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Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing
- Child care provider information and referral
- General information on licensing for child care
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing
- Child care provider information and referral
- General information on licensing for child care
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
The program supports early childhood educators including family child care providers, child care centers, and preschools to improve the quality of care they provide. Programs include:
- Child Care Wayfinder, a one-stop navigation network for starting and growing child care programs. Navigators offer personalized support and resources.
- Parent Aware recruitment to enroll childhood educators. Once enrolled, childhood educators are provided with parent-aware coaching, quality rating, and support.
- Professional development and workforce advising for individuals interested in early childhood knowledge and/or attaining a college degree in the field
- Professional training for childhood educators to meet licensing requirements
- Regional grants available to licensed child care programs each year starting September 1 through 25th
- Start-up grants on an ongoing basis depending on funding
The program supports early childhood educators including family child care providers, child care centers, and preschools to improve the quality of care they provide. Programs include:
- Child Care Wayfinder, a one-stop navigation network for starting and growing child care programs. Navigators offer personalized support and resources.
- Parent Aware recruitment to enroll childhood educators. Once enrolled, childhood educators are provided with parent-aware coaching, quality rating, and support.
- Professional development and workforce advising for individuals interested in early childhood knowledge and/or attaining a college degree in the field
- Professional training for childhood educators to meet licensing requirements
- Regional grants available to licensed child care programs each year starting September 1 through 25th
- Start-up grants on an ongoing basis depending on funding
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Business Financing
Child Care Workers
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the licensing for child care. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Complaints
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides outreach services and support to families of young children and the adults that care for them, including licensed family child care providers, child care centers, and family friend and neighbor caregivers. Programs include:
- Connecting to a childcare liaison to assist families with the process of securing child care that meets the family's needs, including county and enrollment forms
- Resources, support, and training to family friends, and neighbors who are unlicensed caregivers to improve the quality of care provided to children
- Car seat education, distribution, and installation for families with qualifying insurance. Car seat education classes are also provided in Somali and can be translated into other languages as needed.
- Shared Services Alliances: Designed to work in partnership with Early Child Care programs to offer the services needed to improve long-term financial strength and manage capacity, along with the abilitiy to provide care and services.
Provides outreach services and support to families of young children and the adults that care for them, including licensed family child care providers, child care centers, and family friend and neighbor caregivers. Programs include:
- Connecting to a childcare liaison to assist families with the process of securing child care that meets the family's needs, including county and enrollment forms
- Resources, support, and training to family friends, and neighbors who are unlicensed caregivers to improve the quality of care provided to children
- Car seat education, distribution, and installation for families with qualifying insurance. Car seat education classes are also provided in Somali and can be translated into other languages as needed.
- Shared Services Alliances: Designed to work in partnership with Early Child Care programs to offer the services needed to improve long-term financial strength and manage capacity, along with the abilitiy to provide care and services.
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Child Care Provider Referrals
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Outreach Programs
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Care Aware is a statewide early childhood education program providing early child care resources, information, tools, and navigation to network with other child care programs. Programs include:
- Child Care Assistance Wayfinder: One-stop navigation network to help individuals interested in starting a child care program
- Early childhood professional resources, grants, and scholarships
- Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN): Unlicensed care provided by a relative, friend, or someone in the community
- Parent Aware: A quality rating system for child care centers and family centers and directory tool to locate a child care or family center
Child Care Aware is a statewide early childhood education program providing early child care resources, information, tools, and navigation to network with other child care programs. Programs include:
- Child Care Assistance Wayfinder: One-stop navigation network to help individuals interested in starting a child care program
- Early childhood professional resources, grants, and scholarships
- Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN): Unlicensed care provided by a relative, friend, or someone in the community
- Parent Aware: A quality rating system for child care centers and family centers and directory tool to locate a child care or family center
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing
- Counseling about child care options
- Computerized search matches by neighborhood, school district, and other parent needs; includes all licensed care options in the metro area
- Referral to licensed family child care homes, centers and in-home care agencies
- Written materials available to help parents evaluate and select child care
- Counseling about child care options
- Computerized search matches by neighborhood, school district, and other parent needs; includes all licensed care options in the metro area
- Referral to licensed family child care homes, centers and in-home care agencies
- Written materials available to help parents evaluate and select child care
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Child Care Provider Referrals
- Professional development training for providers
- Provides services to assist families in finding quality child care
- Start-up assistance including technical assistance, coaching, and grant funds to support providers
- Professional development training for providers
- Provides services to assist families in finding quality child care
- Start-up assistance including technical assistance, coaching, and grant funds to support providers
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Financial Management Support
Child Care Provider Referrals
Information Technology Management Support
Child Care Workers
Business Financing
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Complaints
Provides the licensing for child care. Services include:
- Childcare provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care. Services include:
- Childcare provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Child Care staff will provide support and resources, and monitor compliance with licensing rules.
