Child care assistance provides financial assistance for daycare. Applicants must reside in Emmet, Charlevoix or Cheboygan Counties and be a parent of or a child of an enrolled Little Traverse Bay Bands tribal citizen. A complete application should be submitted for final eligibility determination. The following are guidelines by which determination of eligibility is made.
Child Care Assistance
Applications and time sheets can be emailed to: DHSapplications@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov
Hand Washing: https://www.youtube.com/embed/iyN5SSQYatA?rel=0
Diapering: https://www.youtube.com/embed/QDbrbKtg7EA?rel=0
Oral Health: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/health/health-literacy-family-engagement/family-education/oral-health-family-tips.pdf
Healthy Eating: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/health/health-literacy-family-engagement/family-education/healthy-eating-family-tips.pdf
Physical Activity: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/physicalactivity/facts.htm
Choosing a Childcare Provider:
Charlevoix County – http://childcarecenter.us/michigan_homecare/charlevoix_mi_county#.WMGsOU0zUhY
http://childcarecenter.us/county/charlevoix_mi
Cheboygan County – http://childcarecenter.us/michigan_homecare/cheboygan_mi_county#.WMGsg00zUhY
http://childcarecenter.us/county/cheboygan_mi
Emmet County – http://childcarecenter.us/michigan_homecare/emmet_mi_county#.WMGWMU0zUhZ
http://childcarecenter.us/county/emmet_mi
General Information on Choosing a Child Care Provider:
http://www.childcareaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Eng_121m.pdf
http://www.childcareaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/106EngM.pdf
http://www.childcareaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/103EngM.pdf
http://www.childcareaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/102EngM.pdf
Resources for Parents:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/parents#headstart
Autism Awareness: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/
Sudden Infant Death: https://www.cdc.gov/SIDS/index.htm
Shaken Baby Syndrome: https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/toolstemplates/entertainmented/tips/shakenbaby.html
Immunization Schedule:
Birth to 15 months: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html
18 months to 18 years: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html
Food Allergies in Children: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/foodallergies/index.htm
Administration of Medication: https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm164427.htm
Infant/Child CPR & First Aid: https://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240175_Pediatric_ready_reference.pdf
Child Safety Transportation: http://cfoc.nrckids.org/StandardView/6.5.2.2
http://www.carseat.org/Resources/651_Basic.pdf
Child Storage Hazardous Materials/Poisoning: https://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/poisoning/preventiontips.htm
Reporting Child Abuse: http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-73971_7119—,00.html
1-855-444-3911
