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.

What to do with a Blog

I have tried to start several blogs. But oh well, I do not seem able to continue and build them up. This time, I will try to do better.

At this point I have several lenses at Squidoo. The one I am developing now is about grandmothers who work at home, but also take care of grandchildren.

I take care of my now 5 month old grandson. I do this so he does not have to go to daycare. I believe babies and small children should not have to go to daycare if there is a viable alternative. If one has the time and energy to devote to the baby, one should give that baby all the love and care a grandmother has to give.

In the state of Louisiana where we live, if a parent is below a certain yearly income and the baby has WIC and or Medicaid this state has a program where the child care giver will be paid a certain amount of money. This only if the care giver is certified by the state.

The Volunteer of America group provides that certification. I shall be registering for it tomorrow. That will be Monday, January 5th.