Family Child Care Provider Survey - Redwood County

First Children’s Finance has chosen Redwood County to participate in their Rural Child Care Innovation Program. The Rural Child Care Innovation Program is a community engagement process designed to develop right-sized solutions to address the needs of child care and early education for the communities selected to participate.

Over an 18-month period, chosen communities will focus on opportunities and challenges they are facing with child care. First Children’s Finance helps facilitate the conversation and provides expertise, tools, and resources to support the creation and implementation of solutions to address child care shortages in rural communities.

Your participation in this survey will help guide the conversation and the combined responses will provide insights into the child care challenges in Redwood County.

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* 1. What is your current license?

Friends, Family, Neighbor (or FFN)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. If you are a friend, family, or neighbor providing care for a child(ren) would you be interested or willing to license your child care business?

Yes

If no, please share why

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* 3. Please provide the # of children in your current enrollment

# of infants

# of Toddlers

# of Preschoolers

# of School Age

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* 4. What are the ideal # of children in each age group in your preferred enrollment?

# of Infants

# of Toddlers

# of Preschoolers

# of School Age

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* 5. What type of care does your program provide? (select all that apply)

Day time

Evening

Overnight

Weekend

Rotating Shifts

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How long have you been in business?

Less than 1 year

1 - 5 years

6 - 10 years

11 -20 years

20+ years

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* 7. How long are you planning to stay in business?

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* 8. I plan on closing my child care business when my youngest child enters school.

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* 9. Which of the following applies to your child care? (select all that apply)

I utilize substitute caregivers in my program when I am unavailable to provide care

I do not utilize substitutes in my program, my families are responsible for finding back up care

I employ an assistant/aide on a regular basis

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* 10. Which of the following apply to your child care? (select all that apply)

I am enrolled in the food program

I participate in Parent Aware

I accept child care assistance (CCAP)

I accept early learning scholarships

None of these apply to my program

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* 11. How would you rate the QUALITY of child care options in your area and the surrounding community?

Reason:

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* 12. How would you rate the AVAILABILITY of child care options in your area and the surrounding community?

Reason:

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* 13. What are the biggest challenges for a START-UP child care business in your area?

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* 14. How can the community provide better support for child care businesses?

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* 15. In the next one to five years what are the biggest challenges child care businesses will face in your area?

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* 16. In the next one to five years what opportunities may child care businesses encounter in your area?

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* 17. If the recently proposed licensing standards (draft 2) go into effect, how will this impact your business?

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* 18. Thank you for taking our survey. As we look at the options and feasibility of planning for additional, high quality child care in your area, is there anything else you'd like to share with us?