Accredited child care and social services programs by state
1,677 child care and social services programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding
That is 86% of the 1,952 child care and social services programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
Child care and social services training by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited child care and social services programs in each state
- Arizona6accredited schools, 14 programs
- Arkansas19accredited schools, 50 programs
- California35accredited schools, 94 programs
- Colorado16accredited schools, 63 programs
- Connecticut7accredited schools, 19 programs
- Florida16accredited schools, 26 programs
- Georgia20accredited schools, 42 programs
- Illinois28accredited schools, 72 programs
- Indiana5accredited schools, 40 programs
- Iowa13accredited schools, 41 programs
- Kentucky15accredited schools, 18 programs
- Louisiana5accredited schools, 7 programs
- Maine14accredited schools, 29 programs
- Maryland10accredited schools, 16 programs
- Massachusetts11accredited schools, 22 programs
- Michigan24accredited schools, 61 programs
- Minnesota30accredited schools, 99 programs
- Mississippi8accredited schools, 9 programs
- Missouri38accredited schools, 85 programs
- Nebraska7accredited schools, 34 programs
- Nevada5accredited schools, 16 programs
- New Hampshire7accredited schools, 32 programs
- New Jersey6accredited schools, 8 programs
- New Mexico14accredited schools, 41 programs
- New York11accredited schools, 14 programs
- North Carolina50accredited schools, 102 programs
- North Dakota8accredited schools, 12 programs
- Ohio37accredited schools, 82 programs
- Oklahoma7accredited schools, 10 programs
- Oregon7accredited schools, 17 programs
- Pennsylvania11accredited schools, 21 programs
- Tennessee12accredited schools, 23 programs
- Texas25accredited schools, 44 programs
- Utah5accredited schools, 7 programs
- Virginia8accredited schools, 22 programs
- Washington31accredited schools, 235 programs
- Wisconsin22accredited schools, 86 programs
- Wyoming5accredited schools, 10 programs
Fewer than 5 accredited schools, so no page of their own: Alaska (3), Delaware (3), Hawaii (4), Idaho (1), Kansas (1), Montana (4), Puerto Rico (3), Rhode Island (1), South Carolina (1), South Dakota (2), Vermont (1), West Virginia (2). Their programs are on each field's state page, with an "Accredited school" filter.
Accredited child care and social services programs by field
- Early childhood education programs923of 1,008 programs at accredited schools
- Human services programs260of 269 programs at accredited schools
- Teacher assistant certification188of 212 programs at accredited schools
- Addiction counselor training182of 233 programs at accredited schools
- Mental health technician training70of 120 programs at accredited schools
- Community health worker training42of 58 programs at accredited schools
- RBT certification training12of 52 programs at accredited schools
Programs approved for WIOA funding in any state. Fields with a link have a page of accredited programs by state.
How the accredited education and social services schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about child care and social services programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List