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To increase the number of present and potential family child care providers
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To increase the skills and knowledge of providers
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To raise public awareness and the expected standard of quality
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To encourage providers to create a network and climate of professionalism
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To promote continued professional development through knowledge in the area of readings, organizations and other information available to other early childhood educators
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To bridge the gap between formal and less-formal child care providers and arrangements
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To provide prospective employers of parent aides or nannies with a training opportunity as a condition of employment
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To achieve a common professional understanding of liability arrangements and legal concerns in terms of care for young children;
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To provide a laddered educational program with transferability to the ECE certificate program
