41. 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/

ONET... reaching home child care providers across Ontario The Ontario Network of Home Child Care Provider Groups (ONET) provides home-based child care providers and caregiver groups with support, information, resource services and a provincial voice for home child care. What is ONET? A means of connecting home child care provider groups across the province. A forum for improving the status of home child care providers (caregivers) in Ontario and nation-wide. A mechanism for disseminating critical information on child care issues to providers throughout the province. To actively encourage and assist in the grassroots development of training, resources, information, and support services for caregivers and caregiver groups. Membership Any individual providing child care in a home setting in Ontario. Any caregiver group providing support to home child care providers (caregivers) in Ontario. Associate members such as community links. Benefits of Membership By joining ONET each association and child care provider will: Be invited to sit with other professional associations who share common goals and objectives.

42. MCH Library Knowledge Path: Children And Adolescents With Special Health Care Ne and agencies, national centers for children with special health care needs, networks and support groups for parents, professional associations, and providers http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_CSHCN.html

Knowledge Path: Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs May 2003 After you have read this knowledge path, please take a moment to give us your feedback . Thank you! This knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library General Resources Web Sites and Electronic Publications Journal Articles Print Publications Databases ... Electronic Newsletters and Online Discussion Groups 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 Advocacy Child Care Community Interactions: Community-Based Care and Service Coordination ... Sports, Recreation, and the Arts General Resources Web Sites and Electronic Publications Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) . Provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Offers access to the

43. 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

City of Palo Alto Site Navigation Press Releases Maps City Departments City Jobs City Directory Contact The City Home City Departments Community Services Human Services Child Care Resources in Palo Alto Licensed Centers Family Homes Child Care Resources City of Palo Alto, Human Services Division 4000 Middlefield Road, #T2, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650) 329-2280 phone (650) 856-8756 fax 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

44. 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

Illinois Welfare Information Network 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 The Finance Project ... www.financeproject.org. 1401 New York Avenue, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 Tel. 202-587-1000 Fax. 202-628-4205 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

45. 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/

Advanced Search Page What You Should Know 5 steps to choosing care Licensing Accreditation Types of Care ... If you can't find care Tools For Parents Child care connector Evaluating a provider Choosing Child Care Additional Resources ... Publications Daily Parent Newsletter Browse issues Information for: Media Child Care Providers Click here to request your free child care services Tips for Selecting Short-term Care for Operation Child Care 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... the time of day when you will need child care services (day, evening, weekend) what is most important in having a provider care for your child (distance from your home, number of children being cared for at the same time, home or center care, and so on) Talk about...

46. Find Child Care For Non-Traditional Work Schedules - Child Care Aware networks of family child care homes may be formed. The Daily Parent is prepared by the National Association of child care Resource and Referral Agencies http://www.childcareaware.org/en/dailyparent/vol9/

The Daily Parent Home 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.

47. 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

48. 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

Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor Agency Links Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Community Health and Prevention Developmental Disabilities Mental Health ... Home Search DHS DHS Help Line 1 800 447-6404 TTY Provider Help Line 1 877 434-1082 TTY DHS Main Offices 100 S Grand Ave E Springfield, IL 62762 401 S Clinton St Chicago, IL 60607 Illinois Home Search Illinois DHS OFH Healthy Child Care Illinois (HCCI) Healthy Child Care Illinois (HCCI) Contact: Beverly English 217-557-3108 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. Program Goals 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.

49. 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

50. 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

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Beach, Betty A. 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.

51. 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

Organizations for Women International Women's Organizations Education and Children Childcare and Children's Health Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Crime and Safety Women and Health American Association of Teachers http://www.aasa.org 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. http://www.beansprout.net 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 http://www.csee.net

52. 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/

Boston After-School Experiences Study (BASES) Project Directors: Nancy L. Marshall, Ed.D., Kathleen L. McCartney, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Cynthia Garcia Coll, Ph.D. (Brown University), Fern Marx, M.H.S.M., Nancy Keefe, M.Ed. 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. Study description Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43

53. 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

Search RESOURCE LINKS Back Providers - Other Resources Links Library - Topic Sections Washington State/Local Community Resources Research and Information Professionalism, Training and Certification Curriculum and Activities Health and Safety ... Products and Services Washington State/Local Community Resources Washington STARS (State Training and Registry System) Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network Department of Social and Health Services Washington State Legislature ... Top Research and Information National Child Care Information Center ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Child Care Bureau Department of Health and Human Services ... Top Professionalism, Training and Certification Wheelock College-Institute for Leadership and Career Initiatives National Association for Family Child Care National Association for the Education of Young Children National Child Care Association ... Top Curriculum and Activities Bev Bos and Turn the Page Books Early Childhood.com sponsored by Discount School Supply

54. 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

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 Network News - October 2003 Volume 3, Issue 2 - November 2002 Volume III, Issue I ... Volume 2, Issue 1 - August 2001 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 Center for Parent Education Fact Sheet Texas ROPER Parent Educator Networks Statewide Capacity Building ... Mission and History Responsibilities of a Network Coordinator 1. Initiate and organize a local network

55. 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

"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 The VT Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services is responsible for the provision of services to children and adults who have developmental disabilities, a severe and persistent mental illness, and/or a severe emotional disturbance. (Healthy Vermonters 2010) VT Department of Education The mission of the Child Care Services Division is to assure a statewide system that promotes and supports safe, accessible, quality child care for Vermont families. Resource Development Specialists/Community Child Care Support Contact List (MS Word) VT State Legislature The Vermont State Legislature Website hosts links to proposed and current legislation as well as the legislative calendar and activities.

56. MIT LifeSites - Family Life dollars for dependent care costs including child care. Over 1000 books on child development, parenting MIT Parents Association—Regional networks, news, family http://web.mit.edu/lifesites/family/

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 Consultation Services Nursing Mothers Group Nursing Mothers Room 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 Children Child Care Child Care Consultations Child Care Office at Lincoln Lab Call 781-981-7028 Lincoln Laboratory Children's Center Stata Center Child Care Technology Children's Center Flexible Spending Accounts Parenting Consultations Discussion Groups Center for Work, Family and Personal Life Lending Library Health Education Lending Library ... Workshops Summer Programs MIT Day Camp MIT Summer Programs Summer Camp Guide 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

57. Membership In A Professional Association Influence The Quality Of Family Child C targeted to nonaffiliated providers and professional networks can be development by supporting caregivers who have organized a family child care association. http://www.joe.org/joe/1995february/a3.html

February 1995 Volume 33 Number 1 Membership in a Professional Association Influence the Quality of Family Child Care? Karen DeBord, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Human Development and Family Studies University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri Internet address: debordk@ext.missouri.edu Janet Sawyers, Ph.D. Professor Department of Family and Child Development Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 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.

58. 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

window.name="uwa_main" Success By 6 Home Core Components Impact on Communities Find: A Local United Way Volunteer Opportunity (postal code) [advanced search] Site Search: [advanced search] 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.). The achievement of targeted child and parent outcomes is organized around four general Success By 6 strategy areas: Early Care and Education 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.

59. About The Resident Opportunities And Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Program - Public Ho operating as associations or networks that administer sitebased resident associations that do Providing supportive serviceschild care, transportation, and http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/ross/about.cfm

Public and Indian Housing About PIH Public housing Fact sheet ... Help About the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Program Information by State Print version Email this to a friend Jump to... Program purpose Funding categories Technical assistance/training support for resident organizations Resident service delivery models ... More information Related Information When the FY2002 ROSS NOFA is released, the application kit will be available from this web site. Program Purpose 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.

60. 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

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