Child Care Provider

If you have an interest in providing quality child care for children, we would like to hear from you. The Ashland County Department of Job & Family Services may have an opportunity for you to begin a career in child care. Certified Care Providers are needed for families participating in the subsidized child care program. Some basic requirements to become certified are:

• Must be 18 years of age
• Must have a high school diploma
• Provide three personal references completed by an individual not related to you.
• Provider must have a medical examination and a TB test completed.
• Provider must sign a criminal conviction statement and not have any disqualifying criminal convictions.
• Providers and other adult household members over 18 years of age must be fingerprinted and complete an Ashland County
• Sheriff's Department background check.
• Certification may be denied if the potential provider or other adult in the home has an indicated or substantiated history of child abuse or neglect.
• Providers must have an operative telephone in their home (cell phones are not acceptable).
• Providers must have a fire inspection of their home by the local fire department.

Providers must complete 30 hours of training which includes:

• First Aid
• CPR
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Health and Safety
• Child Growth and Development
• Communicable Diseases

If you would like to learn more, please contact the Ashland County Department of Job & Family Services at (419) 282-5000 or toll free at 1-800-589-8141 and ask to speak with the Child Care Provider worker who will be able to answer your questions.