Most family day care educators in Australia work alone in their own homes. Approved providers sit on the other side of the same system — coordination, compliance, and quality — often without a clean channel back to the people actually running the rooms.

That gap is expensive. Policies get rewritten from scratch. NQF questions get asked in Facebook comments. A good practice stays inside one house.

Family Day Care Alliance is a paid, two-sided professional network for those two roles. Educators and approved providers in the same moderated room, with documents and member-only content behind the membership.

The Parents and Friends of Family Day Care group is free to access and is a channel for the broader community to have input into decisions and keep ahead of the latest developments.

This is not a Facebook group. It is not an open forum. Membership is monthly. Guests can be invited once a month so a colleague can see the room before they join.

If you run or coordinate family day care and want a professional space that treats the work as work, this is it.