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Quality Counts California – Raising the Quality of Early Learning and Care

Quality Counts California is a statewide system of locally implemented quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS), which helps to inform and connect parents and families to high-quality early learning and care programs, and ensures that infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children have quality early learning experiences in their local communities. Quality Counts California also provides resources and support to early learning and care professionals so they can create nourishing and effective early learning and care programs that will help children to grow and thrive.

A graphic shows an oblong shape labeled Quality. There are four circles filled with text within the oblong shape. The first circle on the left is blue. The text inside says, “Quality Counts California.” An arrow from the blue circle points to the right to a red circle. The text inside says, “Local & Regional Agencies.” An arrow from the red circle points to the right to an orange circle that says, “Providers of Early Learning & Care.” An arrow from the orange circle points to the right to a green circle that says, “Children & Families.”

Why does quality matter?

High-quality early learning and care environments can have a lifelong, positive impact on young children and their families. Research continues to show that children in quality early learning and care settings are more likely to succeed in school and less likely to drop out, need remedial education, or end up in prison.

Welcome to Quality Counts California

“We’re excited to welcome you to the Quality Counts California website. It is designed to help parents, grandparents, early learning teachers, and caregivers as well as inform the public on quality learning and child care throughout California…We hope you’ll find the website helpful because we know, when it comes to children, QUALITY COUNTS!”