The Process of Becoming a Certified In Home Day Care Provider

When you are providing day care for a child whose parents work, you can do it as a free thing or you can become certified. Now for children who are on medicaid, WIC or Family Support, their parents can apply for a portion of that child care payment.

If you are providing child care in your home and would like to be paid, the best thing to do is go through the procedure of becoming certified.

I just recently checked all of this out. What I did was without knowing and understanding the procedure to follow, went about it backwards.

First you go to your local Office of Family Support and ask for the application to become a certified in home child care provider. I was given a 1 800 number to call. They did not ask for any information except my address. A few days later the application packet came in the mail.

This packet is several pages long. It includes a check list of all the things necessary to pass certification. On line you can go to this page for the legal documents detailing the rules and regulations.

For the application see this page http://snurl.com/e6itl

The Schedule is in

Wednesday I got the paperwork in. Rather interesting all the classes you can take. I do not think that I am taking all of the courses listed. I need the 6 hour class, that will certify me to do in home day care of my grandson. I will learn more about all of this on Monday. That is when I will call and reserve my class. I will also send in the registration fees.

Monday

Well today I made the call to Volunteers of America located in Baton Rouge, LA.

I explained what I needed and they are sending me the schedule for classes and application to take the certification course. I hope to receive that by Wednesday.

I have been looking around on the net at different sites that are about grandparents who provide childcare for the grandchildren. I have found a few that appear to be based on my subject. Even found the one for Work at Home Grandmothers group on Ning. That seems very interesting. I have applied to join. We shall see

The Certification Process will begin Monday

Grandmothers who work at home, while taking care of their grandchildren. This is the title to my squidoo lens I started two days ago.

Monday I will make the call to the DSS to determine exactly what they need to become certified by the state so that I will be qualified to give child care to my grandson.

This blog is to give all of particulars to the actual certification needed.