Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Week of the Family Child Care Provider 2008...
A press release from the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association:
Governor Pawlenty Proclaims Family Child Care Provider Week
The state of Minnesota honors the individuals who care for our children
April 16, 2008-At the request of the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association (MLFCCA), Governor Pawlenty has proclaimed May 4-10, 2008 Family Child Care Provider Week. There are over 138,000 children cared for in Minnesota’s licensed family homes by 12,000 child care professionals. These family child care professionals provide this critical service while striving to maintain the highest level of care for our state’s children. The Governor explained the importance of this workforce, “Valuable care and education is provided to our children by licensed family child care providers.”
This year’s celebration kicking off the week will be held in the Brainerd Lakes area at Cragun’s Resort May 2-4 with an event honoring leaders in the child care field from across Minnesota. Educational sessions will be offered to providers and speakers will rally the crowd.
The Saturday evening banquet honors over 40 child care providers selected by their local communities as their county’s “Child Care Provider of the Year.” They are the tireless professionals who care for our state’s children day after day as we work, go to school and keep Minnesota moving. “Our world as we know it stops when our child care provider quits,” explains Katy Chase, Executive Director of MLFCCA. “All of us have been touched by the people who take care of our children. This is because the family child care provider is the heart and soul of our functioning society and they provide our children a safe, caring and educational environment in which to spend their days.”
Child care providers and leaders in the field are available for interview. To interview MLFCCA leadership on your locally honored child care providers, please contact Katy Chase.
About MLFCCA:
For 21 years MLFCCA has honored and trained family child care providers across the state by celebrating the Week of the Family Child Care Provider and hosting the Week of the Family Child Care Provider Conference.
MLFCCA is a member of the Umbrella Strategic Alliance (USA), which consists of the Minnesota Association of the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC), the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association (MLFCCA), the Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals (AECP) and the Minnesota School Age Care Alliance (MnSACA). These four companies are all community organizations with complementary missions revolving around care and education of young and school-aged children, and ensuring that professional development opportunities exist for caregivers of these children.
Learn more about the conference or register at the MLFCCA website.
Download the official proclamation.
A press release from the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association:
Governor Pawlenty Proclaims Family Child Care Provider Week
The state of Minnesota honors the individuals who care for our children
April 16, 2008-At the request of the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association (MLFCCA), Governor Pawlenty has proclaimed May 4-10, 2008 Family Child Care Provider Week. There are over 138,000 children cared for in Minnesota’s licensed family homes by 12,000 child care professionals. These family child care professionals provide this critical service while striving to maintain the highest level of care for our state’s children. The Governor explained the importance of this workforce, “Valuable care and education is provided to our children by licensed family child care providers.”
This year’s celebration kicking off the week will be held in the Brainerd Lakes area at Cragun’s Resort May 2-4 with an event honoring leaders in the child care field from across Minnesota. Educational sessions will be offered to providers and speakers will rally the crowd.
The Saturday evening banquet honors over 40 child care providers selected by their local communities as their county’s “Child Care Provider of the Year.” They are the tireless professionals who care for our state’s children day after day as we work, go to school and keep Minnesota moving. “Our world as we know it stops when our child care provider quits,” explains Katy Chase, Executive Director of MLFCCA. “All of us have been touched by the people who take care of our children. This is because the family child care provider is the heart and soul of our functioning society and they provide our children a safe, caring and educational environment in which to spend their days.”
Child care providers and leaders in the field are available for interview. To interview MLFCCA leadership on your locally honored child care providers, please contact Katy Chase.
About MLFCCA:
For 21 years MLFCCA has honored and trained family child care providers across the state by celebrating the Week of the Family Child Care Provider and hosting the Week of the Family Child Care Provider Conference.
MLFCCA is a member of the Umbrella Strategic Alliance (USA), which consists of the Minnesota Association of the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC), the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association (MLFCCA), the Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals (AECP) and the Minnesota School Age Care Alliance (MnSACA). These four companies are all community organizations with complementary missions revolving around care and education of young and school-aged children, and ensuring that professional development opportunities exist for caregivers of these children.
Learn more about the conference or register at the MLFCCA website.
Download the official proclamation.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:46 PM 
