Baby-sitting and Family Child Care are not the same kind of care for your children!
Baby-sitting provides for short term absences from Mom and Dad; Family Child Care is structured for longer term care, providing a stable educational, social, and interactive environment.
Making the right choice in child care!
Experts recommend young children be cared for in a small group home setting for optimum health and development, quality of care, and socialization. While choosing family-based child care is one of the best decisions a parent can make, informed parents seek family child care homes affiliated with the NJFCCPA. The New Jersey Family Child Care Providers' Association makes available to its members training and support that brings about a higher degree of excellence in their profession. We are a National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) State Affiliate, one of the few state organizations to meet the requirements for national affiliate status.
Choose Family Child Care....for the love of your children!
Most NJFCCPA member Family Child Care Programs feature:
- Professional Provider, trained in childhood development
- Home-away-from-home environment with an educational program for infants through school age
- Limited enrollment for personalized attention
- State monitored for health & safety standards
- Food program for nutritionally balanced meals & snacks
- Social interaction for children on a small group scale
- Reliable, individual caregiver, offering a stable routine
- No worries about teacher turnover
Being a Family Child Care Provider, “requires the wisdom of a parent, the knowledge of a social worker, the skill of a pediatrician, the tact of a mediator, the patience of a saint; not to mention the savvy of an entrepreneur running a small business.”
(June Solnit Sale, 1988) (Why Choose Family Child Care? NAFCC, 2006)
