Paths to QUALITY | Families

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Paths to QUALITY™ is Indiana’s voluntary quality rating and improvement system for early care and education. The system helps you find a quality program for your child, much like a star rating system for restaurants and hotels.

Paths to QUALITY makes your search easy!

Look for one of the following at your program’s location:

Level Sign

Level Decal

Level Banner

Paths to QUALITY:

Provides a simple system to help you identify the level of care a program offers, from basic health and safety standards at Level 1 to the highest standards for early care and education with National Accreditation at Level 4
Assures you that your child will be healthy, safe, and learning
Helps you locate the right program for your child

All programs participating in Paths to QUALITY:

Have made a voluntary commitment to improve the quality of child care and early education they provide
Meet standards designed to support your child’s healthy growth and development
Are visited annually to verify the level of care and education they are providing
Receive coaching and incentives as they advance through the levels of Quality

Parents like you are having success with Paths to QUALITY™

I never knew about Path to QUALITY and I was very impressed with their services. I got the list of providers within 24 hours of my contact with their office. My child is placed with a referred provider, he is doing well and I am very pleased.

Jodi Pollard

I had a great experience and without Paths to QUALITY I was just on Google and had no idea where to start.

Cecilia LaBonte

Anyone looking for child care should call to learn about Paths to QUALITY. Explaining it to me really helped.

Amy Wallace

You did an awesome job. You helped a skeptical parent find a daycare that kept my child safe and helped them to learn.

Doris Jones

She gave me certain things to look for and told me about Paths to QUALITY. It was incredibly helpful. She told me the difference between home care and a center and what you need to look for in each.

Shundora Johnson

My daughter is in a much better daycare thanks to the Paths to Quality ratings on the website.

Lindsey Smith

I only wish I knew about this a week ago before I started my day care search panic! I have also forwarded this information along to a pregnant coworker of mine. I can’t express enough how valuable of a resource this is for parents! Thank you again!

Sara Miller