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Provides information about child care options, how to evaluate care, referrals to programs that may meet individual needs, other parent education materials and other financial options. Offers small business start-up assistance, training and technical assistance, mini grants, reimbursement for food costs and home and center visitations to child care providers. Also provides demographic information, child care supply and demand, policy planning and development. Parents in Steuben County may take advantage of a subsidy program to help with the cost of child care.

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Expense Assistance
Child Care Provider Licensing
Offers referrals to parents seeking registered child care provider information. Also provides information regarding regulated child care and child care subsidy funds to parents. Provides regulatory over site of registered day care/child care programs, support and guidance of registration and application process and assisting child care providers with training and technical assistance. Administers the CACFP program which provides nutrition and meal planning education services and meal reimbursement to family day care providers.

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing
Familyâs Child Care Connections serving Columbia, Greene and Ulster Counties is a child care resource and referral agency, working to increase the supply of quality child care and assists parents in their child care search by referring them to legal child care providers. Other services include: identifying sources of financial aid, training and technical assistance to early care and learning programs, etc.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Recruitment
Child Care Complaints
Child Care Instruction
Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration.

Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

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Child Care Provider Associations
Child Care Instruction
Information and Referral
Child Care Complaints
Facility Licensing
* Provides comprehensive, long term case management and counseling services to young parents and their children. Services include: Home visiting Parenting education Employment services Education support Peer support groups

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Long Term Case/Care Management
Nutrition Education
Parent Support Groups
Parent Counseling
Life Skills Education
Contraception
Child Care Instruction
Home Based Parenting Education
Offers a variety of childbirth and child care classes. Courses include childbirth preparation, big brother/big sister, babysitting, and breastfeeding.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Childbirth Education
Babysitting Instruction
Provides a one-stop resource for child care needs. Offers child care resources and referral, child care licensing and registration, training and education for child care providers, and administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

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Child Care Provider Licensing
Information and Referral
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child and Adult Care Food Programs
* Provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

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Child Care Complaints
Facility Licensing
Child Care Instruction
Provides a variety of safety education and training courses, such as first aid, CPR, AED, lifeguard certification, water safety, babysitting, and more.

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Child Care Instruction
Water Safety Education
First Aid Instruction
Fire Prevention Information
Recruitment and training for child care providers. Can send nurse to train in NYS Medication Administration Laws. Nurse can provide training and assist child care programs with developing their health care plans and health related issues. Program called Quality Child Care Campaign, thru the County CCRR oversees program assisting providers and programs in improving quality at their site and to become nationally accredited.

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Child Care Instruction
Child Care Provider Recruitment
Offers health and safety courses to professionals, adults and children including: first aid, CPR, babysitter training, water safety, life guard training, disaster preparedness, and sports injury. Courses available to the business community through the Work Place program.

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First Aid Instruction
Safety Education Programs
Babysitting Instruction
CPR Instruction
Water Safety Education
Emergency Preparedness and Response Training
Lifeguard Training
Offers any and all types of assistance to individuals and programs providing or are considering the option to provide child care in their homes or center-based child care programs. Assistance includes training to meet regulatory requirements, Mandated Reporter training, and improve program quality and on-site quality improvement projects for existing providers. Also provides start-up assistance for prospective child care providers.

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Seed Money
Workshops / Symposiums
Book Loan
Child Care Instruction
Offers comprehensive selection of instructional courses including: first aid, CPR, babysitting, "When I'm in Charge - Home Alone Safety," water safety, pet first-aid, life-guarding and small water craft proficiency to individuals and groups. Free smoke alarms and installation. Schedule home visit: [email protected] or call: 607-785-7207

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CPR Instruction
Child Care Instruction
Smoke Alarms
Water Safety Education
General Disaster Preparedness Information
Personal Safety Education
General First Aid Instruction
Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration.

Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Associations
Information and Referral
Child Care Complaints
Child Care Provider Licensing
As a service of the Children's Bureau (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), access to print, electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency is made available, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and other child-related issues.

