Resource and Referral also offers training and technical assistance to child care providers to help them meet licensing or registration requirements and improve the quality of the care the children receive. A list of Resource and Referral Agencies follows. The department provides a constellation of services to families, including child care, so that children can safely remain in their homes instead of being forced into the overcrowded Foster Care system. Child Care and Development Fund Advisory Council This Council, appointed by the governor, makes recommendations to DSS about activities that can improve the quality of child care in Louisiana. With the CCDF, the DSS Licensing Bureau was able to increase its staff and modernize its computer system.
Application is made through parish offices handling child care activities.
Federal welfare reform legislation has combined several child care funding streams with the original Child Care and Development Block Grant to create a single fund with uniform federal and state requirements instead of the complex and often conflicting rules of the various earlier programs. We hope to continue to offer a wide variety of services and even increase the number of different approaches to improving the affordability, availability and quality of child care in Louisiana. To download a form, simply click on the desired title below, then follow the prompts given by your browser. This form has been provided as a public service and has been successfully processed on a State computer system. It is still the responsibility of the user to use this form appropriately and in a manner consistent within these limitations.