How is it different to other forms of child care?

 Your child's education and care is provided by an individual educator who is an approved, early childhood education and care professional, operating within their own home.

 Educators work with small groups of no more than four children under school age (Plus up to 3 additional school age children, for outside of school hours care.)

 Educators work in partnership with a local coordination unit who provide regular visits to monitor the children's progress and to provide support.

Did you know that across Australia:

 Family day care has operated for over 35 years.

 Over 75,000 families use family day care and over 117,000 children are enrolled in family day care.

 There are over 16,000 FDC Educators, and over 460 FDC coordination units.

 Family day care is the major provider of regulated, flexible, non standard hours child care.

This is no Second Rate choice!!!!

• The home based setting provides a familiar, safe and secure learning environment.
• Family day care can offer care during standard hours, evenings, before/after school, during school holidays and in some cases overnight and weekends.
• Family day care can provide education and care for children from babies to school age; offering the possibility for siblings to be cared for together, all in one location.
• Family day care provides experiences which reflect the diversity of your community.
• Family Day Care is a better form of care for families who rely on grandparents to provide occasional care. The similarity between what grandparents provide and Family Day Care makes for a smooth and less interrupted week for children.

Benefits of Family Day Care.

 Family day care provides early childhood education and care services for children across Australia.

• Family day care operates under the same National Quality Framework (NQF) as other forms of childcare; incorporating national regulations, quality and qualification standards, educational frameworks and an assessment and ratings process.
•    Parents are eligible to the same Federal Government Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate subsidies.
• Developmentally appropriate programs are on offer.
• Health, hygiene and safety standards are maintained to a high level.
• Safe and Secure Environment.

How is it similar to Centre

 based child care?