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   Child Care

Family Child Care Accreditation
Through the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
with support from Child Care Connection, Inc. (CCC)

For more information on the NAFCC Accreditation process, go to http://www.nafcc.org/accreditation/accreditation.asp and click on the headings listed below:

•   Benefits of NAFCC Accreditation
  
•   How do I Become Accredited?
  
•   NAFCC Eligibility Criteria
  
•   Information Required on the NAFCC Application
  
•   Information Explaining the Self Study Step
  
•   Documentation Required for the Observation Step
  
•   Information Explaining how an Observer will be Assigned
  
•   Information Explaining Self Observation
  
•   Information Explaining the Decision Step
  
•   Quality Standards for NAFCC Accreditation
  
•   Frequently Asked Questions about the NAFCC Accreditation Process
  

After reading the above information, if you are interested in beginning the NAFCC Accreditation process ask yourself the following questions:

•   Do I meet the eligibility standards for NAFCC Accreditation?
•   Do I have at least 60 training hours over the last three years? (90
    hours will be required by the application date)
•   Am I interested in going through self study and self reflection of
    my program?

CCC offers the following support services for Family Child Care programs pursuing Accreditation through NAFCC:

•   Financial assistance
•   On-site consultation services
•   Accreditation study groups
•   Training/mentoring
•   Technical assistance
•   E-mail and phone support services

The Self Study process of NAFCC Accreditation is designed to encourage programs to engage in a structured approach of improvement. It is an essential step towards NAFCC Accreditation; however programs may enroll in Self Study even if they do not expect to proceed with other steps toward NAFCC Accreditation in the future.

If you have questions, would like additional information, or are ready to begin the NAFCC Self Study process please contact Betsy Harris at bharris@childcareconnection.org or call (907) 563-2954.