After School Care / Schoo-Age Care   

As a Religious Exempt Accrediting Agency for Child Care Programs, FCCPSA offers accreditation for an After School Care/School-Age Child Care Program providing that the program is an integral part of a church and the staff meets the background screening requirements per Florida statute.

What is an After School Care/School-Age Child care Program?

Definitions:

    1. “Before-School and After-School site” refers to a program that provides child care for children who are at least 5 years old and are enrolled in and attend a kindergarten program or grades one and above during a school district’s academic calendar year. This is limited to programs that provide care only before and after the recognized hours of a district’s school day and on teacher planning days, holidays, and intercessions that occur during the school district’s official academic calendar year.
    2. “School-Age Child” means a child who is at least 5 years of age by September 1st of the beginning of the school year and who attends kindergarten through grade five.
    3. “School-Aged Child Care Program” means a Religious Exemption from Licensure child care program serving school-aged children as defined in #1.
    4. Capacity: Rooms that are set up and used for sedentary activities must have a minimum of 20 square feet of usable floor space per child.
    5. The program environment must provide dedicated usable safe space for all activities during hours of operation.
    6. The space must be arranged to be conducive for simultaneous social, recreational and educational activities.
    7. The outdoor space must be sufficient and safe to allow freedom of movement without collisions among active children. There must be a minimum of 45 square feet of usable safe and sanitary outdoor play area for each school-age child.
    8. Ratios: the staff to child ratio must be at least one (1) child care personnel for every twenty-five (25) school-age children in care (1:25).

All forms and applications can be downloaded on the Forms Page

The FCCPSA maintains an integrated partnership with Cognia, formally AdvancED, the parent organization of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools CASI, the North Central Association CASI, and the Northwest Accrediting Commission.
This partnership allows FCCPSA accredited schools to obtain both FCCPSA and Cognia/SACS accreditation through one seamless process.

For more information see the Affiliations page.

The FCCPSA is an approved member of the National Council for Private School Accreditation which is dedicated to the accreditation process as a viable and responsible means of establishing a witness of school excellence.

The NCPSA is a member of The International Alliance for School Accreditation which is a coalition of regional, national, and international accrediting bodies.

In 1996, the Florida Legislature established the Gold Seal Quality Care program to acknowledge child care facilities and family day care homes that are accredited by nationally recognized agencies and whose standards reflect quality in the level of care and supervision provided to children.

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) requires that all full member senior high schools be accredited by an approved accrediting agency to play sports in the state league.

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