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Provider Resource Directory (Word)

What Makes a Good Provider? (Adobe PDF)

Getting Started in the Business of Family Child Care

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Become a Subsidy Provider

Virginia Shared Services

List or update your child care program information

Resources:

VDSS Licensing http://childcareva.com/

VDSS Child Care Subsidy Vendor Program http://childcareva.com/

VA Quality http://www.smartbeginningsra.org/virginia-quality/

Infant Toddler Specialist Network http://www.va-itsnetwork.org/

VDSS Provider Scholarship Program http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cc/professionals_resources.cgi

Professional organizations:

• NAEYC http://www.naeyc.org/
• VAECE http://www.vaece.org/index.html
• NAFCC http://www.nafcc.org/
• VAFCC http://www.vafcca1.net/