Getting into the Business of Child Care

Join The Family Child Care Profession

Advantages of doing child care in your home:

• Earn an income while staying at home with your own children.
• Numerous tax advantages including deductions on your car, mortgage, etc.
• Little or no start-up cost.
• You are your own boss and make your own decisions.
• Personal satisfaction from running your own business.

West Central Child Care Connection offers:

• An Orientation resource book packed with an array of Start-up information.
• Assistance to providers on parent / provider relationships, business topics and much more.
• Referrals to legal child care centers and family child care homes for parents
• Trainings to meet your needs and state requirements
  

Training Hours required by DCFS before applying for licensing:

• Effective 1-1-2011 individuals applying to become licensed through DCFS must complete 15 hours of approved training prior to submitting their application.
• DCFS mandates three specific trainings: Mandated Reporting, SIDS and Shaken Baby be included in the 15 hours.
• The remaining hours can be taken in any trainings that are approved child development related topics in which a certificate of attendance is received.
• The only approved mandated reporter training is online at https://www.dcfstraining.org/manrep/index.jsp.
• SIDS and Shaken may be done at a live training (see Training Calendar) or online at the following links:
  
  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  Link: http://elearning.ilgateways.com/course/view.php?id=26  
  Enrollment Code: sids101
  
  Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
  Link: http://elearning.ilgateways.com/course/view.php?id=27
  Enrollment Code: sbs101

For more information on starting your own family child care business, receiving a free 56 page resource book or the required 15 hours of training, call Barb at West Central Child Care Connection at (217)222-2550 or email us at BSchaller@wcccc.com.

For more information on becoming a licensed family child care business you can take a free online training created at DCFS at the following link:

Licensed Family Child Care Orientation
Link: http://hdl.dcfstraining.org/jsp/index.jsp