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Wisconsin Family Child Care AssociationSupporting Family Child Care Since 1982 |
Family Child Care Quality Improvement Project
Wisconsin Family Child Care Association believes that every child deserves high quality child care and is committed to helping family child care providers improve the quality of their programs. Raising quality is an important aspect of being a early childhood professional, and WFCCA is here to help!
The Wisconsin Family Child Care Association Quality Improvement Project is designed to provide encouragement, training, technical assistance, education, and other support to family child care providers to help them raise quality of care for the children they serve and the professionalism of their business practices. We offer support for NAFCC Accreditation and YoungStar.
Quality Improvement through NAFCC Accreditation
As an NAFCC Affiliate, WFCCA is able to provide a national perspective for members looking to achieve NAFCC Accreditation by offering mentoring opportunities, sharing resources for trainings, and offering scholarships towards the observation process.
Accreditation Scholarship Applications Now Available!
WFCCA Scholarships are available to help cover accreditation fees, in addition to mentors to help you through the process. To apply, download the application form, complete it, then mail to the address listed on the second page.
Download these documents for more information about NAFCC Accreditation:
- Accreditation Overview At-A-Glance
- Accreditation Overview At-A-Glance (Spanish)
- Accreditation Self Study At-A-Glance
- YoungStar Accreditation Policies
Quality Improvement through YoungStar
WFCCA Board Members are eager to provide guidance and support for family child care providers who are going through the YoungStar rating system.
Some of the YoungStar support WFCCA offers includes:
- Continuing education to help meet YoungStar standards at our annual conference
- Help finding YoungStar technical assistance and microgrants
- Advocacy for improvement in the YoungStar system
Visit the YoungStar for Providers page to learn more about Wisconsin's quality improvement project.
Request Quality Improvement Support
Please contact us if you have any questions about NAFCC Accreditaiton, YoungStar, or to request support for your quality improvement journey.
What We Do
Upcoming Events
- Annual Conference:
May 4-6, 2023 - Board Meetings:
May 4, 2023
May 20, 2023
Sept 16, 2023
Nov 11, 2023
Jan 20, 2024
April 6, 2024
May 2, 2024
