​About The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™

The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education.  In the early 70s a group of early childhood educators met to discuss how to improve the quality early care and education. The CDA credential was created from those meetings and was initially funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF). More than 370,000 child care providers have earned the CDA credential. 

For more information about the national CDA program, go to the Council's website, http://www.cdacouncil.org/ 
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CDA Opportunities in the State of Arkansas

​Arkansas State University Childhood Services
Credit Hours: 12
Cost:  $1,300-$1,900
Contact:  Libby James - ljames@astate.edu

Arkansas State University - BEEBE
Credit Hours:  10
Length of Program:  9 Months
Contact:  Jennie Gates (501)882-8873

Black River Technical College - Paragould
Credit Hours:  9
Cost: $946
Contact:  Alan Decker:  (870)239-0969, Ext. 5202

Black River Technical College - Pocahontas
Credit Hours:  7
Contact:  Patti Blaxton - pattib@blackrivertech.edu

College of the Ouachitas - (Malvern)
Credit Hours:  12
Length of Program:  2 Semesters

Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute
Length of Program:  53 Weeks
Cost: $1,890
Contact:  Brooke Bieber - (870)633-5411, Ext. 153

National Park Community College (Child Care Aware of West Central Arkansas)
Credit Hours:  12
Length of Program:  2 Semesters
Contact:  Terri Helms - (501)760-6588 or thelms1@np.edu
 
Northwest Arkansas Community College - (Bentonville)
Credit Hours:  10

Ozarka College - (Melbourne)
Credit Hours:  15
Contact: Jeremy Nicholson - (870)269-5600 or jnicholson@ozarka.edu

Pulaski Technical College - (North Little Rock)
Credit Hours:  12

Rich Mountain Community College - (Mena)
Credit Hours:  9
Length of Program:  2 Semesters
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Southeast Arkansas College - (Pine Bluff)
​Credit Hours:  Online
Contact:  (870)543-5950 or wdc@seark.edu

UofA Phillips Community College - (Helena/West Helena)
​Credit Hours:  17
Contact:  Joyce Hargrove - (870)673-4201, Ext. 1840
                Yvette Robertson - (870)338-6474, Ext. 1307

UA Cossatot Community College - (DeQueen)
​​Credit Hours:  12

University of Arkansas Community College - (Batesville)
​Credit Hours:  9

University of Arkansas Community College - (Hope)
​Credit Hours:  15

University of Arkansas Community College - (Morrilton)
​Credit Hours:  9

University of Arkansas Monticello College of Technology - (Crossett)
​Credit Hours: 12

University of Arkansas Monticello College of Technology - (McGehee)
​Credit Hours: 12

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith W/Western Arkansas Tech Center
​Credit Hours: 13

University of Arkansas - (Pine Bluff)
Contact:  Janette R. Wheat, Ph.D - wheatj@uapb.edu

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