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Adoption Information / Referrals
Child Care Instruction
Online Databases
Printed Materials
Provides resources to assist parents with their child care needs, individuals with concerns regarding the health or safety of a child in a day care program and individuals involved in running or initiating a day care program. Oversees Licenses and Monitors Daycare and Home based Daycare Facilities. Offers online information including a Child Care Facility Search feature which provides a listing of regulated child care providers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. There is also an online screening tool to help parents determine their eligibility for financial support from the state's Child Care Assistance Program for low or no-cost child care.

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Child Care Expense Assistance
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Complaints
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Registers child care programs.
* Offers health and safety courses. CPR AED heart defibrillation device training First aid Water safety, life guarding, swimming lessons Baby-sitting Pet first aid and CPR* Offers Volunteer opportunities.

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CPR Instruction
Water Safety Education
Automated External Defibrillator Training
General First Aid Instruction
Child Care Instruction
Offers a variety of childbirth and child care classes. Courses include childbirth preparation, big brother/big sister, babysitting, and breastfeeding.

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Childbirth Education
Babysitting Instruction
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Provides child care education in the form of workshops, seminars and conferences for organizations that work with children.
Develops and offers professional development (training, coaching, and technical assistance) consistent with the New York State Core Body of Knowledge Core Competencies for all modalities of child care (Family, Group Family, Center and School Age). Council offers the New York State Office of Children & Family Services (NYS OCFS) mandated 15 hour Foundations in Health & Safety Training required for registration of licensing of new Family/Group Family providers; recruitment and business practices workshops; technical assistance for potential and new providers of all modalities, Medication Administration Training (MAT) required for those that administer medication to children in their program and The Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential for early childhood education professionals.New York State Training and Technical Assistance Professional Credentialed specialists are available with expertise in infants and toddlers, preschool and elementary/middle school development, care and education. Council staff provide interactive in-person professional development at Council as well as at your location (through fee for service) as requested by programs and community agencies. Topics for training, coaching, and/or technical assistance include but are not limited tio all NYS OCFS required topics for the 30 hours of mandated training; child growth and development; responding to challenging behaviors; family and community relationships; culturally responsive practice; observation and assessment; environment and curriculum; health. safety and nutrition; coping with tragedy, trauma and disasters; professionalism and leadership; administration and management; NYS OCFS regulations; national accreditation self-studies; and professional development planning. Bilingual (English/Spanish) services are available.

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Professional Skills Development Support
Speakers / Speakers Bureaus
Workshops / Symposiums
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Occupational / Professional Licensing Development
Provides reimbursement for qualifying meals and snacks serviced in all types of regulated or approved day care settings. Promotes the health and well being of infants, children and adults in day care by insuring that day care providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks.

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Issues
Child Care Workers
Offers child care providers, over the age of 18 and licensed or registered by New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the MAT (Medication Administration Training) certifying child care providers to administer medication to children in their programs. Also offers parents and child care providers health care consults with RN's on any issue regarding MAT and non-MAT Health Care Programs. Will conduct site visits to ensure compliance with state child care regulations and act as resources for child care providers.

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Licensing / Certification / Accreditation
Child Care Provider Training
Child care referrals, training, and community education. Also, provides assistance in starting child care services within Orange County.

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Child Care Instruction
Child Care Provider Recruitment
Updates will be posted at www.childdevelopmentcouncil.org. helps parents, child care providers and employers meet child care needs and the needs of Cortland's children through available, affordable and easily accessible care. maintains database of Cortland-area child care providers. Parents can request referrals by fax, email, online form, telephone or online database at www.childdevelopmentcouncil.org. Requestors receive a referral packet along with tips on interviewing and selecting a quality program. offers training in several formats to help regulated child care providers meet the bi-annual, 30 hours of required training . offers an Emergency Child Care Scholarship that provides short-term assistance with child care expenses.