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NAEYC Academy For Early Childhood Program Accreditation

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NAEYC Accreditation of Programs for Young Children seeks to enhance children's well-being and early learning by improving the quality of early childhood programs serving children birth through kindergarten.  The NAEYC Academy For Early Childhood Program Accreditation sets and monitors standards for high quality programs for young children and accredits programs that meet these standards -- the mark of quality in early childhood education. 
 
The NAEYC Academy serves programs that are interested in accreditation, currently pursuing accreditation or reaccreditation, or working to maintain their status as a currently accredited program.    

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