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Training Opportunity!  "Creating a Literacy Rich Environment" sponsored by the Maryland Family Network and The Maryland Child Care Resource Network - Click Here

Congratulations to Debbie Moore, an MSFCCA Advisor and previous Maryland family child care provider for receiving the Maria Otto Leadership Award from the National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC) at their 2010 annual Conference. We are so proud of Debbie and her work on behalf of children and providers in Maryland and across the Country.

Congratulations to Donna Fowler, the MSFCCA Director of Public Policy, and a previous Registered family child care provider in Maryland, for being elected Vice President of the National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC). Donna is a tireless advocate for quality Registered family child care and the children of Maryland. We are so proud that Donna is being recognized on the national level for her efforts.

The Maryland State Family Child Care Association will hold their Annual Meeting and Elections on July 24, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at the Fellowship Baptist Church, 727 W. Pulaski Hwy. Elkton, MD 21921 at 9:30 a.m. Immediately following, in the same location, we will hold our Quarterly Meeting at 10:00 a.m.  Thank you to The Cecil County Family Child Care Association for hosting these meetings!

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING - Click Here to sign up. July 1, 2010 is the deadline for every Registered Provider to have taken the Emergency Preparedness Training and have a working plan in the home.

Looking for Credential Information? Regulations? Forms? Check out Fast Links...courtesy of MSDE - Click Here

Attention Providers!!!  MSFCCA is looking for help at this year's Conference in Ocean City. We will need help working behind the Registration Desk, working as Moderators in workshops, setting up for the Silent Auction, organizing and recruit hostesses and lastly, bring items down with you in your vehicles. If you are able to help or have any suggestions for helping with these tasks, please contact Cathy Greer at littlemunchkins8@hotmail.com.

2010 Provider Appreciation Day Proclamation - Click Here  /  Press Release - Click Here 

Final General Assembly Report for 2010 - Click Here

2010 Conference Registration now available - Click Here

Updated Meeting Information - Click Here

2010 Provider Appreciation Day is on May 7, 2010..let us know at providerappreciationday@msfcca.org what types of activities you will be doing to celebrate!  Click Here for more details on this event.

Charles County Family Daycare Association, Inc. Conference, July 24, 2010 - Click Here

The next MSFCCA Coach Purse BINGO will be Sunday, April 18^th at 2:00 p. m.  at The Phelps Senior Citizens Center 701 Montgomery St. , Laurel , MD - Click Here to print Flyer.

MSDE and the Maryland Family Network are sponsoring the Early Childhood Curriculum Conference on Monday, April 12, 2010 The Winter Newsletter is now online, check it out here.

Provider Training Opportunity with Innovations in Education, LLC - Information  &  Spring Training

MSFCCA is offering the class Infant/Toddler Assessment Class. It will be at the Bowie Library on the Second Tuesday of each month beginning on February 9 and ending in June - with a possible Saturday in there as well, from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. Donna Fowler will be the instructor. This class is part of a grant and is priced at $15 per session. Please RSVP Donna at harvestingminds@comcast. net to register.

An Evening for Children's Advocacy has been re-scheduled for March 22, 2010 in Annapolis

2010 MSFCCA Conference date announced - Click Here

2010 NAFCC Conference Announced!   NAFCC is pleased to announce its 20th annual Conference “Creating Harmony: Tuning in to Children through Partnerships and Professionalism” in Nashville, TN on July 15 – 17, 2010 at The Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Hope to see you there!   Click Here for details.

H1N1 Flu Update - Click Here

  Curriculum Training through Teaching Strategies - Click Here

Maryland Committee for Children and Friends of the Family have now merged and the new name is "Maryland Family Network."

The Maryland State Family Child Care Association will hold a free training for it's members:

                Title of Training:  Writing a Successful Grant

                Date:  Saturday, September 19, 2009

                Time:  10:00 am - 1:00 pm

                Location:  2350 State Route 97, Cooksville, MD  21723,  (410) 313-5577

                Contact:  Arlene Ennis at Acreationn@aol.com

                SPACES ARE LIMITED

                Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (NO EXCEPTIONS)

7/30/09 - Updated Conference News

7/27/09 - Updated Election Results

7/10/09 - U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Alert - Smoke Alarm Recall - Click Here

  7/5/09 - Removed NAFCC Conference Information - Thanks to all of the local providers who helped with the NAFCC Conference...It was a tremendous SUCCESS!

