Ohio Connection State Family Child Care Association

Ohio Connection was created by a group of diverse providers from all areas of the state that wanted to improve the quality of care provided by Family Child Home Businesses.

Ohio Connection members work diligently with other agencies and professionals to enhance the quality of care and the professionalism in our field.

For more information on child care issues please visit these websites. 

nafcc.org

jfs.ohio.gov

occrra.org

nccic.org

naeyc.org

Remember your voice is power.  Let it be heard.  To help make changes, learn who your representatives on the city, county, state and federal levels are and their contact information.

Write your representatives on issues that concern you and let them know how you feel.  Be sure that you have accurate and up to date information.  Do not use form letters.

Invite your representatives to meetings and conferences in your area.  Attend meetings that your representatives speak at or attend.  

What We Do

Ohio Connection members sit on various committees and boards at the state and national level that makes decisions that directly influence our businesses.

Ohio Connection is the voice for providers in our state.  We take your questions and concerns to the appropriate personnel or office at the state and national level. 

What's New?

• Changes
• The state will take over payments for providers in April.  Information packets will be arriving in your mailbox soon.  When the state take over payment, they will begin to deduct the union dues.   The first state issued checks will be in May.
• Please see Family Child Care News page for further information.
• The association spoke with the state to ascertain why daycare centers and Type A homes were exempt from the new seatbelt law, but Type B was not exempt.   We felt that certified Type B should also be exempt.  We have now learned that we will be covered under the same exemption.
• Parent eligibility will now be based on 150% of the Federal Poverty Level.
• PBS and Resource and Referral agencies will receive less money for training.  Providers may need to seek other avenues for training.
• Fulltime and parttime hours will stay the same.
• Some counties will realize a significant pay cut.  When the budget was signed, there were not going to be any pay cuts, but after negotiations with the daycare center association, we now find daycare centers in some areas will realize a pay increase while Type B providers realizes a decrease in pay.
• The union is working to get their first contract ratified.  If they are successful, they will begin to charge dues next year.  It has been mentioned that the dues will be $25 a month ($300 a year) whether you want to be a member or not.  All dues will be deducted from your check each month with or without your prior approval.
• It has been reported that the union, after hearing about the deal that the daycare centers received, went in to negotiate with the state.  It was stated that the union worked out a deal to get providers an additional 5% if they work a major holiday.  Providers currently do not have to work the holiday and still get paid due to the fulltime/parttime payment system!!!!  For those receiving pay cuts under the new system, they will still see those pay cuts implemented on August 23rd.
  
• Senate Bill 210 introduced in the Senate by Senator Mason has passed.  This bill will require providers to have $300,000 of daycare liability insurance, a $300,000 security bond, or they must have the parents to sign a disclosure stating they are aware that they are placing their child/children in a home without liability insurance.
• To learn more about these changes and others that will be affecting your business, go to your local association meetings or keep updated by returning to this website