Childcare Resource Network

Childcare Resource Network (CRN) is a management consulting company based in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. Childcare Resource Network (CRN) began business over 50 years ago, in September of 1972, as a small, rural child care center in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, serving 12 children. Today, CRN, an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, is a private Alabama corporation with a 501 (c)(3) tax status that employs approximately 50 child care professionals. The name was officially changed to Childcare Resource Network (CRN) in 1995. CRN has many successful years of experience managing the administration and implementation of the child care quality enhancement program in Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall counties for the Department of Human Resources. The agency also owns and operates four (4) comprehensive child development centers with sliding fee scales, with an enrollment in excess of 200 children; provides a comprehensive resource and referral program for families and community employers; provides comprehensive training, education, and resource opportunities for parents, providers of care and the communities in two locations; and administers four (4) Alabama First Class Pre-K sites.