Important information for those accessing the Minnesota Office of the Ombuds for Family Child Care Providers (OFCCP) website.
The terminology used to describe people has changed over time and continues to evolve. The OFCCP supports the use of “people first” language. Although outmoded terms might be found within documents or links on the website, the OFCCP does not endorse these terms.
Information that is transmitted by email over the Internet is not secure and can be intercepted and read by other Internet users. The OFCCP recommends that you do not use email to send us private or confidential data about yourself or others unless it has been encoded or encrypted.
We provide links to websites of other public and some private organizations as a service for our users. We do not endorse the accuracy, completeness, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness of those sites.
The website is not intended to be a comprehensive collection of all related sites on the Internet. The sites referenced on the website are only a few of the many possible Internet sites related to the work of family child care providers in Minnesota.
All of the information and documents on the OFCCP website are in the public domain. A website seeking to link to a document should not host the document on its site but should link directly to the document on the OFCCP site. Documents, including forms and brochures, change frequently. More information about eDocs, an online document repository, is at Searchable document library of Minnesota Department of Human Services. Any website that links to the OFCCP website should not imply that the State of Minnesota is endorsing any product or service.
This website is designed to offer Minnesotan's easy and efficient access to state government resources. The OFCCP appreciates that many visitors to the OFCCP website are concerned about accessibility to digital government. Every effort is made to have this website meet the Minnesota Accessibility | Policies and Standards / Minnesota IT Services.
The OFCCP website is intended as a resource and guide for the public. It is not a source of definitive legal advice about specific legal problems.
The OFCCP is dedicated to preserving your privacy and security while viewing this website. The OFCCP strives to retrieve the minimum amount of information necessary from its website visitors in order to provide a host of various services and resources. The OFCCP does not capture personal information without visitors' permission.
For every visitor to the OFCCP site, there are several common pieces of information that the office does collect that are stored in logs. Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, the date and time of the visit and the addresses to which a visitor linked during a visit to this website are all recorded. The OFCCP cannot and does not associate any of this information with individuals, distribute this information or use it in any manner other than for statistical analysis in improving the office’s site to better serve website visitors.
The OFCCP does not use cookies to record any personal information. Cookies are used only to track if you are a first-time visitor to this website or if you have visited this website in the past.
The OFCCP does not sell, rent or publish any of this website visitors' personal or private information. The OFCCP does not reveal specific information about subscribers or other personally identifiable data to unaffiliated third parties for their independent use. In addition, the OFCCP restricts employee access to any personal information except where necessary to perform required duties.