ONET... Reaching Home Child Care Providers Across Ontario of developing a successful home child care association covering such Level 2 of the Family child care Training has been The networks in Bolton and Thunder Bay http://www.geocities.com/ottawachildcare/onet/
Extractions: Resources on Specific Aspects of Care and Development Listed below are electronic resources about specific aspects of care and development for children and adolescents with special health care needs. Journal articles, print publications, and databases are listed where available. Adolescent Transition
Child Care Resources Association of Family child care Providers (NAFCC). Licensed and accredited family child care homes in Palo Alto and surrounding communities. Support networks http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/humanservices/resources.html
Extractions: The Office of Human Services provides: Listings of licensed child care centers in Palo Alto Listings of licensed family child care homes in Palo Alto Information about school age child care programs located on the Palo Alto Unified School District's twelve elementary school sites Information about child care subsidies including a City child care subsidy program for Palo Alto residents who meet low-income guidelines Funding and support to Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC), a community-based non-profit organization that provides comprehensive child care services to families who live or work in Palo Alto
Links To Illinois Agency Sites Illinois Community Action Association. Illinois Community networks. Illinois Network of child care Resource and Referral Agencies. http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/iwin/illinoislinks.asp
Extractions: IFDM Home Search About IFDM Site Map ... Go To TFP IWIN Issue Pages Back to IWIN Home Page Illinois Specific Data and Research Findings Illinois State Plans and Laws Illinois State Specific Programs ... State Welfare Reform Analysis and Summaries If you have any questions about the content of this page, please email us at welfinfo@welfareinfo.org General Resources Hot Topics Event Calendar Publications by Links to Illinois Agency Sites State Agency Links Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Illinois Department of Children and Family Services - Day Care Division Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Illinois Department of Employment Security ... Illinois Department of Public Health (updated link) Illinois General Assembly Illinois Health Care Cost Containment Council Illinois Resource Information System (IRIS) Illinois Workforce Development ... State of Illinois - Press Releases County and City Links Cook County Directory of City Services - Chicago DuPage County Kane County ... Will County Links to Other Illinois Specific Pages Associations of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) - for Illinois contact (312) 939-7488 Bethel New Life Central Baptist Children's Home and Family Service, (312) 326-2224
Operation Child Care - Child Care Aware Centers, who both operate national networks of child and tools from the National Association for the including information for CCR Rs, child care Providers and http://www.childcareaware.org/en/operationchildcare/
Extractions: Information for: Click here to request your free child care services Child care providers in this program are all state licensed or certified. They have met all basic health and safety training as well. You will have your own questions and concerns when choosing a potential provider for your child, but we have listed some issues for you to consider when selecting short-term care. Before calling, consider... Talk about...
Extractions: Today's job market requires many employees to work shifts that start or end after most child care programs open or close. More and more businesses operate around the clock. Many companies work in shifts which means employees work in the early mornings, evenings, nights, rotating schedules, weekends, holidays or extended hours. These non-traditional schedules affect the lives of millions of families. Hospital employees are but one example of working parents who work unusual hours and face special difficulties in finding child care or family support. From hotel staff to police officers to retail workers to factory employees whose services are needed beyond the typical work day, finding child care to match non-traditional schedules can be tough. Child Care Choices Changing schedules and unusual hours in a job are serious issues for many working parents. There are currently few child care programs for those families that need care during non-traditional hours. Most child care centers and providers operate Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Parents need child care during their working hours, whenever they may be. The search for child care can be difficult and the choices few. For some parents, the solution to child care is to work alternate shifts. You may work the night shift while your spouse or partner works the day. Often these arrangements require your relatives or friends to fill in the gaps and overlap of work hours as well as the times when the schedule begins to fall apart. This leaves little time for parents or the entire family to have together. It's a tight schedule.
Indiana Association For The Education Of Young Children -- IAEYC business, government, health, education, community networks, foundations and is a registered trademark of child care Services Association (CCSA), a non http://www.iaeyc.org/new/home.asp?in_page=pro_dev
DHS OFH Healthy Child Care Illinois (HCCI) Beansprout networks Beansprout is the first online community connecting parents free TTY 1/877204-1012 National Association of child care Resource and http://www.dhs.state.il.us/chp/ofh/CHN/HealthyChildCareIllinois.asp
Extractions: Chicago, IL 60607 Illinois Home Search Illinois Healthy Child Care Illinois (HCCI) is a statewide program, modeled after the Healthy Child Care America (HCCA) campaign. The model strives to improve the health and safety of child care by linking child care to health care. Child Care Nurse Consultants (CCNCs) are employed to link child care to health care services. The department's Bureau of Child Care and Development, local health departments, and the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (INCCRRA), assist in delivering the program services. The Healthy Child Care Illinois initiative was launched on the principle of the Healthy Child Care America campaign that families, in partnership with child care and health care providers, can promote the positive development of children in child care settings.
