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Lenders of Community Development (LCD) is a non-profit financial institution that can provide low interest loans to family child care providers for expanision, remodeling, toys, furnishings etc. For more information call 408-297-0204 x34
In 2007 CCSF's Department of Child Development and Family Studies, with funding from the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, will conduct several focus groups and interviews with family child care providers and their employees. The purpose of this research will be to develop strategies that will encourage family child care assistants to participate more in current training activities. A summary of the results of this study will be available in August 2007.
In 2006 CCSF's Department of Child Development and Family Studies, with funding from the Department of Children, Youth and their Families, conducted a Focus Group Study to assess the training needs of family child care providers in San Francisco. The focus group study served as an update to the needs assessment survey that was adminnistered in 2003. For more information click here.
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) Microenterprise Project aims to provide resources for the child care community to help them improve their businesses. For information, go to their website at http://nccic.org and click on the link for the Microenterprise section of the NCCIC website.
In 2006, The City College Child Development Department welcomed Zenya Moon, the new point person for the Family Child Care Training Initiative. Zenya came to us with many years of experience in the child development field, most recently as a Coordinator for the SF CARES Program. In this new role, she assisted with outreach, provided information about all kinds of trainings and ensured that family child care providers had access to all the classes that they needed.
In 2003, City College conducted a survey of Family Child Care Providers. Click here for a summary of major findings of the San Francisco Family Child Care Survey.
In April of 2004, during the Week of the Young Child, CCSF hosted a provider celebration to recognize the training and educational accomplishments of San Francisco's Family child care community.