What is Family Child Care?
Family child care is “home-away-from-home” personalized professional child care.
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Family Child Care is Family Friendly Care that is a home-based service where child care is provided in the caregiver’s home. The home must be Licensed or Registered according to county and state laws.
Family Child Care is the most preferred type of care 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 group setting for the child.
If you are thinking about caring for children in your own home in Florida, please take a new online course, Opening a Family Child Care Home Program for an overview.
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Who We Are
FFCCHA is a statewide non-profit 501(C)(3) professional organization. Membership is open to all regulated family child care providers, parents, and advocates of quality care. JOIN or RENEW FFCCHA online NOW!
We promote professional growth by hosting an annual statewide conference, hold quarterly meetings with training sessions, and publish a newsletter.
Some of the training, conference workshops, and publications are also available in Spanish.
What We Do
We mentor current and future providers
We promote growth by hosting an annual conference
We hold quarterly meetings with training sessions
We publish a quarterly newsletter and other publications
We offer scholarships for our members for professional development and accreditation opportunities
We help to grow new leaders in the family child care profession and host an annual Leadership Summit
What We Don’t Do
We don’t provide child care referral services. However, the Florida Department of Children and Families has a provider search tool you can use to find regulated family child care providers.
We don’t govern child care providers, however all of our providers must be Licensed or Registered according to county and state laws in order to maintain a membership with the FFCCHA.