This Month

Child Care

• Pay your SACC bill online using e-Checks.
• Explore child care options.
• Perform online child care search.
• Learn the signs of quality child care.
• Maintain your child care arrangements.
• Find afterschool care for middle-school students.
• Learn tips for keeping children safe during emergencies.
• Make sure your child care provider gives your child healthy food.

Paying for Child Care

• Learn current child care costs.
• Get assistance in paying for child care.

Being a Child Care Provider

• Start a family child care business or a child care center.
• Emergency response checklist and plan.
  
• File reimbursements online with Provider Access.
  
• Register for training.
  
• Join the USDA Child Care Food Program.
  
• Market your child care program on this Web site.
  
• Find Web site resources for your child care business.
  
• Find resources for First Aid and CPR.
  
• Join a state or local family child care association.
• Watch a five-minute video about a unique course for Spanish-speaking child care providers.
• Build relationships with parents (PDF)
• Professional development tracking tool (PDF)
  

Business Involvement

• Support child care at the workplace.

Research and Publications

• Fairfax Futures' booklet "Helping Your Child Love to Learn." (PDF) (English) (Español)
• Findings from the Fairfax County Child Care Workforce Study Caring for Our Children. (PDF)
• Early Learning Guidelines. (ELG English) (ELG Español) (PDF)
• Review important information about child care regulations. (PDF)
  
• The fall 2008 training catalog for child care providers. (PDF)
• Childhood obesity: "Weigh to Go" (PDF) from "Washington Parent" magazine.
  
• Read past issues of "Update," our newsletter for child care providers.
• Coping with the cost of child care: Findings from the Westat Survey on Affordability Study. (PDF)
• Why it's important to read aloud to children. (PDF)
• Summary of the most recent Fairfax Futures Symposium. (PDF)