Deck 8: Family Child Care

Question 1

When a provider belongs to a support group, the isolating nature of family child care is less of an issue.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Parents perceive family child care homes as offering several advantages including close supervision, allowing siblings to attend with each other and responsiveness to children's needs.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Measures of quality in family child care homes do not take into account parents' definitions of quality.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

One of the disadvantages of family child care is that not all homes are licensed.

Question 5

Local child care resource and referral (CCR&R) agencies can provide information about training and other resources in a community.

Question 6

Some state and local governments compensate providers to care for welfare-to-work recipients.

Question 7

Regulated family child care homes are also referred to as Family Friends and Neighbors care.

Question 8

The educational level of child care providers is usually a little higher than preschool teachers.

Question 9

Every state defines and regulates family child care.

Question 10

Recent estimates suggest that today the number of children in family child-care is

A)431,000
B)691,000.
C)1 million.
D)2 to 3 million.

Question 11

Family child care serves approximately 431,000 children in this country.

Question 12

Family child care providers do not need to learn good business practices.

Question 13

It is common to have a family child care provider's criminal background checked when applying for a license to run a family child care home.

Question 14

Fees for family child care are usually higher than those for a child care center.

Question 15

Many providers of family child care are parents themselves.

Question 16

Unionizing is one way that family child care providers are trying to increase the quality of their programs and advocate for better incomes.

Question 17

There is a need to improve the quality of family child care.

Question 18

Child care providers across the country are increasing their efforts to organize to boost the quality of their programs.

Question 19

Helping children to remain healthy is the responsibility of parents and is not part of a provider's job.

Question 20

Family child care providers report that they have less stress than other working parents.

Question 21

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
turnover of child-care providers

Question 22

Some parents choose family child care homes because they

A)are close to their work.
B)are responsive to the needs of toddlers.
C)are inexpensive.
D)have large outdoor play areas.

Question 23

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
license requirement

Question 24

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
an advantage of family home child care

Question 25

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
fees for child-care homes compared to centers

Question 26

The turnover in family child care is currently

A)5 to10 percent.
B)15 to 25 percent.
C)8 to 10 percent.
D)8 percent.

Question 27

Family child care is a business that provides care for the children of __________.

Question 28

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
family child-care home

Question 29

Most states require licensure or registration of home-based care if more than __________ children are cared for.

A)5
B)2
C)6
D)10

Question 30

One reason parents choose family child care is because

A)the hours are important.
B)of the quality of care.
C)it is near their work.
D)of a desire for cultural congruity.

Question 31

Child care providers leave the work because they

A)lack retirement benefits.
B)need more income.
C)feel isolated.
D)All of these answers.

Question 32

Family child-care providers often charge fees that are __________ than center child care.

A)the same as
B)higher
C)lower
D)much lower

Question 33

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
Family, Friends and Neighbors style of home-based care

Question 34

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
child-care worker

Question 35

The advantages of a home-based business may also create what issues for the family?

A)lack of privacy
B)overtime caused by late parents
C)long hours
D)All of these answers.

Question 36

Family child care providers are likely to be

A)male and in their 30s.
B)female and young.
C)female and in their mid-forties.
D)either sex but older than 55.

Question 37

Family child care providers are being solicited to join networks like

A)The Department of Defense.
B)Head Start
C)Texas Family Child Care Home project
D)All of these answers

Question 38

Family child-care providers see themselves as

A)business owners.
B)second mothers to children.
C)caregivers.
D)entrepreneurs.

Question 39

MATCHING
a.lower monetary cost
b.small business
c.691,00
d.regulation
e.12-25 percent
f.unregulated child care
g.fastest growing occupation in this country
h.can accommodate a number of differing aged children from one family
number of licensed small child-care homes

Question 40

The maximum number of children in a family child-care home is usually

A)3.
B)12.
C)6.
D)9.

Question 41

Regulations concerning family child care homes are usually administered at the __________ level.

Question 42

How can providers decide whether they have scheduled the right fee for their service?

Question 43

Rather than being motivated by profit, family child care providers are motivated by __________.

Question 44

Regulated family child care homes typically contain __________ groups of children.

Question 45

Describe the typical family child-care provider.

Question 46

List the four goals of the Early Head Start-family child care project

Question 47

Revenue from family child care typically contributes about __________ of total household income.

Question 48

Surveys have revealed that providers leave the business for several reasons.What are they?

Question 49

As a small business owner, providers need adequate insurance protection.What are the areas that should be covered in a policy?

Question 50

What are some ways to market a child care business?

Question 51

Why do licensed providers say they are satisfied with their job even though their compensation is low?

Question 52

More than ____ % of states have no training requirements to establish a family child care home.

Question 53

Family child care providers are among the __________ paid within the profession.

Question 54

To be successful, providers need to keep good records.What should be included?

Question 55

Family child care providers care for children who have not entered formal schooling and also children __________.

Question 56

Lack of adult contact can be remedied if the provider joins a/an __________.

Question 57

Before starting a family child care home, it is important to do __________ research.

Question 58

In about _____ of the states, licensing for Family child care homes requires an Associates's degree or a Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate.

Question 59

List the advantages that a family child care home can offer to families.

Question 60

Many family child care homes receive assistance from __________ or __________
subsidies for low-income children in their care.

Question 61

Describe how unionizing would help family child care providers?

Question 62

List 4 areas of measurement for the Family Child Care Rating Scale