Family Child Care Provider
Since family child care providers care for children in the home, sometimes they have difficulty thinking of themselves in professional terms. In reality, family child care providers are individuals operating a home business and are recognized by the U. S. Department of Labor as an occupation. Family Child Care Provider (often called FCCP) is a basic orientation training that specifically targets child care family home providers.
FCCP is required in Arkansas for all newly licensed and registered providers within the first six (6) months of being licensed or registered, and fulfills the orientation hours for family child care providers required by the Office of Early Childhood. It is also useful for providers who would like a refresher course in the basics of family child care.
Family Child Care Provider helps early educators:
- Recognize family child care as a profession and review family child care regulations
- Organize their homes appropriately in order to promote children’s safety, health, and learning for children of all ages
- Discover techniques for behavior and guidance, schedules, routines and activities for learning that help guide children through the day
- Develop an awareness of the business components of family child care
- Apply the information learned in class to their home situation
Family Child Care Provider includes the following lessons:
- Profession and Regulations 1.5 hours
- Organizing the Home 1.5 hours
- Guiding Children Through the Day 1.5 hours
- Business Management 1.5 hour
- Family Child Care Provider Home Review 2 hour (take-home activity)
Family Child Care Provider offers the following to all participants:
- Up to 8 hours of professional development credit from the Arkansas Professional Development Registry and the Arkansas Department of Education
- Available for anyone to enroll in FREE OF CHARGE
- FREE course materials and access to in-depth content, including a participant manual, the Minimum Licensing Requirements (MLR) for Licensed Child Care Family Homes, MLR for Registered Child Care Family Homes, and other resources
- Up to 0.8 Continuing Education Unit, upon request
- Certificate of Completion and Verification of Training Hours, upon request
- Opportunity to collaborate and build community engagement with other industry experts
Click here to register for FCCP training.
Contact Jackie Couture for any questions.
