Page 4 - Parent Handbook 2016

Introduction
Since 1987 Bethel Child Care Services has provided services in Massachusetts for:
ê Parents
ê Family Child Care Providers ê Children
Bethel Child Care Services has always recognized the importance of cooperation and involvement of the family and the provider in a child's childcare experience and is committed to high quality early education and care.
Bethel Child Care Services makes monthly visits to the child care provider's home to provide the following for your child:
ê Developmentally appropriate workshops for parents and providers
ê Comprehensive curriculum and guidance programs that focus on literacy,
health, nutrition, and social interaction
ê Nutrition training and Menu supervision
ê Professionalism
ê EarlyInterventionreferrals
Bethel Child Care Services has offices in Lawrence, Northshore, Springfield, and Boston. Approximately 600 children are currently receiving quality care in over 175 licensed child care provider's homes serviced and trained by Bethel.
Bethel Child Care Services is active in four Community Partnerships and actively working in each community to bring together quality services for child care providers and the parents they serve. All providers signed with Bethel are licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care.
Bethel is a Family Child Care System. We subcontract with licensed providers which we refer to you for your child care needs. Bethel Child Care Services does not license these homes, but we do provide training, assistance, referrals, monthly visits, and curriculum programs to contracted providers.
Bethel Child Care Services has been active in raising the standard of quality of care by assisting providers in obtaining degrees in Early Childhood Education, Child Development Associates Certification (CDA), NAFCC Accreditation and developmental training. Currently many of the agency’s providers have reached these levels of excellence in childcare. Bethel is committed to ensuring that all children in the program receive the best quality care possible and remains committed to the importance of providing children with the best start for a productive future.
This handbook was developed to assist parents and providers with needed information regarding Bethel Child Care Services' regulations and policies that pertain to the care of your child. It is our hope that your experience with Bethel will prove to be a positive one. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have regarding any of our policies. If you need clarification on any of the information in this handbook, please feel free to contact the office. At the end of this handbook you will find a directory listing.
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Bethel Child Care Services, Inc. • 360 Merrimack Street, Ste 45 • Lawrence, MA 01841 • (978)-458-6577