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Regulated Child Care and Licensing Information in NC Explanation of Star Ratings Lending Library

Reach Out and Read

This activity partners with medical care practices to provide pre-literacy opportunities for children and their parents. Participating medical care providers voluntarily incorporate Reach Out and Read (ROR), an evidence-based model, into young children's regular pediatric checkups or well-child visits. During each of the routine visits, parents receive a new, culturally and developmentally appropriate book to take home and read to their children. The medical provider discusses the importance of reading, model reading a book aloud to the child, and encourages parent-child interactions as part of pre-literacy and language development. The program begins at the child's 6-month checkup and continues through age 5. Additionally, the children's "medical home" displays a "literacy-rich" waiting room area that reinforces the doctor's "prescription to read".

Child Care Subsidies

This activity provides financial assistance to Duplin County parents to pay for child care. This program is available to parents/guardians of children birth through five, so they can go to work, attend school, or participate in job training activities. For more information about signing up for child care assistance or questions about this program, please contact Duplin County Department of Social Services, at 910-296-2200.

Program Coordinator & Evaluation

This activity utilizes a full time person to oversee activities funded through Smart Start and private grants. The Program Coordinator works closely with other staff to monitor compliance with approved activity.

Child Care Resource and Referral Download brochure for more info

Child Care Resource and Referral Services (CCR&R) is a community-based service that is designed to provide an effective child care delivery system.

Quality Enhancement Project

This activity provides mini grants (non-monetary) to child care providers to purchase equipment for facitlites to enhance their programs. These packages also provide extensive technical assistance and training for facilities. For more information, please contact Duplin County Partnership for Children at, 910-296-2000.

Parents As Teachers Download brochure for more info

The Parents as Teachers program provides monthly home visits to families of children prenatal through kindergarten entry to assist and support parents in being their child’s first and most important teacher.

Service Promotion and Outreach/Bilingual Specialist

This activity is designed to enhance the activities of Duplin County Partnership for Children by identifying, referring, and enrolling children (especially Latino children) birth through five, families, and childcare providers in programs and services funded, coordinated, or supported by Smart Start funds or staff. This activity also helps to ensure ongoing community awareness of Smart-Start funded services for young children and their families, child care providers and medical providers living or working in Duplin County. For more information, call Karen Pacheco, Service Promotion and Outreach Coordinator at Smart Start at 910-296-2000.

Resource Lending Library

Download brochure for more info

The Resource Lending Library is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Resource Lending Library may be used 30 minutes prior to workshops offered at DCPC.

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Regulated Child Care and Licensing Information in NC

Who’s Regulated by the Division of Child Development?

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_rcc.asp

How Do I Get Licensed?

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_rcc.asp

What is the Family Child Care Home Application Process?

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_rcc.asp

What is the Child Care Center Application Process?

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_rcc.asp

Licensing Requirements Overview and Rule Changes

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_lr.asp

Information retrieved from: www.ncchildcare.net

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Explanation of Star Ratings

What is a “Star Rated License”?

The star rated license is a voluntary licensing system where your program can earn points in two components:

Program Standards
Staff Education

In addition, programs having a two component license can earn a "quality point" for meeting enhanced standards for staff education and program standards.

Why “Star Rated Licenses”?

North Carolina moved to this system in 2000 for many reasons. It allows your child care program to be recognized for the higher quality care that you are already providing. In the previous system your program's indvividual strenghts were not highlighted. For Family Child Care Homes, there was not any way to indicate being recognized for providing higher qualilty care.

Be sure to explore other pertinent star rated license information in order to:

Understand how points are calculated
Learn how a star rating can be increased
See a sample license
Read the most frequently asked questions about star rated licenses

How Are Points Earned?

When you apply for a star rated license a child care consultant will visit your program and evaluate each of the two quality components as well as the quality point option that may be selected by your program:

Program Standards
Education Standards

You will receive one point for meeting minimum requirements. To earn more than one point, you will have to meet higher voluntary standards.

For more information on how points are earned and how to determine star ratings please visit:

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_hpae.asp

Increasing Your Star Rating

Once you have received a star rated license, you may decide that you want to try and increase your star rating. If you have a one star rated license, you can apply for a 2-5 star rated license at any time. If you have a 2-5 star rated license, you can reapply for a higher rating after six months.

Visit the link below for valuable resources and suggestions on how you can earn more points.

http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_sn2_isr.asp