Family Child Care Option

Review flexibilities for meeting required staff qualifications so that family child care can remain a viable and important program option for Head Start grant recipients.

This article presents a brief overview of the issues and legal landscape surrounding workers in family child care settings. Program directors may use this resource to better understand legal issues related to family child care employees and independent contractors.

Take a look at these resources and materials to find ways to support family child care providers as they plan to deliver early care and education services.

Explore available resources to learn more about ways to support the family child care workforce. Find out how to promote quality care, family engagement, school readiness, and professional growth and development.

Explore research on the impact of quality practices, models for quality home-based child care (i.e., family child care), and partnerships between child care and Head Start, and Early Head Start programs.

Discover resources to support programs and individuals as they meet the applicable professional qualifications and engage in professional development opportunities in the family child care option.

Use these resources and materials to help plan to deliver services within a family child care setting.

Explore these resources to learn more about the Head Start Program Performance Standards related to the family child care program option.

Explore materials from an Office of Head Start and Office of Child Care demonstration project. These resources may be useful to  Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships that include family child care partners.