Family Child Care providers deserve supports to help them sustain their child care businesses. Joining a Staffed Family Child Care Network (SFCCN) can fulfill that need.
SFCCNs are community initiatives with paid staff that have expertise helping family child care providers and they offer ongoing support services and resources. SFCCNs help ensure that Connecticut’s family child care system develops equitably and consistently across the state.
Benefits of joining a network
If you’re a family child care provider, joining your local network has big advantages.
Develop long-term professional relationships and get peer-to peer support. Get access to coaching, professional development opportunities, and resources that can help you grow your business. Specific benefits include:
- Ongoing contact with network staff by phone and email
- Opportunity to participate in regularly scheduled network meetings
- Access to behavioral health experts from the Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP)
Best of all, joining a network and using any of these services is free for all CT family child care providers.
We also plan to add support and funding to help you become nationally accredited through the National Association of Family Child Care.
Join an SFCCN in your area
To find the network in your area, select your town on the map or use the dropdown menu. You can then contact them directly and say you’d like to apply.
Related resources
Access the 211 Child Care Provider Portal
Use our online provider portal to update your profile. Share program updates, report program status, report available openings, and much more! Explore the Provider Portal.
Take the Provider Orientation (POP) training for Home Based Care 4 Kids Providers
This training is a mandatory for all home based Care 4 Kids providers (licensed and unlicensed). It focuses on health and safety, child development, Care 4 Kids procedures, and CSEA-SEIU information. Take the POP training.
National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC)
NAFCC is a national professional association dedicated to promoting high quality early care and education in home-based settings. Become a member or learn about getting accredited.
Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP)
The Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP®) provides early childhood mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention services to children who are at risk of suspension/expulsion from early care and education settings. ECCP consults with providers, builds capacity, and creates treatment plans. Find an ECCP consultant.
Pyramid Model
Use the Pyramid Model to promote young children’s social and emotional development and prevent and address challenging behavior. To get started, explore the online Pyramid training modules.