QUALITY PROVIDER LIST – updated 05-04-17

PROVIDER / CITY / QUALITY TYPE
Belle Oaks Head Start / Belton / NAEYC / TRS 4
Belton Head Start / Belton / NAEYC / TRS 4
Cameron Head Start Center / Cameron / NAEYC/TRS 4
Alpha Time Too / Copperas Cove / TRS
CenTex4C / Copperas Cove Early HS / Copperas Cove / NAEYC / TRS 4
Copperas Cove Headstart Center / Copperas Cove / NAEYC
Handprints Academy 8 / Copperas Cove / TRS
Park Headstart Center / Copperas Cove / NAEYC/TRS 4
Perfect Praise Day Care / Copperas Cove / NAEYC / TRS 4
Rosanna Brown/Gods Little Angels / Copperas Cove / TRS 3
Sunshine Headstart Center / Copperas Cove / NAEYC/ TRS 4
CDC Clear Creek / Fort Hood / NAEYC
CDC Kouma / Fort Hood / NAEYC / TRS 4
CDC Meadows / Fort Hood / NAEYC
CDC Montague / Fort Hood / NAEYC
Fort Hood Head Start / Fort Hood / NAEYC/ TRS 4
SAC Kouma / Fort Hood / COA
SAC Montague / Fort Hood / COA
SAC Venable / Fort Hood / COA
SAC Walker / Fort Hood / COA
Gatesville Headstart Center / Gatesville / NAEYC / TRS 4
Hill Country Head Start Gatesville 3 / Gatesville / NAEYC / TRS 2
Hamilton ISD Pre-K Head Start / Hamilton / NAEYC
Care 4 Tots Learning Center / Harker Heights / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
CenTex 4C / Harker Heights HS / Harker Heights / NAEYC
Log Cabin Learning Academy / Harker Heights / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
CenTex4C / Holland Head Start / Holland / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Adventure Time CDC / Killeen / NAEYC/TSR
Brain Builders Learning Center / Killeen / TRS
CenTex 4C / Killeen Trimmier HS / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Central Texas College CDC / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4
Childrens Tree House LrngCtr / Killeen / NAC
Creative Child Learning / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Creative Child Learning 2 / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Education Connection / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Handprints Academy 12 / Killeen / TRS
Huggable Home Preschool / Killeen / TRS 2
Kids Xpression Learning / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 2
Killeen Downtown Head Start / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Marlboro Heights Head Start / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4
Moss Rose Head Start / Killeen / NAEYC / TRS 4
Sinai Christian CDC / Killeen / TSR
Unique CDC / Killeen / COA
Lampasas Headstart Center / Lampasas / NAEYC/ TRS 4
Rockdale Head Start Center / Rockdale / NAEYC
Play Yard LP / Salado / TSR
CenTex 4C / Edwards Early Childhd / Temple / NAEYC / TRS 4
CenTex 4C / Meridith-Dunbar HS / Temple / NAEYC / TRS 4
Central Texas Childrens Center / Temple / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Dickson Head Start / Temple / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
First Church Preschool / Temple / NAEYC/TRS 4
Grace Discovery Center / Temple / TRS 3 / TSR
Hal Rose Head Start / Temple / NAEYC / TRS 4
Immanuel Baptist CDC / Temple / TRS 4 / TSR
Kid Grace Learning / Temple / TRS 4
Saulsbury J Wilson Childrens Center / Temple / NAEYC / TRS 4 / TSR
Starting Point Childcare Center / Temple / TSR
CenTex 4C/Troy Head Start / Troy / NAEYC / TRS 4

QUALITY DESCRIPTIONS

The National Association for the Education of Young Children(NAEYC) sets and monitors standards for high-quality early childhood education programs and accredits programs that meet these standards. NAEYC Accreditation has been helping parents make the right choices and improving the quality of education and care provided in programs for young children.

Other Accreditation Programs Include:

Council on Accreditation (COA)

National Accreditation Commission (NAC)

A Texas Rising Star(TRS) Provider is a child care provider that has an agreement with a Board’s Child Care Contractor to serve Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) subsidized children and that voluntarily meets requirements that exceed the State’s Minimum Licensing Standards for child care facilities. These providers are rated at 2, 3, or 4 stars with 4 stars being the highest.

TexasSchool Ready (TSR)is a high quality early childhood model, based on proven school readiness components including: high quality, developmentally appropriate and rigorous curriculum; continues student progress monitoring; professional development for teachers; and creating and implementing a School Readiness Integration Partnership to coordinate services among school districts, child care providers, and Head Start programs participating in the Kindergarten Readiness System.

The following Armed Services YMCA Centers are accredited by Council on Accreditation (COA):

Copperas Cove: ASYMCA House Creek

Harker Heights: Harker Heights YMCA

Killeen: Cedar Valley YMCA

Peebles Elementary YMCA

Timberidge YMCA

Trimmier YMCA

Nolanville: ASYMCA Richard E Cavazos