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The state increased the minimum
standards for training hours from 4 hours per year to 20. Barriers to
attending include training scheduled at times and places that make attendance
difficult to arrange, as well as training topics that too often focus
on center-based rather than home-based child care concerns.
- To provide one-on-one, home-based
education and assistance individualized to the specific needs and quality
improvement goals of the provider.
- To support and reward efforts
to move beyond licensing standards toward NAFCC accreditation level
standards.
- To promote professionalism
within the family child care community.
- To reduce economic barriers
family child care provider face in seeking opportunities to increase
their knowledge and skills.
- To increase provider knowledge
of institutional, educational, financial, and social resources supporting
the implementation of best practices.
- To promote the creation of
a statewide provider association.
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