North Dakota Child Care Providers, Inc - NDCCPI
- is a statewide non-profit 501(c)3 organization
- is a member of NAFCC the National Association of Family Child Care
- together with the membership is the professional provider's voice in North Dakota
- supports Provider Appreciation Day which is an national annual event held the Friday
prior to Mother's Day
- has a "Pennies for Providers" fund which can be applied for by licensed ND providers who have suffered a significant loss of child care materials and or equipment in the past 12 months due to a natural disaster such as fire, tornado
or flood.
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2012 NDCCPI Annual Spring Conference Summary
A special thank you to the presentors, vendors and displayers, and attendees not only from ND but also from MN, MT, and SD who were part of the annual conference. Conference evaluations which were received back from 83% of attendees verified that the training received was excellent, was appreciated and would be put into practice by many in attendance.
Nationally known speaker Tom Copeland made the topics of Contracts & Policy, Record Keeping and Reducing Risk very interesting and informative. He also answered so many questions on the minds of participants.
Robin Rivinius provided thru PowerPoint and handout many ideas for creative activities, games etc. which used items already found in most child care settings or could be inexpensively made often from "throw away materials". Each participant was able to "make and take" home two children's activities.
Jennifer Barry Early Childhood Administrator within the Children & Family Division of ND Dept. of Human Services provided state updates including information about
Growing Futures which tracks all approved early childhood training individuals take. Signing up for Growing Futures is voluntary, but by doing so you can submit training received in the last 4 years and also access the site to see at a glance all your approved training hours. She also answered questions received from the audience.
A reminder for anyone who attended the confernce that to receive credit for training hours, you must mail a copy of your training certificate by June 10th to:
Growing Futures ~ PO Box 2279 ~ Fargo ND 58101
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The next quarterly NDCCPI Board Meeting is scheduled for
Saturday June 9th from 9:30am to 3pm
at the Mandan United Methodist Church
which is located off the I94 Sunset Drive Exit
Members are welcome to attend
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NDCCPI currently has 1 open position on the Board for Member at Large.
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ND Child Care Rules
click below to access current
Jennifer Barry has schedued a meeting of the Early Childhood Services Advisory Board in April 2012 to further address any additional possible rule changes
The 2009 North Dakota Legislature created the Early Childhood Services Advisory Board to advise the Department of Human Services on proposed changes to the early childhood services rules. The Board met from December 2009 thru April 2010 to review and revise the proposed changes to the early childhood rules including: In-home, Self-Declaration Providers, Family Child Care Homes, Group Child Care, Child Care Center, Preschool, and School Age Child Care Program. Rules went through the approval process and became official in January 2011.
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