Broward Provider Services
Provider Training
Thank you to all providers who attended the school readiness (SR) and voluntary prekindergarten (VPK) training session on Friday, June 3rd, 2011. We appreciate your participation and interest in serving children and their families in Broward County.
If you would like to review the SR presentation please click here.
If you would like to review the VPK presentation, please click here.
If you have additional questions for SR payment, please contact Sandra Paul at: spaul@familycentral.org and/or 954-724-4607.
If you have additional questions for VPK payment, please contact Doris Rivas at drivas@familycentral.org and/or
954-724-3937.
Service Agreement for School Readiness Providers
Thank you for your interest in participating as a School Readiness Provider! Child care providers in South Florida interested in serving Broward County School Readiness funded children and their families must first complete an Application for a Service Agreement.
PLEASE NOTE: Applications are now due. To facilitate a smooth transition for all payments effective July 1, 2011, submit your application and supporting paperwork today.
Please complete the application, include copies of all requested documents and deliver to the Service Agreement Department at Family Central, Inc. For your convenience, you may deliver it via one of the following ways;
Mail or Hand Deliver:
Family Central, Inc.
Attn: Mercedes Velez
EDE Dept/Service Agreement
840 SW 81st Ave.
North Lauderdale, FL 33068
Available Fax Lines:
954-724-3936
954-724-4617
954-724-6980
Email*: serviceagreements@familycentral.org
*when emailing application, please send all supporting documents in PDF format, clearly labeled with your name.
Each application will be reviewed for current documents and appropriate signatures. Once approved, applicants will receive their Service Agreements electronically to sign and return to FCI. Applicants are not considered School Readiness Providers until two original-signature Service Agreements are signed and returned to FCI.
Any required documentation that expires during the fiscal year will need to be immediately updated or the Service Agreement will become suspended. Please remember to keep all your documents current with the Service Agreement Department.
The Service Agreement is our contract with you to deliver school readiness services to children and their families and allows us to reimburse you accordingly.
We look forward to seeing you and working with you.
Our goal is to work together to improve the lives and the future of children of Broward County.
PROVIDER FORMS - Click Here for a List of Provider Forms
Chapter 65C-22 Florida Administrative Code Child Care Standards- Effective: January 13, 2010
Chapter 435, 402, 39.001, and 1012.465 Florida Statutes Sections 943.0542, 984.01- Effective: August 2010
There are no charges/fees associated with a provider listing in the Child Care Resource & Referral Database or for referrals to your program. If you are asked to provide a payment for a referral or listing in the Child Care Resource & Referral database, please contact the Agency for Workforce Innovation’s Office of Early Learning or call at 1-866-357-3239. The information reported about a provider’s program is objective program information that is based on standards that are attainable for providers.