Child Care Primer April—June 2022
Vol. 34, Issue 2
Published by Child Care Choices, a Program of the Mental Health Association of Frederick County and a Member of the Maryland Child Care Resource Network
Inside This Issue Child Care Choices Serves Allegany, Carroll, Frederick Garrett and Washington counties. Open House LOCATE Complaint Policy MCCRN Complaint Policy New Staff
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Here we Grow Again! Happy Spring! So much has happened since our last newsletter and we are here to share some exciting news. We have secured our new space in Hagerstown and are putting the finishing touches on it just in time for our open house. We have two training rooms where we will host our in person trainings, but also invite you to hold meetings there as well. Just contact us for details! In addition, we have all the usual things you have come to expect in a resource room, including, die cuts, laminator, art waxer, book binder as well as a desktop computer for those times you may need it. So, CCC now has three offices to serve you located in Frederick, Hagerstown and Westminster. We are searching for community location to have a small resource room in our far western region, but we are also looking at creative ways to serve you in the meantime. Stay tuned! As you may have noticed, our new region covers A LOT of territory, so in order to best serve you, we have added four new staff members to our TEAM! Look on page three to read all about them! We are happy to say they live and work in all of the counties in our area. They look forward to meeting you! CCC staff is excited to be back in programs assisting you with your environments and all of the MSDE Quality initiatives, such as the Maryland Child Care Credential, Maryland EXCELS, Accreditation, and the CDA. We offer support in a variety of ways, including, in person visits, virtual communities of practice and one on one coaching. Our PERKS staff is also available in Carroll and Frederick counties to help you with social emotional strategies for children with challenging behaviors. For any of these services, contact us at childcarechoices@fcmha.org or by calling us at 301-662-4549 and we will put you in contact with someone who can help!
OPEN HOUSE in Hagerstown
138 W. Washington St., Suite 212 Hagerstown, MD 21740
Wednesday, April 20th From 10:00am-7:30pm Stop by to see our new resource room Light refreshments and door prizes all day!
We are also looking forward to celebrating you, the child care provider, during the month of May. We will be hosting a Facebook live event on Provider Appreciation Day on Friday, May 6th. At that event we will put all family and center programs in each county into a prize wheel and one winner from each county will be chosen for the grand prizes of a laptop! That is right, we are giving away 5 laptops! Your program will be entered in the prize wheel whether or not you are able to attend the Facebook event! So, if you haven’t already, don’t forget to like and follow us on Facebook! Well that is the news for now, but keep an eye out for Facebook posts and email blasts as we keep you updated between newsletters. As always, reach out to us if there is something you need.