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Child Care staff will provide support and resources, and monitor compliance with licensing rules.
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
- Assist parents/guardians looking for child care
- Assist the early childhood community to expand and improve the quality and availability of child care through training, support, technical assistance and periodic grant opportunities
- Assist parents/guardians looking for child care
- Assist the early childhood community to expand and improve the quality and availability of child care through training, support, technical assistance and periodic grant opportunities
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Licenses in-home child care homes, offers training, and monitors child care homes to support the health and safety of children.
Potential child care license applicants must attend an initial orientation meeting to learn if this may be the right business for them.
- License application materials will be provided at the initial orientation meeting.
- Interpreters can be arranged for the orientation session.
- Individuals arriving 15 minutes beyond the start time of the session may not be allowed to attend.
- If school is canceled due to weather concerns, the meeting will also be canceled; cancelations for other reasons will be posted online
- Children are not allowed to attend orientation sessions.
Licenses in-home child care homes, offers training, and monitors child care homes to support the health and safety of children.
Potential child care license applicants must attend an initial orientation meeting to learn if this may be the right business for them.
- License application materials will be provided at the initial orientation meeting.
- Interpreters can be arranged for the orientation session.
- Individuals arriving 15 minutes beyond the start time of the session may not be allowed to attend.
- If school is canceled due to weather concerns, the meeting will also be canceled; cancelations for other reasons will be posted online
- Children are not allowed to attend orientation sessions.
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provide assistance, information, and resources for child care licensing and general child care information for parents and providers
Provide assistance, information, and resources for child care licensing and general child care information for parents and providers
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing
- General information on licensing for child care
- Child care provider information
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing
- General information on licensing for child care
- Child care provider information
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Website with child care search tool and other information for parents. Individuals can search using various criteria to receive customized results based on their child's needs. Assistance is also available by phone.
Website with child care search tool and other information for parents. Individuals can search using various criteria to receive customized results based on their child's needs. Assistance is also available by phone.
Categories
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides referrals and connects pregnant and parenting families to early childhood resources, including:
- Basic needs, food, and housing
?- Child care
?- Early education screenings
?- Public programs
?- Special education services
Provides referrals and connects pregnant and parenting families to early childhood resources, including:
- Basic needs, food, and housing
?- Child care
?- Early education screenings
?- Public programs
?- Special education services
Categories
Parents of Infants/Toddlers
Pregnant Individuals
Specialized Information and Referral
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Provides the licensing for child care, which typically takes three to six months to complete. Services include:
- Child care provider information
- Information about licensing requirements and standards
- Inspections and investigations on certifications
- Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child care certification
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals
Services include:
- Adoption planning and placement
- Baby items include Bundles of Love gift bags ( filled with baby clothes, bibs, blankets, diapers, toys, wipes, and more) for all newborns, pack and play
- Crisis hotline
- Domestic and international adoption
- Home studies
- Mother and Child Assistance Fund provides 1-time assistance to pregnant women and families with children under 12 months old. Electric service, gas service, heating fuel, rent payment, and water service assistance are provided.
- Parenting planning and education
- Post-adoption assistance
- Pregnancy planning services
- Referrals for medical assistance, financial assistance, housing assistance, legal assistance, nutrition services, and parenting education
Services include:
- Adoption planning and placement
- Baby items include Bundles of Love gift bags ( filled with baby clothes, bibs, blankets, diapers, toys, wipes, and more) for all newborns, pack and play
- Crisis hotline
- Domestic and international adoption
- Home studies
- Mother and Child Assistance Fund provides 1-time assistance to pregnant women and families with children under 12 months old. Electric service, gas service, heating fuel, rent payment, and water service assistance are provided.
- Parenting planning and education
- Post-adoption assistance
- Pregnancy planning services
- Referrals for medical assistance, financial assistance, housing assistance, legal assistance, nutrition services, and parenting education
Categories
Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Adoptive Parent/Child Search
Adoption Information/Referrals
Child Care Provider Referrals
Conjoint Counseling
Adoptive Home Studies
Adoption Counseling and Support
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Provides the following information and services:
- Child care licensing and monitoring family child care homes
- Child care provider information
- General information on licensing for child care
Categories
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Referrals