Registered Family Child Care Providers
Starting a Child Care Business
Are you thinking about starting a child care business in your home?
- Family child care, defined as the care of five or fewer children in the provider’s home, is a natural choice for many parents.
- Children can interact in small groups in an informal home setting, and there is often the flexibility for extended or non-traditional hours.
- A New Jersey Certificate of Registration for Family Child Care can be obtained through the Office for Children, the state designated family child care sponsoring organization for Bergen County.
Requirements:
- Providers and a substitute must register separately with www.NJCCIS.com
- Provider and substitute must complete 18 hours of trainings:
- FCC/FFN Orientation - 2 hours, virtual
- CPR & First Aid - 6 hours ($55.00 - check or money order):
Contact Andrea Alexander at (201) 640-5356 for more information - Health & Safety Basics - 6 hours (virtual, available for free on NJCCIS)
- Child Abuse & Neglect - 2 hours (virtual, available for free on NJCCIS)
- Child Development - 2 hours (virtual, available for free on NJCCIS)
- Medical Exam & TB test (Provider & Substitute)
- Identogo FingerPrinting - 18 years & over living in the household must get finger-printed
- Child Abuse Background Check - 14 years & older living in the household
- 2 Character references
- Home inspection
Contact Us
Julie O'Brien
Director
Office for Children
One Bergen County Plaza • 2nd Floor • Hackensack, NJ 07601-7076
Phone: 201-336-7150
Office Hours:
Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Call for an appointment.
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