What is Family Child Care?
Family child care is “home-away-from-home” personalized professional early learning/education.
Family Child Care Providers/Educators ARE ESSENTIAL to ALL WORKERS!
Join Us… in person on November 8 for the FFCCHA Leadership Summit in Kissimmee and learn with your peers for More info: Visit Leadership Summit page.Scholarships are available for FFCCHA Educator members. Family Child Care is Family Friendly Care that is a home-based service where early learning/education is provided in the home. The home must be Licensed or Registered according to county and state laws.
Family Child Care is the most preferred type of early learning for young children, especially infants and toddlers. Many family child care homes also provide high quality programs for preschoolers, Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program (VPK), school age and children with special needs. Some homes offer the Early Head Start program for infants to three years. There are many benefits of a mixed age setting for the child.
If you are thinking about offering early learning for children in your own home in Florida, please take a new online course, Opening a Family Child Care Home Program for an overview.
May 8, 2026 is National Provider Appreciation Day Letter to Parents and Spanish Letter from the FFCCHA President
Who We Are
FFCCHA is a statewide non-profit 501(C)(3) professional organization. Membership is open to all regulated family child care providers/educators, parents, and advocates of quality early learning. JOIN or RENEW FFCCHA online NOW!
We promote professional growth by hosting an annual statewide conference, Leadership Summit, quarterly meetings with training sessions, offer national accreditation scholarships and publish a newsletter.
Some of the training, conference workshops, and publications are also available in Spanish.