Welcome!
If you are a Family Child Care Home, Center-In-Residence, or looking into becoming one, I am here to help!
The Family Child Care Consultants are a statewide funded project all throughout North Carolina. I will be serving Chatham, Lee, Harnett, Johnston, and Wayne counties. This position is designed to build and sustain a localized system of technical assistance and professional development that supports FCC educators.

How I can help:
- Promote, recruit, and support Family Child Care Homes.
- Provide Professional Development Opportunities.
- Provide Start-up Technical Assistance for new FCC Operators.
- Working with unlicensed homes to help with any barriers that are keeping them from getting licensed.
- Offer Technical Assistance for Mentoring, Coaching, and Consulting FCC.

Resources:
2023 NC CCR&R Family Child Care Resource /Guide
Resources For Opening and Running a Successful Family Child Care Home
Family Childcare Home Requirements from the Department of Health and Human Services & DCDEE
Food and Nutrition Service for FCC’s
Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale – FCCERS-R

Paula Shemanski
Family Child Care Consultant
Phone: 984-214-9434
Email: paula@chathamkids.org