We help you cover your food costs....
* Monthly cash reimbursements for two meals and a snack each day to your day care children (your own children may qualify!)
* Training in dollar saving menu planning, label reading, and grocery store defense tactics!
We help you manage...
* Workshops on nutrition, space use, marketing, legal and contract issues, taxes, bookkeeping, and licensing (we'll come to you and your local group).
* Referral and advertising tips to help you find clients and fill openings.
* Low-cost group accident, medical, and liability insurance for your protection.
* A credit union, offering high interest savings, low interest personal loans, low interest credit card, an ATM card, Christmas and vacation club benefits.
* Direct deposits of reimbursment checks for immediate accessibility.
We foster your professional development...
* Our staff of experienced family child care providers brings special empathy to your professional concerns.
* Our monthly newletters are packed with professional information on business, nutrition, child care ideas and activities.
* Our nutrition and counseling workshops enhance your professional know-how.
* Our annual conference for professional exchange, held at a luxury hotel, recharges your mind and body.
* Our unique puppet, Polly Pantry, "visits" your child care three times a year with a pocketful of resources.
* We lend you The Business of Family Child Care video to help you be successful in your caring profession.
Who's eligible?
If you're a licensed daycare provider in Massachusetts, you're eligible to join our program. If you live in another state, check out the USDA's list of CACFP providers in the US. If you're not licensed and would like to become licensed, contact the Masschusetts Office of Child Care Services.
Join now!
To join, just call 1-800-232-7634 (MAresidents only; if you live outside of MA and have questions about CACFP programs, call 508-946-3333) and we'll send a home representitive to sign you up!
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