Palo Alto Online on accreditation through the National Association of Family licensed and accredited family child care homes in communities, and support networks for licensed http://www.paloaltoonline.com/cgi/pao_search_fab.cgi?Section=kids&Category=refer
ED403102 1997-01-00 Perspectives On Rural Child Care. ERIC Digest. areas Using child care resourceand-referral networks. Quality in child care What does research tell us Washington, DC National Association for the Education http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed403102.html
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools Charleston WV. Perspectives on Rural Child Care. ERIC Digest. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC Although nearly 25 percent of U.S. children grow up in non-metropolitan areas, we have done little research on them. This oversight extends to rural child care, which receives little explicit analysis. As a result, "Our research on child care is an essentially urban literature, with a few examples of suburban studies. Rural child care is an unknown quantity" (Phillips, 1987, p. 123). REALITIES OF RURAL CHILD CARE Center-based care. Rural families experience child care differently from urban ones on a number of counts. Center-based care, increasingly popular among American families, is less available to rural children. In many areas, lengthy distances, small and scattered populations and high transportation costs make centers impractical. Further, rural parents are more likely to prefer informal careespecially care provided by relatives (Shoffner, 1986). Consequently, only about one fourth of rural children are in group care ("Nonmetro and metro children," 1992, p. 27). Additionally, the centers that do exist in rural areas are often subsidized, and thus targeted at special populations, leaving working-poor and middle-class families with fewer choices.
WCW: Resources & Links: Links American Association of Teachers http//www.aasa.org www.beansprout.net Beansprout networks® is an hub that enables pediatricians and child care programs to http://www.wcwonline.org/resources-linkschildcare.html
Extractions: AASA, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for over 14,000 educational leaders across America and in many other countries. AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. Beansprout Networks, Inc. Beansprout Networks® is an online hub that enables pediatricians and child care programs to enhance interactions with the families they serve and the vendors that serve them. Beansprout Networks is a privately held, venture capital backed company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Center for Social and Emotional Education
Boston After-School Experiences Study at the 1997 meetings of the National School Age care Association, Orlando, FL. It Takes a Village to Raise a child Parenting networks of Urban http://www.wcwonline.org/bases/
Extractions: How do elementary school children spend their time school? What kinds of after-school experiences help elementary school children to learn and grow and feel good about themselves? The Boston After-School Experiences Study (BASES) was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the after-school experiences of boys and girls from different backgrounds, and to learn more about the impact of these experiences on the development of children. The model that guides BASES considers child development within the context of the social ecology of the after-school experience, the family, and the community.
For Providers - Resource Links I Am Your child child care Information Exchange Beansprout networks The Montessori Foundation American Montessori Society Association Montessori International http://www.childcare.org/providers/resource-links-providers.htm
Parent Education Network that as a whole form the Texas Association of Parent The local networks consist of professional parent medical, counseling, therapy, child care, law enforcement http://www.unt.edu/cpe/parent/pen.htm
Extractions: Go To Continuing Education and Conferences Texas ROPER Parent Teacher Education Connection Outreach to Parents of Newborns Parent Educator Networks Career Development Library and Resources Just For Parents About Us New This Week Center for Parent Education Home Parent educators in different regions of Texas have formed local networks that as a whole form the Texas Association of Parent Educators. The local networks consist of professional parent educators from many different fields (e.g. education, medical, counseling, therapy, child care, law enforcement) that network, support, and collaborate with the Center for Parent Education and each other. Network News - May 2004 Each year in February, the annual Conference on Parent Education is held in Denton. During the Conference the Network Coordinators and Texas Roper Advisory Board members attend the Texas Association of Parent Educators statewide meeting. Public Relations Resource Kit Media Kit: Center for Parent Education Examples
Agencies, Organizations & Networks development services brings together numerous agencies, organizations and networks operating throughout child care Providers Association A statewide http://www.ahs.state.vt.us/earlychildhood/network.htm
Extractions: "Working Together for Vermont's Young Children and Their Families" Vermont's unified system of comprehensive child and family development services brings together numerous agencies, organizations and networks operating throughout the state. For persons seeking to identify or contact various local, state, or national groups, this section provides a useful link. Federal Government National Organization VT State Government State Organizations ... VT Early Childhood Resource Directory Federal Government: Write members of Congress at: http://congress.nw.dc.us/cdf/elecmail.html VT State Government ~ Agencies: VT Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services
