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AMFCCL 2017

President Heather Knutsen heather.knutsen@co.sherburne.mn.us

Past-President Vacant

Treasurer Judy VandenBosch judy.vandenbosch@swmhhs.com

Secretary Tara Sabako taras@co.sibley.mn.us

AMFCCL Board Email: amfccl.board@gmail.com

AMFCCL Website: www.amfccl.com

February 2018

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Greetings, Family Child Care Licensors! How are those new legislative changes treating you? I actually appreciate the Tech-nical Assistance form, as it helps remind me what to look for at the home visits. I also have some happy providers, now that the definition of “annual” training has changed! I’m happy too – fewer correction orders, yeah!

We on the AMFCCL Board are diligently planning the 2018

Spring Workshop, to be held May 9 and 10 at the Kelly Inn in St. Cloud. We applied comments from last year’s workshop and are bringing back some favorite speakers

and the Case Consultation hour. We’ll also have at least one new speaker, and are

tweaking things to run even more smoothly this year (like having more micro-

phones at the Case Consultation hour)! Please mark your calendars and plan to join us – you will learn a lot, and enjoy the company of fellow licensors!

-Heather Knutsen

Directors at large

Kim Leipold kim.leipold@co.hennepin.mn.us

Gale Lupkes gale.lupkes@co.traverse.mn.us

Melissa Pitts melissa.pitts@co.washington.mn.us

Lanay Miller lanay.miller@chisagocounty.us

Pam Bohm pam.bohm@co.anoka.mn.us

Kris Otto kristin.otto@co.wright.mn.us

Jeni Darling jennifer.darling@co.isanti.mn.us

A note from the President

UPCOMING EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE

AMFCCL Board Meeting is July 2, 2018

2018 Spring Conference: May 9 & 10 in St. Cloud

MEMBERSHIPS ARE DUE!!!

Memberships are due for the period beginning January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018. Please see the last page of the newsletter for the

registration form.

As a reminder, this newsletter is only sent to paid members. Please inform your non-member

coworkers about the benefits of being a member and how they can register. The newsletter is also on the

AMFCCL website for them to view.

Upcoming Licensor Trainings

There are no scheduled trainings on TrainLink.

Meg & Linda are doing an ELICI part 2 training around the State. Contact them if you have not yet had the follow up.

2018 AMFCCL WORKSHOP PREVIEW2018 AMFCCL WORKSHOP PREVIEW2018 AMFCCL WORKSHOP PREVIEW2018 AMFCCL WORKSHOP PREVIEW

Wednesday May 9 & Thursday May 10th Kelly Inn, St. Cloud

May 9th ⇒ Marie Lister, Play & Executive Functioning ⇒ Tom Copeland—PLEASE SEND US QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR TOM! Ei-ther now or as the workshop gets closer.

⇒ Jody Janati, Communciation Styles & Boundaries

May 10th ⇒ State Fire Marshal—PLEASE SEND US QUESTIONS YOU HAVE! Either now or as the workshop gets closer.

⇒ Case Consultation—we will ask for ques-tions/cases for this as the date gets closer.

⇒ DHS—we will ask for questions for them as the date gets closer.

As we enter deeper into the cold temps of winter, remember to think about yourself. Below are some ideas to help.

WINTER MAKING YOU FEEL A LITTLE BLUE??

Have you ever thought about being on the AMFCCL board or know someone that would be a good fit? Nomination forms will be coming out with Workshop information in March. We will be look-ing for a President, Treasurer, Secretary, and 3 Directors at Large.

If you have any great articles that you have written for your own County Newsletters, please feel free to contribute them to AMFCCL! We would love to share your writings with the other licensors if it would be

useful to the rest of us!

Same goes for if you have sug-gestions for things you’d like to see in this Quarterly Newsletter.

We love new ideas! Thank you!

Forms, articles, and information have been submitted by licensing workers throughout the State. Thank you for all your participa-tion in this newsletter.

Join AMFCCL today

Membership form on last page

The Association of Minnesota Family Child Care Licensors seeks to ensure the high quality of care of children in licensed family child care homes in Minneso-ta. It works to provide a clear network of community and mutual support for li-censors, to offer direction for the family child care community, and to provide a means for impact on education, regulations, and policies relating to family child care. I wish to become a member of the Association or Minnesota Family Child Care Licensors. Enclosed is my $20.00 membership fee, which covers the period be-ginning January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018 PLEASE PROVIDE FULL MAILING ADDRESS: NAME: _______________________________________________________________________ TITLE: _______________________________________________________________________ COUNTY/AGENCY NAME: ______________________________________________________ COUNTY/AGENCY ADDRESS: __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE: _______________________________________________________ WORK PHONE: ( )__________________PERSONAL PHONE ( )__________________ WORK FAX: ( )____________________

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Association of Minnesota Family Child Care Licensors (AMFCCL)

Send this form and your check to: Judy VandenBosch

Southwest Health and Human Services 1091 North Hiawatha Avenue

Pipestone, MN 56164