Category: Family Child Cares

Family Child Care Resource List

Whether you are a new or experienced child care provider, your family child care program can benefit from the many resources available. In this list you’ll find services and programs to support your business.

Selling Your Family Child Care Program to Parents

BANANAS receives a large number of phone calls from family child care providers with openings in their programs. Even though there is still an overall shortage of child care, many programs do have openings.

Family Child Care Income Tax Recordkeeping

Keeping careful records doesn’t have to take that much time. You need to find a system which works for you and a regular time to keep your records up-to-date.

Parent and Child Together in Family Child Care- Will it work for me?

For some answers to this question, BANANAS asked Kay Martin, mother and family child care provider, to share the results of including her son in the program she started when he was sixteen months old.

Family Child Care Policies and Contracts

A discussion of the contents, purposes and requirements of contracts. This handout provides samples of contracts, as well as samples of various forms, such as authorization to leave care, medical treatment authorization, etc.