USA Child Care's focus is to develop and sustain a national network of child care associations with the goal of engaging providers themselves in policy dialogue to increase their capacity to lead local communities in developing a system of high quality early care and education.

• Affiliate memberships for providers who are already active in state or regional child care associations that have affiliated with USA Child Care.
  
  
• Agency memberships for child care provider agencies that are not affiliated with a USA Child Care state affiliate organization.
  
  
• Family Child Care Provider Association memberships for Family Child Care Provider Associations that are not affiliated with a USA Child Care state affiliate.
  
  
• Individual Family Child Care Provider memberships for individual family child care providers.
  
  
• Associate memberships for individuals and agencies that support the work of USA Child Care but do not provide direct child care services.
  
  
• Sustaining memberships for individuals and organizations that wish to support the work of USA Child Care as a Bronze, Silver, Gold or Benefactor member.
  
  

Basic Benefits
All categories of members receive the following benefits:

• Quarterly issues of the USA Child Care members' newsletter, Child Care News, which includes information from the child care field nationally, summaries of the latest research, and other useful information about the field
  
  
• Opportunities to participate in national teleconferences led by child care leaders on hot topics in the field
  
  
• Direct communication with other child care providers and advocates via a members-only listserve
  
  
• Special networking opportunities to share information about current issues affecting the provider community, best practices and other timely topics
  
  
• Reduced rates at USA Child Care conferences and educational institutes
  
  
• Copies of USA Child Care publications at a reduced rate.