All Our Kintrains, supports, and sustains family child care providers to

ensure that children and families have the foundation they

need to succeed in school and in life. We support child care

providers at every stage of their development and help them

achieve their goal of building quality, sustainable child care

businesses. Through our programs, child care professionals

succeed as business owners; working parents find stable,

high-quality care for their children; and children gain an

educational foundation that lays the groundwork for

achievement in school and beyond.

Contact All Our Kin to learn about the many ways in which we raise the quality and sustainability

of family child care programs.

In New Haven County:203.772.2294 | 203.772.2386 (fax)

In Bridgeport:475.282.4770 | 474.282.4773 (fax)

In Stamford/Norwalk:203.308.1534 | 203.772.2386 (fax)

All Our Kin’s services are subject to grant funding and may vary from one location to another.

Please contact us to see what is available to you.

all our kinPO Box 8477, New Haven, Connecticut 06530

www.allourkin.org

All Our KinBuilding a Strong Community

of Quality Family Child Care Programs

This program, a collaboration withthe Connecticut Children’s Museum,is designed for people who areinterested in becoming licensed torun family child care programs intheir homes.

Through this program, participantsreceive materials, mentorship andsupport and are guided through theprocess of becoming licensed familychild care providers. Each participantreceives four boxes, one for eachstep of the journey, full of materials,books and resources.

We encourage both aspiring andexperienced family child care providersto join the All Our Kin Family Child CareNetwork. The Network offers a widerange of professional developmentopportunities and services at no cost toall family child care providers who arecommitted to learning and growing asearly childhood professionals. Providerswho haven’t participated in the Tool KitLicensing Program are also encouragedto join the Network.

The All Our Kin Network, a diverse andengaged learning community, offersproviders a space to convene, learntogether, and socialize. Providers formfriendships, share experiences,strategize about challenging situations,and meet regularly to learn and growtogether.

OF SPECIAL INTEREST FORNEW NETWORK MEMBERS

Network Meetings and TrainingsAll Our Kin has a professionaldevelopment program that runsthroughout the school year and offersproviders multiple opportunities tosharpen their knowledge about earlychildhood education. The Networkmeets monthly, allowing providers tobuild community, socialize, and learnabout diverse early childhood topics. Inaddition, All Our Kin also regularly runstraining sessions and courses, which aredesigned to respond to needs andinterests of Network members.

Educational ConsultingAll Our Kin’s master educators visit theprograms of providers and offer bi-weekly mentoring and coaching,covering the basics of childdevelopment and curriculum. Theeducational consultants teach bymodeling experiences, activities andinteractions, and use their knowledgeof the most up-to-date research in earlychildhood education to help providersraise the quality of their care.

Business ConsultingAll Our Kin’s business consultant isavailable to meet and work withNetwork members to help them withtheir business practices. This includeslearning to create and maintainbudgets, recordkeeping and taxes, andpromoting and marketing theirbusinesses.

Box 1: Getting started–The application processBox 2: Completing the trainingrequirements–First Aid and CPRBox 3: Setting up the environment–Safety and use of spaceBox 4: Preparing for the children–Curriculum tools

The Tool Kit Licensing Programconcludes with a celebratory event thatrecognizes a group of recently licensedproviders and sends them on their waywith a valuable foundation ofencouragement and support foropening their child care programs.

All Our Kin offers its services at no costto participants, but we expectproviders to commit to the professionand to provide quality care byparticipating actively in our trainingsand workshops and learning as muchas they can about early childhoodeducation. As a result, children willreceive the early learning experiencesthey need and deserve.

f a m i ly c h i l d c a r eTool Kit Licensing Program

f a m i ly c h i l d c a r eNetwork

Benefits include:s Educational consultation andprogram visits from mastereducators

s Visits and support from a businessconsultant

s Child Development Associate classes s Family child care business classes s Monthly meetings and workshopss Annual conference s Scholarships for college courses andaccreditation

s Materials, equipment, and supplies s Zero-interest loans and grants s Information about opportunities andresources in the community

s “Warm line” phone support s Opportunities for advocacy at thelocal and state level

s First Aid & CPR/MedicationAdministration classes

s Bilingual services (English/Spanish)s Free membership

The result: child care professionalssucceed as business owners; workingparents find stable, high-quality carefor their children; and children gain aneducational foundation that lays thegroundwork for achievement in schooland beyond.

OFFERINGS FOR EXPERIENCED PROVIDERS

All Our Kin offers manyopportunities for moreexperienced providers. Our goal isto work with family child careproviders with every level ofexperience and at every stage oftheir development. Contact us tolearn about these opportunities,which include peer mentorship,intensive educational consultingand trainings designed especiallyfor experienced providers.