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Windward Community College Child Care Program Provides Student Incentives
Windward Community College’s Office of Career & Community Education is starting a new cohort for its Family Child Care Essen- tials certificate program on Jan. 25 with free classes and additional financial support.
“The FCCE program was developed to address the critical shortage in child care. This situation increases stress and pressure on working parents ...”
This program supports new and future family child care providers with their business practices and is for all islands.
Fund, students enroll in the program and receive course books for free, which is a value of more than $1,100.
and referral agency— non- credit online courses with WCC, and group and indi- vidual coaching sessions, for a total of $900. Upon completion of the program, students can apply for an additional $1,000 comple- tion grant.
The FCCE program was developed to address the critical shortage in child care. This situation increas- es stress and pressure on working parents, which in turn impacts Hawai‘i’s employers and economy. Through the support of the Hawai‘i Community Foun- dation’s Hawai‘i Resilience Fund and Omidyar ‘Ohana
Kamehameha Schools recognized the challeng- es faced by students on the FCC business pathway and provided student-support funding.
For more information, call 808-235-7363. Course information, registration and information session sign-up can be found on- line at windwardcce.org/
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A new session of the Family Child Care Essentials certificate program will start on Jan. 25 from Windward Community College’s Office of Career & Community Education. PHOTO COURTESY WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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