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Facts about Family Child Care Associations
How Do Family Child Care Associations Promote High Quality Child Care?
As the family child care field continues to grow, it becomes apparent that strong, dynamic and effective local and state associations are necessary to promote high quality family child care. The importance of associations was highlighted in the Families and Work Institute’s Study of Children in Family Child Care and Relative Care (Galinsky, Howes, Kontos, and Shinn, 1994).
Associations promote the following key elements of high quality family child care identified by the Families and Work Institute Study.
- Provider-to-child relationships: Family child care associations encourage providers to offer care that is warm, caring, sensitive, attentive and responsive to children.
- Intentionality: Family child care associations attract committed providers-those who have chosen to care for young children and see themselves as more than babysitters.
- Peer support: Family child care associations provide opportunities for providers to work with and learn from their colleagues.
- Training: Family child care associations offer a variety of “provider-friendly” training programs geared to the provider’s level of experience and educational background. Examples include: enhanced child care training to further care giving skills; mentoring programs, accreditation preparation, and leadership development opportunities.
- Regulations: Family child care associations encourage and/or require provider members to be state-regulated.
How Can Community Partners Support Associations?
The potential for family child care associations is to promote high quality child care directly linked to the resources available to them. The National Association for Family Child Care works collaboratively with other national, state, and local organizations assisting these associations to gather and retain the resources they need to promote high quality family child care. The following are examples of how community partners can support associations.
- Regulatory, resource and referral agencies, and child and adult care food programs can inform providers about family child care associations and encourage provider participation.
- States can use money from the Child Care and Development Block Grants and other funding streams to support programs offered by family child care associations.
- The private sector can fund family child care associations and provider technical assistance as needed.
- Training initiatives can be linked with accreditation or institutional credit and administered through family child care associations.
Fact sheet prepared by the National Association for Family Child Care, 2009.
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How Do Family Child Care Associations Promote High Quality Child Care?
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Investing in your professional development with other knowledgeable family child care experts increases your visibility. Connecting with diverse members creates opportunities, expands interest in our industry, advances the mutual cause, promotes child advocacy, and attracts the right supporters nationwide. NAFCC provides an established foundation that offers resources in support of Affiliates and their service to family child care providers. The NAFCC Affiliate Program connects family child care providers through associations on a local, state, and national level.
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Return on your investment is immediate and extends far beyond the cost of membership. Join now and be part of a community, broadening the need for excellence in quality child care and the profession of family child care.
To learn more about how to form a State Affiliate Association contact: Affiliate Membership at 801-886-2322 ext 399 or email
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Affiliate Requirements
NAFCC can help your association through the Affiliate process. Applicants must apply and meet the following requirements:
- Be an "Association" member of NAFCC ($70.00 per year)
- Assume the responsibility to pay membership for a minimum of 25 members or 10% (whichever is greater)
- Have a non-profit 501(c)3 or (c)6 tax status
- Have a non profit tax status 501C(3) pr C(6)
- Carry liability insurance
- Support NAFCC mission and goals
- Support position on public policy
- Promote NAFCC membership through newsletters, website, and conferences
- Offer full disclosure of business practices and family child care work
Please contact an Affiliate Membership Specialist at AffiliateMembership.org / 801-886-2322 ext 399.
Affiliate Partner Benefits
Conferences and training events (get discounts), calendar of shared events, pre-conference information, online registration, discounts, and marketing opportunities for:
Networking Opportunities
- National Association of Family Child Care Annual Conference
- Association Leadership Institute Trainin
Benefits and Savings
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The Affiliate Association will use their own logo in addition to the NAFCC Affiliate logo
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Discounted NAFCC membership dues for Individuals within Affiliate structure
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May use NAFCC logo on their organization’s membership card, website, newsletters and any other promotional materials approved by NAFCC
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Affiliate Association will be listed on the NAFCC website with a direct link to the Affiliate’s website.
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Affiliate Association may send representation to attend Association Leadership Institute training at a discounted rate
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Affiliate Association will receive NAFCC newsletter and have the right to duplicate articles for members (i.e. on website, in newsletter, on display at meetings, etc.)
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Affiliate Association may take advantage of group discounts on materials, services, and products as they become available through NAFCC
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Priority will be given to Affiliates as potential grant funding partners, as opportunities become available.
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Many more benefits coming; as an association you will be able to assist in creating and choosing benefits.
Resources
A series of training toolkits with supporting materials...Available Soon! For more information contact Affiliate Membership at 801-886-2322 ext 399 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
- Introduction and Affiliate Benefits
- Association Setup-Start to Finish
- Membership Recruiting Tools
- Diversity, Mentoring and Teambuilding
- Fundraising Essentials
- Communication Guidelines and Marketing Tools
- Includes new affiliate logo with usage guidelines
Affiliate Partner Application
Affiliates Must:
- Be a legally operating family child care association
- Be an “Association” member of NAFCC ($70.00 per year)
- Verify that 10% of your membership (or a minimum of 25 whichever is greater) are NAFCC members. If not, the association assumes responsibility to pay for the memberships needed to meet this requirement.
- Carry liability insurance (Officers Insurance)
- Support NAFCC’s mission and goals
- Support NAFCC positions on public policies
- Promote NAFCC membership through newsletters, website, and conferences
- Offer full disclosure on how they work with Family Child Care
A Request for Exemption:
If an association is unable to meet any of the Affiliate Requirements due to the structure of the association they may submit a request for an exemption in writing to the NAFCC Affiliate Council for review and decision. The request should state the requirement the exemption is requested for and explain how the association can show they meet the intention of the requirement in an alternative manner. The request will be submitted to the NAFCC office and reviewed by the Affiliate Council for decision.
Benefits Include:
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The Affiliate Association will use their own logo in addition to the NAFCC Affiliate logo
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Discounted NAFCC membership dues for Individuals within Affiliate structure
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May use NAFCC logo on their organization’s membership card, website, newsletters and any other promotional materials approved by NAFCC
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Affiliate Association will be listed on the NAFCC website with a direct link to the Affiliate’s website.
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Affiliate Association may send representation to attend Association Leadership Institute training at a discounted rate
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Affiliate Association will receive NAFCC newsletter and have the right to duplicate articles for members (i.e. on website, in newsletter, on display at meetings, etc.)
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Affiliate Association may take advantage of group discounts on materials, services, and products as they become available through NAFCC
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Priority will be given to Affiliates as potential grant funding partners, as opportunities become available.
- Many more benefits coming; as an association you will be able to assist in creating and choosing benefit
NAFCC Affiliate Partner Application 
NAFCC Affiliate Partner Application (Fill-in Template)