Family Child Care Provider's (FCCP's)
Welcome to the 292-BABY Community! In Monroe County there are nearly 1,000 licensed or registered family child care providers and another 3,000 giving care to children in informal settings. In all, they care for nearly 10,000 children.
While the 30 hours of training licensed/registered family child care providers need every two years is the same as their counterparts in centers, their situations are very different. For example, it is very difficult for FCCP’S to attend training during weekdays because substitute care is very difficult for you to find and/or schedule. Recent research has identified isolation as a major concern for family providers.
That is why we are here!!
With a grant through Rochester Area Community Foundation we have many different ways to reduce the isolation as providers we feel everyday.
The following support services are available to you:
- Family Child Care Connection, A PLACE FOR FAMILY/GROUP CHILD CARE PROVIDERS:
- Forums to discuss hot topics
- Training Workshop opportunities
- Local Support Group Cluster Information
- Resource information available
- Monthly surveys take seconds to complete and give you the opportunity to vote on issues that are important to you.
- 292-BABY - (292-2229) Call this free telephone service from 8:00 AM to midnight Monday through Saturday and 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Sundays to talk live with a pediatric nurse about any NON-EMERGENCY child-related issue. This is available to everyone. Give the number to your daycare parents to use as well.
- Early Care and Education – Connects to the website developed by the NYS Council on Children and Families Head Start Collaboration Project to support professional development and improve the quality of early childhood and school-age programs. It is designed to provide a one-stop source of information for those exploring careers in early childhood and school-age programs as well as those already working in the field and looking to advance in their careers. It also contains information that supports the efforts of program directors and others to improve the quality of their programs. Career Development Resource Guide, Training Resource Database Core Body of Knowledge and much more
- Academic Advisement – Talk to a professional academic advisor at MCC about your different options for continuing your education. Whether you want to take non-credit training or college coursework, any of those advisors can help you determine what professional development you’ll need to achieve your goals.
- Need TRAINING? Check these sites below to find information on training opportunities for your license requirements.
- $2000 in FREE MONEY
- GREEN (Greater Rochester Early Educators' Network)
- Green's mission is to promote high quality professional development to all early childhood educators in Greater Rochester.
- Green represents YOU, the provider and we need your input and ideas about how to increase or improve your professional development options.
- REGISTER HERE to have that opportunity to make your idea's known.
- OUR OWN TV SHOW – Little by little more providers are learning about the TV show that is completely and absolutely created for them. Maybe you have seen one of the programs, but have never taken part in a survey or used its resources. Now you can!!!! All you have to do is turn on your TV to cable channel 4 at 8pm on Friday evenings and we will bring valuable information right to you. If you want to chat about something you can e-mail us at providersrus@yahoo.com ; and discuss it. We may even use the topic for an upcoming show. We want to know your concerns and how we can work together to FIX them. Join the Family Child Care Connection every Friday at 8:00 PM broadcasted over Cable Channel 4 reaching 210,000 homes in Monroe County and 90% of family providers.
- Some topics that every provider can benefit from.
- Topics range from Tax information, Health Awareness, Seasonal Activities, Managing daycare paperwork.
- Check HERE for upcoming show topics.
