About us

Hello!! My name is Saida K. Said and I have been a licensed family childcare since 2008. My husband Marghani A. Haaji is my full-time assistant and the facility manager. We love caring for your children.

In 1998, I started volunteering at the YMCA childcare center. I enjoy educating children and helping them grow with a positive self-identity. Since then, I did childcare for private families.

In May, 2008, I became a licensed childcare provider and began my own in-home childcare. The joy of watching the children grow for the seven years, the love of teaching children, providing them daily care and watching them grow, has been extremely rewarding . This is my dream job. I thank all my families for allowing me to continue to teach their children.

I continue to take classes and workshops each year in all aspects of Childcare and Children’s Health, Safety, Development and Learning.

Marghani A. Haaji: Main assistant, works from 5:30am – 7:00 PM Marghani has 30 hours of required training in child development to be a main assistant and does at least 15 hours yearly training to be maintain his qualifications he also trained in CBR, FIRST AID BLOOD PATHOGEN HIV and Food Handel Permit.. Speaks English, Dutch, Arabic, Swahili and Somali.

Hawa Mohamed: Childcare assistant works from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Monday – Friday. She is from Somali,Hawa speaks Somali will have 30 hours of required training in child development soon and does at least 15 hours yearly training to be maintain her qualifications she also trained in CBR, FIRST AID BLOOD PATHOGEN, HIV and Food Handel Permit.

Zahra A. Haji: Childcare assistant works from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Monday – Friday. She is from Somali speaks English and Somali. She also has 20 hours of required training in child development and does at least 10 hours yearly training to be maintain her qualifications she also trained in CBR, FIRST AID BLOOD PATHOGEN HIV and Food Handel Permit.

You may check our business standing with the Licensed Child Care Information System (LCCIS) – a link to the site is provided below.
To check my business standing, just enter my tel: 2063621585

Child Care Check

helping parent

  • Permission for Free Access
  • Parent Conferences bi-yearly
  • Visit children during the day
  • Inviting parent for field-trip monthly
  • Free Meals children

HFCC providers

safe   and   secure

I will check daily to make certain that both the indoor and outdoor play areas are safe for children and families –free from broken glass, toys and equipment are safe and the area is free from hazards. All medications, cleaning products and chemicals will inaccessible to the children.

 

We are open for business but PLEASE READ Coronavirus announcement.

Encourage staff to take everyday preventive actions to prevent the spread of respiratory illness.

Wash hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
Always wash hands with soap and water if hands are visibly dirty.
Remember to supervise young children when they use hand sanitizer to prevent swallowing alcohol.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces.
Cover cough and sneezes.
Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when you have to go out in public.
Masks should NOT be put on babies and children under age two because of the danger of suffocation.
Require sick children and staff to stay home.

Communicate to parents the importance of keeping children home when they are sick.
Communicate to staff the importance of being vigilant for symptoms and staying in touch with facility management if or when they start to feel sick.
Establish procedures to ensure children and staff who come to the child care center sick or become sick while at your facility are sent home as soon as possible.
Keep sick children and staff separate from well children and staff until they can be sent home.
Sick staff members should not return to work until they have met the criteria to discontinue home isolation.
Have a plan if someone is or becomes sick.

Plan to have an isolation room or area (such as a cot in a corner of the classroom) that can be used to isolate a sick child. Additional information about isolation in related settings can be found here: isolation at home and isolation in healthcare settings.
Be ready to follow CDC guidance on how to disinfect your building or facility if someone is sick.
If a sick child has been isolated in your facility, clean and disinfect surfaces in your isolation room or area after the sick child has gone home.
If COVID-19 is confirmed in a child or staff member:
Close off areas used by the person who is sick.
Open outside doors and windows to increase air circulation in the areas.
Wait up to 24 hours or as long as possible before you clean or disinfect to allow respiratory droplets to settle before cleaning and disinfecting.
Clean and disinfect all areas used by the person who is sick, such as offices, bathrooms, and common areas.
If more than 7 days have passed since the person who is sick visited or used the facility, additional cleaning and disinfection is not necessary.
Continue routine cleaning and disinfection.