Child Care Providers
A wide variety of support services and resources are
available to early childhood education professionals
through Buncombe County Child Care Services. These span
from information and assistance with starting a new
center or Family child Care Home, to helping everyone
stay abreast of changes occurring in child care rules
and regulations. For a full listing of services available
please look below.
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- Training workshops, on a wide variety of topics,
are offered on an ongoing basis to providers.
- The cost of training workshops varies due to the
content/nature of the workshop.
- Training is provided to meet licensing requirements
and to assist in the delivery of quality child care.
- Training and Technical Assistance is available to
child care providers seeking National Accreditation.
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- Counseling is available regarding group care and
child development issues. Providers may call anytime
for technical assistance.
- Consultation is available to help anyone interested
in starting a child care program, including the "How
To" of setting up a center or family child care
home. For additional information visit the state site
for Resources
for Child Care Providers.
- Consultation & training is offered to centers
serving children with special needs.
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- A wide variety of books, videos, materials, and
a computer with Internet access are available to any
child care provider. This service is provided free.
For additional information please call Buncombe County
Child Care Services @ (828) 250-6700.
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Four times yearly the Training Calendar is published,
full of workshops for child care providers, new ideas
and topics. This publication is now available on line
in the PDF format. Click the Acrobat logo to download
the free viewer if you do not already have it.
*YOU WILL NEED LEGAL SIZE PAPER WHEN YOU PRINT THE
TRAINING CALENDAR AND/OR NEWSLETTER
- Current
List of Training Workshops
You Can Register For The Training Workshops On-Line
by going to the Online Registration
page and following the instructions for registering.
- You Can Also Subscribe To Receive Email Notifications
Of Current Publications by following these instructions:
- Create a new email
- The address to send the email for subscribing
is: bcchildcare@buncombecounty.org
- Leave the subject line blank
- In the Body type:
subscribe to Training "on-line", First
Name (space) Last Name (space) Organization Name.
Type your email address if it is different from
the one you are sending from.
- click send.
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