Our Mission
We, of the Verona Family Child Care Association, are a network of child care professionals who support each other, train together and promote quality child care.
Our Goals:
- Positively affect the quality of child care in our community by:
- providing training opportunities to our members
- encouraging and recognizing individual and professional accomplishments
- providing benefits such as training scholarships, health care and retirement match funds
- increasing active membership in VFCCA - Offer professional support to all family child care providers (regulated and unregulated) who are located in and around the Verona community by:
- discussing program management ideas and solutions
- exploring problematic situations constructively
- planning group trainings based on needs of members
- supplying resource materials
- prompting social encounters between caregivers
- acknowledging personal growth - Heighten community awareness regarding our major role in the child care delivery system by:
- assisting families to find child care
- planning and organizing conferences for regional child care professionals
- developing and maintaining the association professional website
- prompting positive publicity in local newspapers and trade newsletters
- organizing and supporting advocacy on child care issues
Membership
Meetings of the Verona Family Child Care Association are open to any and all child care providers, however becoming a member offers additional benefits:
A VFCCA member must be:
- a family child care provider
- up to date with payment of association dues ($25.00 per year, January to December)
Benefits of Membership:
- Publications and meeting information
- Training opportunities at monthly meetings
- Support, comraderie, and professional advice and mentoring from experienced providers
- Eligible for training scholarships (specific criteria must be met)
- Inclusion in website referral list
- Voting privileges
- Eligible to hold office
- $10 toward VFCCA holiday dinner in December
Family Child Care Providers who wish to become members of VFCCA should print off the Membership Form, check Member of VFCCA option, and mail the form with your yearly dues in the amount $25 to VFCCA's Treasurer.
For additional information about membership, call Jenifer Cribben (608-848-4618) or Alexa Frommherz (608-692-5446).