The Family Childcare Association (FCCA) is a not for profit organization providing referrals, educational and support services to families and licensed Family Childcare providers in the Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Chelmsford, Dracut, Haverhill, Littleton, Lowell, Woburn, Somerville,  Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsboro, Westford, and Wilmington and surrounding areas in Massachusetts.

     The FCCA was founded in 1979 by two Licensed Family Child Care Providers.  The purpose was to unite people having similar interests in childcare, and provide them with the opportunity to meet and share ideas.

     The objectives of the FCCA are to strive for quality family childcare and to increase the professionalism of family childcare providers.