MIT LifeSites - Family Life dollars for dependent care costs including child care. Over 1000 books on child development, parenting MIT Parents AssociationRegional networks, news, family http://web.mit.edu/lifesites/family/
Extractions: MIT families come in myriad forms and life stages. The resources below can help each family find services, information, and groups to meet current needs. Birth and Adoption Breastfeeding Support Classes and Groups for New Families Classes and Groups on childbirth, nursing, new mothers, toddlers and parents by MIT Medical Health Education Workshops Briefings , and Groups on adoption, preparing for parenthood, child care, and parenting by the Center for Work, Family and Personal Life. Caring for Elders Consultations Flexible Spending Accounts Family Activities Athletics Facilities Edgerton Center Outreach Family Adventures at the MIT Museum MIT Educational Outreach ... Walking Tour of Art and Architecture at MIT Family Leaves Faculty Policy on Family Leaves Human Resource Officers on campus and at
Extractions: Blacksburg, Virginia Method Thirty-six family child care providers from northern Virginia were recruited by Extension Home Economists to participate in a child care provider training program. Demographic information about the providers' educational levels, number of years experience as a family child care provider, total years of formal education, extent of child care training, licensure status, and membership in professional associations was collected. Special efforts were made to locate family child care providers who were also members of professional or support organizations. Professional affiliation was defined as membership in a local affiliate of a nationally recognized child care and development organization or as membership in a locally organized family child care association that was part of a state organizational structure. Family child care providers were paired with University Extension educators, each working with two to four providers. The Extension educator and the provider agreed to a training schedule and method of learning. Then over a three-month period, training was conducted. Some providers were involved exclusively in self-study readings with optional access to videotapes and audiotapes. Other providers received home visits benefitting from conversations with the trainer, resource materials that were delivered and discussed, and subtle demonstrations of appropriate adult-child interactions by the trainer with the children in care.
United Way Of America - Success By 6 systems, etc.) and informal networks (neighborhood supports of these efforts are encouraging child care facilities to through the National Association of the http://national.unitedway.org/sb6/aboutsb6/impact_communities.cfm
Extractions: Impact on Communities To impact the lives of children and their families, Success By 6 implements multiple strategies: improving access to services, influencing public policies and funding and building awareness of early childhood issues. In each of these strategies, the initial indicators of success are usually changes brought about in formal systems of community services and supports (health care systems, child care systems, education systems, etc.) and informal networks (neighborhood supports, parent groups, etc.). Improving the quality of early care and education in their communities is the focus of 31 of the 73 Success By 6 grantees implementing their plans. Most of these efforts are encouraging child care facilities to attain national accreditation through the National Association of the Education of Young Children or other national accreditation associations. They also are encouraging providers to increase their level of professional development through trainings, degrees or certifications. Family home providers were also encouraged to seek national accreditation through the National Association of Family Child Care. The quality of child care is also being addressed by many states that are developing quality ratings for child care facilities. Many of these levels or tiers are associated with financial incentives to reach accreditation or the highest level of quality. Success By 6 ultimately aims for child care centers to be accredited and many initiatives have experienced impressive progress toward those goals. In addition, Success By 6 initiatives focusing on early care and education have also addressed educational results and new funding; family child care; kith and kin or relative care; and non-traditional partners.
Extractions: Related Information When the FY2002 ROSS NOFA is released, the application kit will be available from this web site. The Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency Program (ROSS) links public housing residents with supportive services, resident empowerment activities, and assistance in becoming economically self-sufficient. This program is consistent with the Department's goal to more effectively focus resources on welfare-to-work and independent living for the elderly and persons with disabilities. As a response to the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (the Public Housing Reform Act), ROSS is a redefined and restructured combination of programs funded in prior years: Tenant Opportunities Program (TOP), Economic Development and Supportive Services Program (EDSS), and Public Housing Service Coordinators.
Education World® - Parent Resources : *Associations & Organizations including information on adoption, child care, pregnancy and their involvement in a child s education. Association for Community Empowerment Solutions (ACES http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=4876