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Family Child Care Resource Guide 2023

On October 7, 2021, Governor Roy Cooper announced a historic, one-time federal $805 million investment in North Carolina’s early care and learning programs.
This guide provides FAQs and other resources specifically for Family Child Care Homes.

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Child Care Stabilization Grants

The goal of this report from WomensNet (https://ambergrantsforwomen.com/) was to locate the most reputable sources where women business owners can apply for grants.

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16 Terrific Grants For Women Business Owners

A thorough revision of the original FDCRS, designed to assess family child care programs conducted in a provider&#8217;s home for children from infancy through school-age.
Scale consists of 38 items organized into 7 subscales, detailed on this website.

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Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale®, Revised (FCCERS-R)

Better Kid Care (PennState Extension) provides professional development opportunities designed specifically for family child care professionals. In addition, many of our other available modules are relevant and meaningful to the work of home-based and family child care professionals.
Several FREE on-demand modules are available in English &amp; Spanish.

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Professional Development Designed Specifically for Family Child Care Professionals

Family child care (FCC) has many unique qualities that sets it apart from other early care and education settings. 
These national online resources and written products from the Child Care Technical Assistance Network more specifically address FCC settings.
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National Resources About Family Child Care

Are you interested in opening a family child care home? Are you already running a family child care home and looking for additional resources? Child Care Aware provides guidance to learn about the steps you’ll need to take to be successful and will provide resources to ensure your program is providing a high-quality learning experience for the children in your care.

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Resources for Opening and Running a Successful Family Child Care Home

Child care license requirements and regulations for programs that are regulated by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). Includes Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers.

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Child Care License Requirements Overview

Child Care in North Carolina is defined as a program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13-years-old, who do not reside where the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours, but less than 24 hours per day, from people other than their guardians or full-time custodians, or from persons not related to them by birth, marriage, or adoption.
Find out how to get licensed for Family Child Care Homes (FCCHs) and Child Care Centers (CCCs).

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Getting a License (Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers)

This guide was designed to provide FCCH providers throughout the state of North Carolina with an accessible way to find support specific to FCCHs.
In this resource guide you’ll find:
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<li>NC Regional CCR&amp;R Agencies</li>
<li>Regional FCCH Resources</li>
<li>Statewide FCCH Resources</li>
<li>National Resources</li>
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Family Child Care Home Resource Guide 2021

Tips in this PDF cover the Child Care &amp; Development Block Grant, Small Business Administration (SBA) Programs and Unemployment Compensation.

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COVID-19: Tips to Navigate Federal Relief Options For Family Child Care Providers (SLIDES)

Tips covering the Child Care &amp; Development Block Grant, Small Business Administration (SBA) Programs and Unemployment Compensation.
Register to view the webinar.

COVID-19: Tips to Navigate Federal Relief Options For Family Child Care Providers (WEBINAR)

Watch this helpful and uplifting video from the Devereux Center for Resilient Children.

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Find Something to Make You Laugh or Smile [VIDEO]

Watch this video from the Devereux Center for Resilient Children for some great tips!

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Social Connecting While Social Distancing [VIDEO]

CACFP provides nutritious meals and snacks to infants and children as a regular part of their day care. A variety of public or private nonprofit child care centers, Head Start programs, outside-school-hours care centers, and other institutions which are licensed or approved to provide day care services participate in CACFP. For-profit centers that serve lower income children may also be eligible.
CACFP reimburses centers at free, reduced-price, or paid rates for eligible meals and snacks served to enrolled children, targeting benefits to those children most in need.
Find additional information and resources about Food &amp; Nutrition on this website.

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Food & Nutrition Service for FCCHs

Family child care providers who utilize effective business and professional practices are more likely to provide a high-quality learning environment and interact more sensitively with children.
The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable instrument for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child care settings in 10 areas.

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The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)

Watch this video from the Devereux Center for Resilient Children for some great tips for parents on building your children&#8217;s resilience.

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Tips for Parents – Building Your Children’s Resilience! [VIDEO]

Complete list of rules and requirements for Family Child Care Homes.

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Family Child Care Home Requirements from the Department of Health and Human Services & the Division of Child Development & Early Education

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Child Care Resources Inc.
200-B Regency Executive Park Drive, Suite 240 
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: <a href="tel:(704) 376-6697" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(704) 376-6697</a>
<a href="https://www.childcareresourcesinc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.childcareresourcesinc.org</a>

Child Care Services Association
1201 S. Briggs Ave., Suite 200 
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: <a href="tel:(919) 403-6950" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(919) 403-6950</a>
<a href="https://www.childcareservices.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.childcareservices.org</a>

Southwestern Child Development Commission
1528 Webster Road 
Webster NC, 28788
Phone: <a href="tel:(828) 586-5561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(828) 586-5561</a>
<a href="https://www.swcdcinc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.swcdcinc.org</a>

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Working to support and enhance family child care across North Carolina.

The N.C. Statewide Family Child Care  Project was established in 2019. The project was created initially to conduct research that provided a realistic picture of the state of family child care  (FCCs) in North Carolina and to generate recommendations for strengthening and supporting current and future FCCs.
Since the completion of the research, using the recommendations as a guide, the project has worked within the CCR&amp;R system to provide training and technical assistance to Professional Development and TA practitioners who support Family Child Care. Convening training and conducting community of practice forums with CCR&amp;R staff have provided consistent engagement opportunities for all areas of the state.
Additionally, the project has worked with collaborating partners and stakeholders at the state and federal level to elevate and inform policy discussions that positively impact licensed Family Child Care professional educators. Through this work, the project now co-sponsors the NC Family Child Care Advisory Council. The Council is composed of providers, parents and partnering agencies with the goal of lifting the collective voices of NC’s licensed FCC professional educators.
The project continues to evolve as NC addresses the recommendations from the research report. For additional information on current activities, please contact <a href="https://www.childcarerrnc.org/special-projects/family-child-care-home/contact-us/">Daniel Bates, N.C. Statewide FCC Project Manager</a>.

N.C. Statewide Family Child Care Project (FCC)