Providing Childcare in Vermont: Requirements, licensing, and training opportunities
- Local job openings
- Child Development Division
- Northern Lights: Early Childhood Professional Development – Amelia Struthers, amelia.struther@ccv.edu
- Vermont Early Childhood Career Ladder
- Regulations for licensed and registered homes
- Regulations for center based child care programs
Educational Opportunities
- Help navigating requirements:
- Credit for What You Know
- Resource Advisor at CCV: Amelia Struthers amelia.struthers@ccv.edu
- Class locations:
- Windham Regional Career Center’s Adult Learning (WRCC) – Drew McDowell, WRCC Adult Education Director, 802-451-3965, dmcdowell@wsesu.org
- Community College of Vermont Brattleboro (CCV) – Leigh Marthe, leigh.marthe@ccv.edu or Pam Bullock, pam.bullock@ccv.edu, 802-254-6370
- Vermont Adult Learning– Catheryn Hayes 802-275-4083; chayes@vtadultlearning.org
- Keene State – BS in Early Childhood Development – Technical Assistance and Coaching/Mentoring
- Windham Early Childhood Educators Coop – Melissa Mroz-Gaskill – windhamecec@gmail.com
- Let’s Grow Kids – Emily Wagner, emilyw@letsgrowkids.org
Financial Assistance for Education
- Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC)
- T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Vermont/Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VAEYC) – Brenda Schramm, 802.379.7267, brenda.schramm@vaeyc.org
- United Way of Windham County Fund for Quality Early Education – Margaret Atkinson, margaret@winstonprouty.org
Childcare in Your Home: Opportunities for funding
- Vermont Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) – Debra Boudrieau, 802-257-7731 or dboudrieau@vtsbdc.org
- Vermont Birth to Five/Permanent Fund – Sharron Harrington, sharron@letsgrowkids.org
- Vermont Community Loan Fund
Training and Support
- Voc Rehab / Creative Workforce Solutions – Cindy Del Gatto – cdelgatto@vabir.org 802-258-6485
