The purpose of this handbook is to show how communities can initiate a successful recruitment campaign for family day care providers. In 11 chapters, discussion focuses on (1) the need for recruitment; (2) the recruitment process; (3) determining day care need; (4) conducting provider surveys; (5) incentive programs; (6) training classes; (7) building long term support for recruitment; (8) developing and distributing promotional materials; (9) working with the media; (10) recruitment as an ongoing campaign; and (11) the 1984-85 child care recruitment effort of Resources for Child Caring, Inc., in St. Paul, Minnesota. The campaign stimulated a 33 percent increase over the previous year in the number of new family day care providers. Numerous appendices provide related materials, such as posters, flyers, newsletter articles, incentive coupons, and a public service announcement. (RH)