6/10/09 - 2009 Conference Merchandise pre-sales order form added

6/4/09 - Made updates

5/29/09 - Added MSFCCA 2009 Conference Registration - Click Here

5/4/09 - Added 2009 Provider Appreciation Day Proclamation

5/1/09 - MSDE Update on H1N1 (Swine Flu) - Click Here 

5/1/09 - Memorandum of Understanding on H1N1 (Swine Flu) between MSDE and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- Click Here

5/1/09 - NACCRRA's Swine Flu update - Click Here

5/1/09 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update on H1N1 (Swine Flu) outbreak - 

        Click Here, or  Click Here  or Click Here

4/29/09 - American Academy of Pediatrics Swine Flu Information - Click Here 

4/28/09 - Updated MSFCCA Conference Information - Click Here

4/24/09 - Maryland Committee for Children 2009 Legislative Wrap-up - Click Here

4/23/09 - Final General Assembly Report - Click Here

4/15/09 - MSFCCA 2009 Conference Information for Venders/Exhibitors - Click Here

4/7/09 - May 8, 2009 is Provider Appreciation Day

4/6/09 - Updated NAFCC Conference news

3/13/09 - CACFP Week Press Release - Click Here

3/11/09 - Updated MSFCCA Forms - Click Here

3/10/09 - Added Disbursement Request - Click Here

3/6/09 - Updated Membership Page - Click Here

3/6/09 - Patriot Health Care Information - Click Here

3/3/09 - Added updated General Assembly Report - Click Here 

3/2/09 - Donations are being accepted for Table Centerpieces for the 2009 MSFCCA Conference. It should be a basket filled with curriculum based resources and be valued at approximately $25.00. If you would like to donate one or want more information, contact Cathy Greer at littlemunchkins8@hotmail.com.

2/23/09 - Due to the State budget situation, the decision has been made to temporarily suspend (not eliminate) the Family Child Care Provider Grants and the Quality Incentive Grants.  As you know, these are small grants to a relatively few providers. I have attached the letters being sent to new applicants for those grants. The suspension will be lifted as soon as the funding situation allows. This action does not affect credentialing or the Career and Development Fund. All eligible applicants continue to be accepted.  Click Here and Click Here to see the notifications form MSDE.

2/23/09 - MSFCCA COACH PURSE BINGO Fundraiser, Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 2:00 pm at the Phelps Senior Center in Laurel Maryland.

2/18/09 - Added a link to Centro Familia - Click Here

2/16/09 - Added Flyer for the Family Child Care Association of Montgomery County, Inc. Mini-Conference - Click Here for flyer. Click Here for Registration.

2/16/09 - Added Conference Flyer for the "Finding Your Starfish – Understanding the Special Needs of Children" Conference in Anne Arundel County - Click Here

2/15/09 - Added NAEYC Conference Information - See below

2/15/09 - Updated NAFCC Conference Information - Click Here 

2/9/09 - Updated General Assembly Report - Click Here

2/7/09 - Added information pertaining to the "Finding Your Starfish – Understanding the Special Needs of Children" Conference in Anne Arundel County. See Below under Conference News.

2/6/09 - Updated Meeting Information, Membership Information.

2/2/09 - Added Emergency Preparedness Training - See Below under Training News

1/12/09  - NAFCC Accreditation Press Release - Click Here

12/30/08 - Updated Health Care Information - Click Here

12/29/08 -  Added a list of Credentialed Providers as a resource for parents - Click Here

  11/6/08 -  Added dates of 2009 Conference Meetings to calendar - Click Here

11/3/08 - Updated Conference Page

10/28/08 - Updated Provider Resources

10/24/08 - Added the October 2008 Updated Public Policy Report - Click Here

10/24/08 - 2008 Conference Wrap-up Meeting at the PG County Resource & Referral on 11/1/08 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Please try to arrive on time. All committees should have reports ready for review and enough copies for all committee members. Lastly, be thinking about a title for our conference next year!

10/23/08 - Added a NAFCC Conference update area to the web site.

10/22/08 - Added a Parent Resource area to include a list of the NAFCC Accredited Providers

10/22/08 - Added the MSFCCA 2008 Strategic Plan

10/22/08 - Added the 2008 Goals for MSFCCA

10-22-08 - Updated 2009 Conference Information

10-22-08 - Updated the 2008 Conference Silent Auction/Door Prize Donators. Please check out who so generously gave to us and patron their establishments. Make sure to tell them that MSFCCA appreciate their donation.

10/21/08 - Added a Mailing List sign up to the web site.

10/18/08 - Updated the Board of Directors list after the Elections.

10/1/08 -   Insurance Open Enrollment Begins - updated insurance information.

9/12/08 -  The Director-at-Large Nomination Form and the Director-at-Large Duties and Liabilities Explanation Form were added to the web site - Click Here

8/11/08 - For more information on the Child Care Regulation Restructuring - Click Here

8/4/08 - The MSFCCA Coach Purse BINGO was a great success. Thank you to all who attended. A very big THANK YOU to all of our members who organized and helped at the BINGO. Once again, the support was tremendous!

