Child Care Services Program Overview

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Child Care Services Program Overview

• Deborah Russo, Director
• April 3, 2008

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Program Mission and Vision
Mission To ensure the health, safety and
well-being of all children while in care through
regulatory activities. Vision Every community
will provide safe child care environments that
nurture children while in care.
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Major Functions

• Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all
  children in care through onsite inspections.
• Provide programmatic analysis, guidance
  technical assistance.
• Deliver consistent competency-based training.
• Maintain statewide website and database.
• Support quality initiatives to improve the
  quality of care.
• Review and issue credentials for qualified staff
  and directors.

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Services Provided

• Regulate 8,972 providers as of 4/1/08.
• Conducted over 29,500 onsite inspections (routine
  complaints) during FY 06-07.
• Conducted 8,290 mandated training classes for
  over 138,000 students during FY 06-07.
• Issued 94,094 certificates of completion for
  online mandated training
• Administered 123,428 competency exams during FY
  06-07.
• Issued 8,731 staff and director credentials
  during FY 06-07.

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Specific Training

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Specific Training (cont)
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Future Plan...

• Continue to protect the vulnerable and support
  Floridas families by ensuring quality child care
  programs that promote a childs
• educational,
• social, and
• emotional development
• www.myflorida.com/childcare