Child care Profession
If you are thinking about getting started in child care, we are an excellent resource! Whether you would like to offer child care in your home, watch a relative's child, or open a child care center, contact us. Milestones has resources to help you make well-informed decisions, leading you on a path to success!
Types of Child Care
- Family Friend and Neighbor Care (FFN): Child Care provided by a family member, friend or neighbor to related children and/or one unrelated family. This type of care does not require a child care license. Anyone caring for more than one unrelated family is required by the State of Minnesota to be licensed.
- Family Child Care: Offer care in a home setting. Family child care provides an environment where children, infant through school-age, can be together.
- Child Care Centers: Offer care for larger groups of children in public or private buildings, churches, or schools. Children are separated by age.
Helpful Resources
This Minnesota Department of Human Services document provides an overview of the services provided for child care professionals through funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and other supports available to you through related government programs. The first two pages will help you navigate these supports; the third and fourth pages provide additional details needed to access them.
Child Care Wayfinder is a one-stop navigation for starting and growing early childhood programs. There are local navigators who will assist you through the entire process of creating, sustaining, and expanding your home or center-based program.