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Family Child Care
If you are in need of quality child care the Family Child Care Program could be for you! FCC has licensed FCC Providers in JB MDL Lakehurst, Dix, and McGuire housing areas. Any adult offering regular child care in privatized base housing MUST be licensed according to their lease contract. FCC homes offer an inviting setting, with a family atmosphere, where your child can participate in quality developmental activities and be properly supervised by a trained professional. The FCC Program is open to active duty military dependent children, Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriate and Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) employee dependent children, contract employee dependent children, and reservist dependent children on their duty weekends or two-week tours.
Play, Learn & Grow Together
Have you recently PCS’d to JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst or returned home from a deployment? If so, you may qualify for FREE CHILD CARE through the Family Child Care Program.
A variety of care is available including, PCS Care, Deployment/Remote Child Care, UTA Child Care, Subsidy, hourly care, Extended Duty Care, full-time care, part-time care, night and weekend care. The individual family child care provider sets the fees. These programs are listed in detail in the sections below. For additional information, please contact the Family Child Care Office.
- PCS Care
- Deployment/Remote Care
- UTA Child Care
- Subsidy
- Hourly care
- Extended Duty Care
Start your own business by becoming a Family Child Care provider!
Provider Perks
- Own your own business and make money as you raise your own children
- All required toys, equipment, safety and health supplies needed to begin your business are provided to you free
- Resume and career builder
- Opportunity to receive education leading to National Accreditation
- Introduction to a new career path in Early Childhood Education
- No licensing fee
We welcome providers and staff with Special Needs or Chronic Health Issues
What We Offer
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Basic Requirements to Become an FCC Provider
– Be 18 years of age or older
– Speak, read and write English
– Attend 36 hours of Orientation
– Proof of Immunizations
– Have a high school diploma or equivalent
Getting Started
The FCC Office will guide you through the licensing process and assist you with establishing your business. All training requirements mandated by AFI 34-144, Jul 19 for FCC providers will be provided prior to the home being licensed.
Training will include child abuse identification and reporting, appropriate guidance, discipline techniques, food handlers, medication administration, learning environments, safety, health, and fire regulations. In addition, you will complete 15 specialized modules that will educate you on everything from home safety and health to set up your environment during your first 18 months of license.
For additional information on starting your FCC career call for an appointment at 609.562.2729.
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Why choose the Family Child Care Program?
What We Offer
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FCC is flexible
– Many providers can respond to the unique needs of military schedules such as weekends, evenings, and intermittent care.
– Care is available for infants six weeks to school-age children in one home, so siblings can stay together.
– Settings for children who do best in small groups.
FCC is safe
– Every provider and household members age twelve and older have in-depth background checks.
– Provider’s homes are inspected by the Fire, Safety, and Public Health Departments annually or more.
– Unannounced home visits are made by the FCC Office to the home to ensure compliance with all regulations at least once per month.
– Only six children can be in care at any time, including the provider’s own children under the age of eight. Only two of these six can be under the age of two, including the provider’s own children.
– Providers purchase their own daycare liability insurance.
FCC is well-trained
– Providers have the same orientation training as all CYP employees, including CPR, First Aid, health, sanitation, food handling and disease prevention, child growth and development, child abuse prevention and reporting, appropriate guidance, setting up a home environment, USDA policies and menu planning and business practices before getting licensed.
– Providers complete military standardization modules to ensure they operate a developmentally appropriate home with developmental activities.
– Assessments of each of the fifteen modules are conducted to observe providers doing developmentally appropriate hands-on activities in their home.
– Providers join a network that meets monthly to exchange views and train on special topics relating to their profession.
– The FCC Office continually works with providers to provide training, support, equipment, and guidance.
FCC is quality
– Providers participate in USDA and serve nutritious meals.
– Providers follow the “Creative Curriculum” and offer a wide variety of developmentally appropriate activities for children to enjoy.
– Providers work towards their Child Development Associates (CDA), a national child care credential, and National Accreditation through the National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC) showing their expertise in the field.
– Financial assistance is available to children on the CDC waiting list which allows parents’ fees to match what they would pay at the CDC.
FCC is always recruiting providers for all types of care:
- Full-Time
- Infant & Toddler
- Before & After School
- Hourly
- Evening
- Weekend Duty
- Extended Duty
- PCS / Volunteer
- TDY & Return Home Care
- Special Needs & Chronic Health
- Problems (Children with asthma, cerebral palsy, physical impairments, etc.)
- Affiliate (providers not residing in base housing)
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