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WHERE TO GET HELP TO BECOME LICENSED

It may seem confusing and time-consuming, but there are many agencies available to help you become a licensed Family Child Care Provider. Below is a listing of those people and agencies:

Healthline

Offers a wide variety of information such as referrals for health screening, how to deal with head lice, recipes for nutritional lunches, how to spot child abuse, etc. You can bounce off concerns and questions and experts will listen and suggest how to handle a situation and offer resources in your area. Nurses and other professionals will call you back within 24 hours (if they can't immediately respond to your questions).

Phone: (800) 333-3212 (Monday - Thursday -- 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Website: www.childcarehealth.org

Resource and Referral Agencies (R&Rs)

California Federation of Family Day Care, Inc. will refer you to Family Child Care Associations which are a network of providers who get together to offer one another support, resources and information.

You can reach them at (310) 378-7017.

CHILD CARE CAPACITY BUILDING UNIT

Community Care Licensing (CCL) is focusing on increasing the child care capacity in specific zip codes with Los Angeles County by expediting the licensing process for applicants in those zip codes and providing orientations which are:

Created for specific communities and agencies.

Presented in many different languages.

Offered at non-traditional hours including evenings and weekends.