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This message has been sent to all family child care county licensors and supervisors regarding the launch of family child care licensing in the Provider and Agency Hub.
The State of Minnesota continues to make progress on building family child care (FCC) licensing functionality in the Provider and Agency Hub. As we do so, we're making a strategic adjustment to our launch timeline.
We previously communicated a tentative launch timeframe of summer 2025. To best support a successful rollout to you and family child care providers, we’re currently determining a revised launch timeline.
We understand changing timeframes may cause stress and frustration. We appreciate your patience. Here's the information we do have:
Family child care licensing will launch in the Provider and Agency Hub using a phased, regional approach.
Pilot
First, we'll pilot family child care licensing in the Provider and Agency Hub with the following counties, all of which partner with Sourcewell for family child care licensing: Becker, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard, Morrison, Stevens, Todd and Wadena.
Family child care providers and licensing staff in these counties will be notified of the pilot launch date at least 60 days before the pilot begins. The pilot will run for one month.
Regional launch
Following the pilot, the Provider and Agency Hub will go live by region. We’re actively determining the regional launch order and will communicate the order once it’s finalized.
County licensing staff and providers will be notified of their regional launch timeline well in advance.
We will offer an in-person support event for providers in each region around the time of their regional launch. More information about these events will be shared as details are finalized.
Agency Hub training will be provided to county licensing staff in preparation for your regional launch.
Family child care providers will receive this update at the email address associated with their license. We plan to send the English version of this email early this week. Hmong, Spanish and Somali versions are in progress.
A new resource has been created to assist you in sharing up-to-date, accurate information during conversations with family child care providers: Provider Hub FCC Licensing | Summer 2025 Update.
This resource highlights three things family child care providers can do now to prepare:
If you have feedback or questions, email the Provider and Agency Hub team at ccproviderhub.dhs@state.mn.us.
Thank you for all your work to support family child care providers in Minnesota!
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