A partnership between business, education and support agencies continues to host free information sessions about a free program that helps people launch child care businesses.

The program offers free business and education training to help participants gain the knowledge and skills needed to provide high quality child care, as well as support with state registration and licensing processes.

Those interested in learning more about the program can attend one of these sessions:

• Tuesday, March 12 at 5 p.m.; OCO Pulaski Family Welcome Center, 10 Bella Rd.
• Tuesday, March 19 at 5 p.m.; Integrated Community Planning of Oswego County, Inc., 317 W. First St., Suite 111, Oswego.

The program is sponsored by Oswego County, Integrated Community Planning of Oswego County, Inc. (ICPOC), Small Business Development Center, Jefferson Community College and Oswego County Workforce New York (OCWNY) to support those interested in launching their own child care business.

Jefferson Community College provides virtual workshops to help participants evaluate their ideas and make decisions about how to best plan their programs and daily routines. They will also review behavior management and discipline policies. All of these components will help participants personalize the Family Policy Handbook to meet the needs of their individual business.

In addition, the Small Business Development Center offers five virtual workshops covering business basics, marketing, liability and insurance, accounting and entrepreneurship.

The Child Care & Development Council of Oswego County, part of ICPOC, will help with the New York State Child Care registration process as well as provide assistance with regulations and licensing.

For more information or to register for an information session, contact Erica DeLong at 315-343-2344 ext. 110 or edelong@icpoc.org or complete a registration on Google docs at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScI93la3HPIPIX_n8ousWYD2_V3bnChAelNWQ0ATnIAU3bqdg/viewform?usp=sf_link.