhood care and education services responsive to the rights and needs of children and provide support to parents/guardians/families. We recognise the role of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Strengthening Families, Communities and Society in County Roscommon. The Board will support management in overall governance in line with the Governance Code.

We will work in partnership to achieve positive change with our partners, providers and key stakeholders while coordinating the implementation of National Childcare Policy at local level on behalf of the Department of Children, Equality, Diversity, Integration and Youth affairs (DCEDIY).

Childcare Committees Ireland

Roscommon County Childcare Committee is committed to the work of Childcare Committee’s Ireland / CCI.

CCI / Childcare Committee’s Ireland is the National representative group of the 30 County and City Childcare Committees.

It’s goal is to enable Childcare Committees to work collaboratively with our national stakeholders.
CCI enables local committees to share learning to inform national thinking/ practice.
It also provides a forum for childcare committees to share ideas and collaborate on new initiatives.

CCI’s objectives include:

i. Leading in the promotion of quality early childhood care

ii. Participating in the development of national strategies, policies and programmes on

childcare and education

iii. Collaborating and sharing nationally to develop CCC staff capabilities in service delivery

iv. Working with childcare providers and other partners to achieve common goals.

CCI are currently working on developing a strategic plan, city & county childcare committees will carry out a consultation process to inform this plan early in 2018.