What Are Family Child Care Homes?

The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project now offers another service option through Family Child Care Homes, providing high-quality Head Start services directly in licensed family child care programs. Through these partnerships with dedicated in-home providers, we enroll children in nurturing, small-group settings and support both families and providers to ensure comprehensive Head Start services.

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How Our Family Child Care Homes Work

Our contracted family child care home providers care for a small group of children supported by our trained specialists. These specialists assist providers in meeting state licensing requirements, Head Start Performance Standards and maintaining continuous quality improvement. In addition, they conduct bi-weekly program visits, home visits, and provide case management to ensure families receive health, education, and family services.

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Current Service Areas

We currently work with providers in:

• Smoaks, South Carolina

• Chesnee, South Carolina

• Kings Mountain, North Carolina

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Where We’re Looking for New Providers

We are seeking providers in the following areas:

South Carolina

• Cherokee County

• Florence County

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North Carolina

• Cleveland County

• Wayne County

• Lenoir County

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Indiana

• Marion County

• St. Joseph County

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Oklahoma

• Custer County

• Tulsa County

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Requirements to Become a Family Child Care Home Provider

To join us as a Family Child Care Home provider, applicants must:

• Be or become licensed to be a Family Child Care Home in the state of operation

• Meet Head Start health and safety and training requirements

• Pass a state background check

• Hold a Family Child Care Home Child Development Associate (CDA) or a state-recognized equivalent credential

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Interested in Becoming a Provider?

Fill out our Interest Form to get started!

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For additional questions, please contact our Family Child Care Program Manager:​

Andrea Martinez Langlois
Email: alanglois@ecmhsp.org