Types of Child Care Providers
This type of child care is typically unregulated unless receiving state subsidy funds and caregivers are mainly babysitters, nannies, family members, friends, or neighbors.
What is In-Home Care?
This is a number used to represent the number of caregivers proportional to the number of children under their care within a particular classroom or care setting.
What is an Adult to Child Ratio?
This is a type of communication that is one-sided. It is always best to avoid this type of communication as it is harder for families to take in the information provided due to the unnatural flow of information.
What is a lecture?
This type of certification allows child care programs to evaluate themselves and to be evaluated externally based on indicators that have been identified as predicting the overall quality of a program and/or positive developmental outcomes for children by being in compliance with these key indicators. Typically, this is described as going above and beyond the minimum requirements.
What is National Accreditation?
This is a type of state-based agency that may either be local or centralized and is used to provide families, providers, and the broader community with resources such as child care referrals, state-subsidy intake, training, technical assistance, and professional development.
What is a CCR&R?
This type of child care is usually in a home-based or center-based setting (though not the child's home), and is often regulated based on state or local requirements.
What is Out-Of-Home Care?
This term refers to the rate at which employees at a facility are replaced. It is an indicator for quality care if this is low.
What is staff turnover?
This type of communication is two-sided, where both parties are able to add value. It is important that we use this type of communication as it creates a level playing field and helps the family feel heard, valued, capable, and confident.
What is a dialogue/conversation?
This is a state-based system offered in some states across America to bridge the gap in quality between licensing and accreditation standards. Oklahoma was the first state to implement a system like this in 1998.
What is QRIS?
This resource is available on our website and can be used to find local assistance agencies for families based on their ZIP code or address.
What is the CCR&R Search Function?
This specific type of care is usually provided in the caregiver's home, features smaller groups of children of mixed ages, and in some instances may need to be licensed.
What is a Family Child Care Home?
This key indicator of quality care refers to the number of children recommended to be present in any particular setting to ensure socialization while still prioritizing the safety of all children.
What are classroom group sizes?
When callers seem to lack interest in having a lengthy conversation regarding Consumer Education over the phone, we may use this as a follow-up to make sure we provide them with any additional information we may have missed or skipped.
What is the CCA Consumer Ed Email?
A CDA Credential or Associate/Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or a similar field may be used as an alternative to a National Accred for our program for this type of child care provider.
What is an In-Home Care Center / Family Child Care Home?
This is a resource we provide on our website to help find state resources on child care, health and social services, support for children with special needs, and more.
What is the State-by-State Resource Map?
This specific type of care is provided for children aged 5 - 12 years old and is offered during the hours before and after school, though may include care during school breaks.
What is School Aged Care?
Certifications such as First Aid, CPR, and MAT (Medication Administrative Training) as well as professional development trainings in subjects such as nutrition, children's behaviors, and physical activity all fall under this indicator of quality care.
What are caregiver qualifications?
This practice should always be recommended to families before they enroll in a facility so that they may use their senses, their judgment, their instincts, and what they know about their child to determine if it might be a good fit for their family.
What is a daycare facility tour / in person visit?
NAEYC, NECPA, NAC and Cognia are all types of National Accreditations we will accept for this type of child care provider.
What is a Child Care Center?
This is financial assistance provided at the state level. Common programs of this type are Universal Pre-K / Voluntary Pre-K programs.
What is state subsidy?
This specific type of care is typically for children aged 3-5 years old but sometimes may include children as young as 18 months. It is often part-time but may be full-day or include wrap-around care and may be offered as a stand-alone program or within another setting.
What is a Preschool Program?
If caring for infants, this key indicator of quality care will refer to ensuring they sleep on their back and on a firm, flat sleep surface.
What is Infant Safe Sleep?
This practice involves not just absorbing what is being said, but also listening for subtext, remaining fully present, and adjusting the speed and/or depth of the information you are providing based on the caller's unique needs as they are expressed in your conversation.
What is Active Listening?
This is the name of the state-based quality rating system used in the state of Texas.
What is Texas Rising Stars?
This is a resource typically shared with veterans and other military families who are ineligible for our program. This serves as a searchable database of resources vetted for service members, veterans, family members and caregivers and is a partnership among the Departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs.
What is the National Resource Directory?