The Children's Learning Center at Howard Community College is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).   Early childhood programs accredited by the NAEYC Academy for early childhood programs have voluntarily undergone a comprehensive process of internal self-study, invited external professional review to verify compliance for the Criteria for High-Quality Early Childhood programs, and have been found to be in substantial compliance with the criteria.  The criteria can be found on the NAEYC's website at http://www.naeyc.org/accreditation.