This information is updated regularly and used to provide parents with referrals, as well as counseling on how to identify and select quality child care that best meets their child s needs. The Network works to strengthen individual, community based resource and referral programs through coordination of information and development of statewide strategies to improve and expand services for children. A program that cannot offer care to a child with a disability must inform parents of this in writing. Parents have the right to contact OFSS to determine if the program is in compliance with state regulations.
Parents meet with providers and select a program that best meets their needs.
Therapists can provide service in natural environments and train child care providers to implement some of the therapies. This increases therapeutic opportunities for children as well as the professionalism of the provider. This licensure ensures that programs meet basic standards for health, safety, and staffing ratios. All programs may offer care to children with disabilities through age 16. Updates are done every six months so that parents can feel confident they are receiving reliable and recent information.