- Helps families find child care that best meets their needs. Builds Provider/Program Connections. - Supplies information on loans and scholarships and administers state grants to child care providers, programs, and staff - Supports providers/programs through licensing process - Promotes professional growth and development of child care program staff and providers through grants, resources, training, consultation, and mentoring

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 are available to licensed child care programs each year, starting September 1 through the 25th - Start-up grants on an ongoing basis, depending on funding

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: - 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. - 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 - 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 ability to provide care and services.

Provides the following information and services: - Child care licensing - Child care provider locator information - General information on licensing for child care, rules and regulations, forms, and trainings

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

Administers 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 parents/guardians information about what to look for in a child care setting and provides referrals to licensed child care providers in Minnesota

Provide assistance, information, and resources for child care licensing and general child care information for parents and providers

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, 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

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, 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

Provides the licensing for childcare. Services include: - Childcare provider information - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections, complaints about family childcare, and investigations on certifications - Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of childcare certification

This office oversees child care licensing and child care information; this office can provide a list of child care providers in Fillmore County.

All Birthright services are free, confidential and provide: - 24 hours/7 days a week helpline and live chat through the website - Free resources for maternity and baby items and pregnancy tests - Information about pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, prenatal care, community programs, parenting skills, and child care - Referrals for medical support, financial resources, housing, legal, social assistance, and professional counseling

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

- 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

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 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

Administers licensing for child care. Services include: - Answer questions regarding applying for a license. - Conduct annual home visits - Conduct annual background studies on the providers, household members, and/or anyone helping, substituting or assisting with the child care program - Investigate licensing complaints - Provide ongoing support to providers

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

- Connects families and professionals to local agencies across the state - Provides statewide data on childcare supply and demand and supports local agencies in coordinating childcare provider training, administers grants for quality improvement and recruiting, retaining care and education providers - Provides technical assistance to Minnesota's 13 Child Care Aware agencies and works to enhance its members' ability to provide quality services to all 87 counties - Statewide system of agencies providing services throughout Minnesota to support the professional development of childcare providers

Provides the licensing for childcare, 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 childcare certification

Provides the following information and services: - Child care licensing? - Child care provider information and referral? ?- General information on licensing for child care