Opening Family Day Care Requires 1 Year Experience, How Is This Confirmed?

[ingmo]

I'm currently working at a Family Day Care in NY. The health conditions are below my standards and there's now a bed bug infestation. No choice but to resign.

I've only been at this location 3 months, with a long term goal of opening my own Family Day Care. From what I understand there is a requirement of working 1 year at a facility.


"have a minimum of either two (2) years of experience caring for children under six
years of age, or one (1) year of experience caring for children under six years of age
plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase
"experience caring for children" can mean child-rearing as well as paid and unpaid
experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean

http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/regs/416-GFDC.pdf

Can someone help clarify the requirements?

1. Does my own child count as 'unpaid experience' towards this requirement?

2. If I find a job at another facility (looking to meet the 1 year requirement) how do I prove experience at the previous job? Does the city keep records of this or do I need a reference from previous bosses?

Thank you!

[Blackcat31]

I'm currently working at a Family Day Care in NY. The health conditions are below my standards and there's now a bed bug infestation. No choice but to resign.

I've only been at this location 3 months, with a long term goal of opening my own Family Day Care. From what I understand there is a requirement of working 1 year at a facility.


"have a minimum of either two (2) years of experience caring for children under six
years of age, or one (1) year of experience caring for children under six years of age
plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase
"experience caring for children" can mean child-rearing as well as paid and unpaid
experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean

http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/regs/416-GFDC.pdf

Can someone help clarify the requirements?

1. Does my own child count as 'unpaid experience' towards this requirement?

2. If I find a job at another facility (looking to meet the 1 year requirement) how do I prove experience at the previous job? Does the city keep records of this or do I need a reference from previous bosses?

Thank you!

That requirement seems to be for GROUP family care.

You need to have a year experience in operating a family daycare BEFORE moving to a larger license (Group care) and have more children enrolled.

Here is the Daycare.com page that explains the difference:

https://www.daycare.com/newyork/

Here is the requirements for regular family child care

https://www.daycare.com/newyork/new-york-family-daycare-home-licensing-requirements.html

[daycarediva]

That's a group care requirement.

Your child care experience to open a FCC can be babysitting as a teen, parenting, and of course, 3 months working at a FCC.

Also- please report the conditions in your current facility to licensing. They are required to be clean and infestation free. I wouldn't work a single day further- bed bugs can hitch a ride home with you.

[ingmo]

That requirement seems to be for GROUP family care.

You need to have a year experience in operating a family daycare BEFORE moving to a larger license (Group care) and have more children enrolled.

Here is the Daycare.com page that explains the difference:

https://www.daycare.com/newyork/

Here is the requirements for regular family child care
https://www.daycare.com/newyork/new-...uirements.html

Thank you so much! It's certainly overwhelming reading this through. I'm looking to start a family child care. Using the second link you provided I still see:

" have a minimum of either two years of experience caring for children under six years of age, or one year of experience caring for children under six years of age plus six hours of training or education in early childhood development. The phrase "experience caring for children" can mean childrearing as well as paid and unpaid experience caring for children. The term "training" can mean educational workshops and courses in caring for preschool children;"

[ingmo]

That's a group care requirement.

Also- please report the conditions in your current facility to licensing. They are required to be clean and infestation free. I wouldn't work a single day further- bed bugs can hitch a ride home with you.

Thank's again! I'm afraid of even confronting the owner, who's currently going crazy throwing things away. Sigh..

[hwichlaz]

are you a mom?

that counts