Family Child Care Connections
Designed for family child care providers, this series offers tips, visuals, and inexpensive solutions that transform environments. Each episode highlights simple improvements that are easy to make.
Addressing Environmental Challenges in Family Child Care Programs
Address some of the challenges in family child care settings, such as defining engaging learning areas in small spaces. Learn how making small environmental changes support children’s learning and development.
Overcoming Challenges in the Family Child Care Setting
Watch the Meaningful Makeover crew work with family child care providers to provide safe learning environments for mixed-aged groups. Create environments that promote children’s social and emotional development.
Professional Qualifications and Development in Family Child Care
Discover resources to support programs and individuals as they meet the applicable professional qualifications and engage in professional development opportunities in the family child care option.
Intentional Planning and Quality Improvement in Family Child Care
Use these resources and materials to help plan to deliver services within a family child care setting.
Planning for Health and Safety in Family Child Care
Discover resources to help staff plan for health and safety in family child care. Find information about mental health, nutrition, oral health, physical health, and safety practices.
Research on Family Child Care
Explore research on the impact of quality practices, models for quality home-based child care (i.e., family child care), and partnerships between child care and Head Start, and Early Head Start programs.
Family Child Care Option
Explore ways children and families receive Head Start services in a family child care setting. Learn how staff provides comprehensive services to support positive family and child outcomes.
Strategies to Support Family Child Care
Explore available resources to learn more about ways to support the family child care workforce. Find out how to promote quality care, family engagement, school readiness, and professional growth and development.
Head Start Regulations Related to Family Child Care Program Option
Explore these resources to learn more about the Head Start Program Performance Standards related to the family child care program option.