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Call Child Care Links at (925) 417-8733 to get all the licensing requirements and fee information. 






 


 

 

Licensing Orientation Meeting    

The Licensing Orientation Meeting is the first step in becoming a licensed family child care provider and is open to all interested participants. The orientation is held on the first Tuesday of each month at the Child Care Links Main Office in Pleasanton, from 9:30 am until noon. The Licensing Orientation Meeting is co-facilitated by Community Care Licensing and Child Care Links. You will receive a certificate, application packet, handouts and information regarding the licensing process. Child Care Links will also offer an overview of the services provided to potential providers.

Pre registration is required. Contact Community Care Licensing at (510) 622-2602 to register. There is a $25 registration fee and no walk-ins will be accepted.
 

Child Care Links offers the following services to residents in the Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Sunol:
  • Assistance in filing out the application
  • Guidance in preparing your home for the pre-licensing visit
  • New Provider Workshops on day care as a business, child development, discipline, and health & safety
  • Referrals to LiveScan facility locations
  • Sample contracts
  • Forms needed for provider and children’s files
  • Toy and resource lending library for children newborn through school age, including videos and literature
  • Workshops and classes on topics related to children and childcare


Becoming a licensed family child care provider in 7 easy steps 

1. APPLICATION AND ORIENTATION

Licensing Orientation is held on the first Tuesday of each month from 9:30 a.m. until noon at the Child Care Links Main Office located at 1020 Serpentine Lane, Suite 104, Pleasanton. 

Pre registration is required. Contact Community Care Licensing at (510) 622-2602 to register. There is a $25 registration fee and no walk-ins will be accepted. 

2. COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

All people living in the home 18 years of age or older will need a Criminal Record Statement and TB Clearance must be completed and included in your Application Packet. 
Remember to make a copy of all forms in the Application Packet.  Community Care Licensing will return any Application Packets that are filled out incorrectly or incompletely.

3. HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING

Complete the full 15 hours of Health & Safety Training.  You will need to sign up in advance as classes fill up quickly.  Child Care Links can refer you to certified trainers.  

4. FINGERPRINTING

Once your application has been approved you will received a letter with your facility number and a LiveScan Application.  LiveScan is the name of the system used to process your fingerprints.  You can then call your local LiveScan  facility locations to schedule an appointment.  The LiveScan  fingerprinting process will also include your Child Abuse Index. 

5. SAFETY

Check your home to make sure it is a healthy and safe environment for children newborn to twelve years.  Be sure to have a 2A10BC or larger fire extinguisher, smoke alarm, and first aid kit.  Contact Child Care Links if you would like a Checklist for inspection.

A Child Care Links staff can come out and check your home and make suggestions on what licensing will be looking for.  This is provided as a free service to potential providers.  Call us at (925)417-8733 to schedule an appointment. 

6. THE PRE-LICENSING VISIT

Licensing will call to schedule a visit to your home, called a “pre-licensing visit”. 
A Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) from Community Care Licensing will visit your home.  If your home has met all health and safety requirements, you are then officially licensed for up to 8 children.  

If you have further work to complete, you will receive directions from the LPA on what you need to complete in order to get your license.   

7. YOUR LICENSE

It will take about two weeks for your license to arrive from Community Care Licensing in Sacramento.   


Services offered to to Licensed Providers in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin and Sunol: 
  • Referral database to match providers with parents seeking childcare.
  • Child Care Food Program to help cover a portion of food costs.
  • Subscription to Child Care Links Newsletter and other mailings.
  • Support concerning general family/child concerns, parent/provider relations, and other technical assist.
For extensive licensing information and regulations, please click here to see Community Care Licensing's web site.  

New Provider Training

Child Care Links offers New Provider Training six times a year.  The meetings are held every other month and rotate locations between Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin.  The New Provider Training is a three part series aimed at educating the new provider on how to run a quality family daycare program.  Each session is 2.5 hours long and participants that complete the series receive a certificate from the City of Pleasanton.  These trainings are held as part of Child Care Links’ contract with the City of Pleasanton. Topics Include:

Session 1: professionalism, contracts, forms, record keeping, Child Care Links’ Health and Nutrition Program and Referral Program

Session 2: child development, age appropriate discipline, program planning and    activities

Session 3: children’s records & files, child abuse reporting, illness prevention, health & safety, and emergency preparedness

To see all New Provider Trainings available for this month click here
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