This quickest type of approval. You are approved by completing fire and health inspections,
which are done by local officials. We
provide you with forms the inspector will complete and contact names of the
inspectors in your area. A
Neighborhood Child Care staff person will then come to your home for a visit.
Many providers start off with this type and work on one of the other
types. If you are already watching
children it would benefit you to get alternately approved right away since you
will then be able to receive the Child and Adult Care Food Program
reimbursement.
See the chart below for specific requirements, the cost and
how do meet the requirement:
| Requirement |
Cost |
How do I do this? |
| Residential
Fire Inspection |
Usually
free depending on your location.
Cleveland Pays $32.50 and Parma residents pay $25.00. |
We
will provide you with a form to be completed and a contact person at your
city fire department. Call or e-mail to request the form. |
| Residential
Health Inspection |
Sometimes
free depending on your location. No
health dept. charges more than $60. Cleveland
residents pay nothing. |
We
will provide you with a form to be completed and a contact person at your
local health department. Call or e-mail to request the form. |
| Background
Check |
$15.00
if you have been living in the state for 5 years + $45.00 if you have
lived out of the state in the
past 5 years. (This money is
the processing fee for the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.) |
One
of our staff will roll your fingerprints and we will send them for the
background check OR some city police department (not Cleveland) will roll
your prints and you can send them to us. |
| Training |
Free |
We
ask all providers to take the class “Orientation and Professionalism”.
Consult the calendar for the date you’d like to come and please
call to register. |
| Equipment |
Varies |
Smoke
Detectors on each floor of home, Fire Extinguisher, First Aid Kit and a
working telephone. |
