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Provides resources to assist parents with their child care needs, individuals with concerns regarding the health or safety of a child in a day care program and individuals involved in running or initiating a day care program. Oversees Licenses and Monitors Daycare and Home based Daycare Facilities. Offers online information including a Child Care Facility Search feature which provides a listing of regulated child care providers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. There is also an online screening tool to help parents determine their eligibility for financial support from the state's Child Care Assistance Program for low or no-cost child care.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Complaints
Child Care Expense Assistance
Child Care Provider Licensing
Offers New York State mandated reporters the following courses: Mandated Reporter Training: The Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect, and SAVE (Safe Schools Against Violence in Education. Call for more information.

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Child Abuse Volunteer Opportunities
Child Abuse Reporting / Emergency Response
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Services in Sullivan County.
Provides education and training to child care providers, both private and from agencies. Also provides education to groups and agencies regarding various aspects of child care.
Trains people through formal certification courses and informal presentations to prepare for and respond to life threatening emergencies, including CPR, first aid, water safety, baby sitter course, and presentations of disaster plans and kits.

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Child Care Instruction
Water Safety Education
First Aid Instruction
Provides assistance to Child Care Providers by helping them develop their Health Care Plans that describe how they will meet the requirements and standards set by New York State with regards to health policies and medication. After preparation of the Health Care Plan, a site visit is made to ensure compliance with the plan and to verify administration in their program. Health Services is presently made up of two Registered Nurses (RNs) who are Health Care Consultants. Both are trained as Medication Administration Training (MAT) instructors and provide the 8 hour required program at Child Care Council of Nassau.The department actively develops, prepares and presents educational programs for child care providers, both at the Child Care Council of Nassau and at individual programs. The Health Care Consultants field many technical assistance phone calls and act as a source of information and guidance in caring for the health needs of all children in child care. MAT courses offered.

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Organizational Consultation / Technical Assistance
Child Care Provider Training
Medication Information / Management
Assists parents with child care referrals and options paying for child care. Assists child care providers with technical assistance and training for all modalities of child care. Offers start up grants for in-home registered or licensed programs. Provides reimbursement to child care providers for serving healthy/approved meals and snacks through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Provides application assistance for Legally Exempt providers, including health and safety grants.

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Child and Adult Care Food Programs
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Training
Provides a one-stop resource for child care needs. Offers child care resources and referral, child care licensing and registration, training and education for child care providers, and administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

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Information and Referral
Child Care Provider Licensing
Child Care Provider Training
Child and Adult Care Food Programs
Child Care Provider Referrals
Offers a variety of childbirth and child care classes. Courses include childbirth preparation, big brother/big sister, babysitting, and breastfeeding.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Babysitting Instruction
Childbirth Education
* Assists parents in finding high quality child care to meet their family's needs.* Connects families to financial assistance and other community resources. * Provides assistance in completing the process to open a New York State registered Family Child Care Home or School-Age Child Care program. * Provides training and professional development for child care providers.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Expense Assistance
Child Care Instruction
* Provides fire control and extinction.* Offers First Aid, CPR classes, child care classes.* Offers a medical loan closet.

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General First Aid Instruction
Fire Control/Extinction
Occasional Medical Equipment/Supplies
Child Care Instruction
CPR Instruction
Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration.

Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

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Child Care Complaints
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Associations
Information and Referral
Child Care Provider Licensing
Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration.

Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

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Child Care Complaints
Facility Licensing
Child Care Provider Associations
Child Care Instruction
Information and Referral
* Provides referrals to all types of child care programs. * Provides information on guidelines to child care subsidy eligibility. * Offers educational programs, seminars and classes on child care issues. * Offers development and training of professional child care providers and programs. * Operates the Repurpose and More Store providing donated materials from local manufacturers for craft projects. * Operates Farm to Preschool - seasonal farm markets at three child care providers in Rochester. * Provides data for all child care needs - breakdown of existing services and service gaps. * Offers a Regional Infant/Toddler Resource Center. Early Childhood Professional Library. * Offers Infant/Toddler Mental Health support in participating child care programs.

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Child Care Expense Assistance
Toy Libraries/Toy Loan Programs
Child Care Instruction
Child Care Provider Referrals
Special Libraries
Public Awareness/Education
* Offers programs for people with developmental disabilities that include: Parenting skills Supported housing Family reimbursement Family training Community habilitation Respite services Supported employment Sky is the Limit after-school/recreation program Summer camp

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Child Care Instruction
Parenting Skills Classes
Youth Enrichment Programs
Respite Care Subsidies
Therapeutic Camps
Summer Camps
Children's In Home Respite Care
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Supported Employment
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Adult Residential Care Homes
* Offers health and safety courses. CPR AED heart defibrillation device training First aid Water safety, life guarding, swimming lessons Baby-sitting Pet first aid and CPR* Offers Volunteer opportunities.

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Automated External Defibrillator Training
Child Care Instruction
CPR Instruction
Water Safety Education
General First Aid Instruction
Provides a wide variety of services for community members including ACT and SAT preparation, babysitter training, basic computer skills, driver education, online courses, and certificate programs.

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Test Preparation
Continuing Education
Babysitting Instruction
Driver Training
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Driving Safety Education
Occupational/Professional Licensing and Certification
Cooking Classes
Works cooperatively with the local community to coordinate, plan, and provide programs and services that enhance and develop the lives of the young people in the community.
Offers a variety of programming, such as:

Toddler Tennis: Children ages 4 to 6 years for an introduction to tennis; equipment is provided.

Babysitting Certification: Offers a 8 hour course for youth ages 11 to 15 years. Course covers interviewing, facts about child growth and development, as well as CPS and safety planning.

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Babysitting Instruction
Recreational Activities/Sports
* Provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

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Facility Licensing
Child Care Instruction
Child Care Complaints
As a service of the Children's Bureau (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), access to print, electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency is made available, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and other child-related issues.

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Printed Materials
Welfare Rights Assistance
Online Databases
Child Care Instruction
Adoption Information / Referrals
Provides services for persons seeking to open a child care business and for parents needing a quality environment for their children that supports employment. Area staff conduct employer outreach and training, parent and provider resource and referral, health and safety inspections, and provider recruitment, registration, monitoring, and in-service training activities in an effort to facilitate quality child care at an affordable cost.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Recruitment
Provides list of registered and licensed child care providers. Assists individuals who want to become registered or licensed in child care.

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Facility Licensing
Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Provides list of registered and licensed child care providers for parents who are looking for child care. Assists individuals who want to become registered, licensed, or legally exempt providers in child care. Provides child care training for child care providers.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Training
Facility Licensing
Provides continuing education opportunities for child care professionals. Online ,training and in-service training are also available.
Offers referrals to parents seeking registered child care provider information. Also provides information regarding regulated child care and child care subsidy funds to parents. Provides regulatory over site of registered day care/child care programs, support and guidance of registration and application process and assisting child care providers with training and technical assistance. Administers the CACFP program which provides nutrition and meal planning education services and meal reimbursement to family day care providers.

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Care Provider Referrals
Child Care Provider Licensing