7/26/08  - 2008 Conference Pre-sale Merchandise is now available.

7/26/08  - As part of the Early Childhood Curriculum Project, the Maryland State Department of Education has announced the identification of state recommended curricular resources for infants and toddlers (birth-age 3). They are The Ounce Scale published by Pearson and The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos published by Teaching Strategies.

 Click Here for the Press Release

Click Here for the Matrix identifying information about these two programs.

7/26/08  - We are pleased to announce that the Office of Child Care has recently welcomed Angeline Bishop-Oshoko as the new Program Manager for Credentialing. She can be reached at (410) 767-7852 or Angeline.Bishop-osho@msde.state.md.us.

7/24/08 - School Readiness Continues to Rise Among Maryland Kindergartners (Partners Newsletter, Spring /Summer)  - Children entering kindergarten in Maryland are better prepared to begin school than in years past, according to a new report by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). The report by MSDE's Divison of Early Childhood Development, revealed modest, steady progress in all demographic subgroups. That is 19 percentage points since the baseline year of 2002. The full report is available at the following link:   http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/newsroom/publications/school_readiness.htm

7/24/08-  THE NEW TRAINING REGULATIONS will go into effect July 1, 2009, increasing the pre-service and continued training clock hours needed to fulfill regulatory requirements. Click Here to see the full content of the regulations.

7/23/08 - Please join many other members of MSFCCA on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at The Greene Turtle in Prince Frederick for a fundraiser to benefit MSFCCA. The Greene Turtle has been gracious enough to offer this opportunity to our organization and we need a large turn-out in order for them to offer it again. We will make 10% of all sales for those eating in, those carrying-out and the Bar as well. The Greene Turtle is located at 98 Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick, MD. Call 410-414-5030 for directions. Please pass the word to everyone you know as well as print and pass out the flyer.

• Click Here for flyer. 

• Click Here for Mapquest Directions.

7/10/08 - Krispy Kreme Fundraiser Form - Click Here

7/9/08 - Mileage Rates have increased to $.58 1/2 cents for the months of July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 due to the high cost of gasoline. Click Here for the IRS announcement.

7/9/08 - The fundraisers at the Green Turtle in Columbia and LaPlata were a tremendous success! Thanks to all who participated.

  7/3/08 - Please join many other members of MSFCCA on Tuesday, July 22nd at The Greene Turtle in LaPlata for a fundraiser to benefit MSFCCA. The Greene Turtle has been gracious enough to offer this opportunity to our organization and we need a large turn-out in order for them to offer it again. We will make 10% of all sales for those eating in, those carrying-out and the Bar as well. The Greene Turtle is located at 6 St. Mary’s Ave. Suite 104, LaPlata, MD. Call 301-392-9119 for directions. Please pass the word to everyone you know as well as print and pass out the flyer.

• Click Here for flyer. 

• Click Here for Mapquest Directions.

  7/3/08 - Please join many other members of MSFCCA on Tuesday, July 8th at The Greene Turtle in Columbia for a fundraiser to benefit MSFCCA. The Greene Turtle has been gracious enough to offer this opportunity to our organization and we need a large turn-out in order for them to offer it again. We will make 10% of all sales for those eating in, those carrying-out and the Bar as well. The Greene Turtle is located at 8872 McGaw Road, Columbia, call 410-312-5255 for directions. Please pass the word to everyone you know as well as print and pass out the flyer. 

• Click Here for flyer. 

• Click Here for Mapquest Directions.

  7/1/08 - CACFP Rates have increased!  The new rates are:

Tier I - Breakfast - $1.17, Lunch/Supper - $2.18, Snack - 0.65

Tier II - Breakfast - 0.43, Lunch/Supper - $1.31, Snack - 0.18

  6/19/08 - The Maryland Safety Seat Law Has Changed! Click Here for more information.

  6/18/08 - COACH Purse Bingo tickets available NOW!

  6/6/08 - MSFCCA will be sponsoring a PURSE BINGO on August 3, 2008 at 2:00pm at The Phelps Senior Citizens Center, 701 Montgomery St. , in Laurel, MD. Click Here for flyer. Doors open at 1:00pm. Over 20 games will be played for Coach Purses. Pull tabs and refreshments will be available. Tickets are $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the door. Seating is limited: Everyone entering must have an admission ticket. For more information call Cathy Greer at 301-604-3558 or Josie Lohman at 301-776-8309. Checks, cash, Visa and MasterCard will be accepted.