On January 23, 1975, CCRC was formally dedicated; volunteers of the National Council of Jewish Women became the first staff, and Marj Morris became the agency’s first paid director. Upon formal incorporation in 1976, Resource and Referral (R&R) services began in the San Fernando Valley with an average of 60 requests per month from parents needing assistance in their search for caregivers. In that same year, a grant from the California Department of Education allowed CCRC to begin providing financial support to help low-income families pay for the cost of their child care.

Under the leadership of Dr. Michael Olenick who assumed the position of President CEO in 2003, they now have over 700 professional staff members working from more than 20 different locations. CCRC’s programs and services for both parents and providers have grown over the last four decades as their outreach into the communities of the Antelope, San Fernando, and Santa Clarita Valleys as well as the entirety of San Bernardino County.

Each month, they provide quality, support, development, and education to almost 50,000 children, families in their 22,500-square-mile service area. They remain a unique and distinctive leader in the child care industry. Their current programs include resource libraries, home visiting, workforce development, family engagement, financial care assistance, Head Start preschool, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Childcare partnership, Motherhood and so much more.