Contact your local Child Care Resource & Referral Agency for support and resources!
Health & Safety
- California Early Childhood Online (CECO), CDE Health & Safety - CDE Health & Safety Modules
- UCSF California Child Care Health Program - resources on cleaning, disinfecting, and staying healthy.
- Grant Assistance Available for Lead Testing in Child Care (AB 2370)
Family Child Care Business Tools
- From Opportunities Exchange: The FCC Financial Management Toolkit empowers providers to grow businesses that earn them a sustainable wage and frees up time to focus on serving children and families. This toolkit includes; a coaching companion, a self-assessment, budget templates, and a discussion on child care management software.
- From Child Care Aware® of America: The Business Supports Companion Guide is a comprehensive resource containing links to numerous tools focused on financial support, taxes, insurance, record keeping, marketing, recruitment and more. Many of the resources are available in Spanish.
- The Redleaf Calendar-Keeper 2024 is an all-in-one calendar, expense, and income tracker for family child care professionals.
Tax Support for Family Child Care Providers
- Civitas Strategies Child Care Business Tax Resources takes child care business owners step-by-step through a continuum of tax preparation support and guidance.
- The Taking Care of Business Blog includes a vast array of resources from Civitas and Tom Copeland.
- The TurboTax Self-Employed Online Tax Preparation Guide for Child Care Businesses is a step-by-step guide to help child care business owners prepare and file their own business taxes. The English and Spanish versions are available on civstrat.com/taxes under "Prepare". The Chinese version is available here.
- The Home Grown Taxes Workbook was created to guide providers on their own taxes, and tax professionals can use it to understand the unique aspects of the FCC business. Check out this 2024 webinar on the workbook (English) (Spanish). The workbook is not available in Chinese, but the above translation of the Turbo Tax Guide has very similar information.
Retirement
- This Retirement Tool guides child care providers on why saving for retirement matters, how to choose and plan and savings strategies.
Growing, Learning and Caring (GLC) Wellness Videos
- The GLC Wellness Video Series offers a variety of topics to support children's social, emotional and relational development.
CCIP Training Module Handouts:
- Child Development and Learning (English) (Spanish)
- Observation, Screening, Assessment, and Documentation (English) (Spanish)
- Special Needs & Inclusion (English) (Spanish)
For more information about CCIP training opportunities, contact your LOCAL CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL AGENCY.
Trauma-informed Care Training and Coaching
Child care providers participating in the Bridge Program receive access to trauma-informed care training and coaching from their local resource and referral agency
- California Bridge Program Community
- Check out recent blog posts on resources on early childhood and trauma-informed care topics..
- PACES Connection, ACEs in Early Childhood
- Check out recent blog posts on state child care assistance programs and Julie Kurtz, and then scroll down for a new YouTube book on sheltering in place called, Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing.
- California Early Childhood Online (CECO)
- Provides an informational online resource of the CCCRRN’s TIC training curriculum as a preview and not a replacement of our curriculum for trainers and child care providers.