Resources For Parents If you are a parent, Maryland Committee for children can When an illnessshould keep your child home from child care The Americans With Disabilities http://mdchildcare.org/mdcfc/for_parents/parents.html
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Child Care Resources Most child care centers offer full and partial-day enrollment; a parent selects and The social network for parents is smaller in family child care, http://atwork.harvard.edu/worklife/children/childcare.shtml
Extractions: The age of the child is the main determinant in choosing child care. In Massachusetts, children are required to attend school beginning at age six, although many attend kindergarten at age five. The Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services More information is available online at the following sites: Group Care Child care centers provide care in a group setting with planned activities. The children may be grouped according to age or placed in a mixed-age grouping. The staff are trained and supervised, and the centers are open every weekday, except in severe weather or during holidays or vacation. Most child care centers offer full- and partial-day enrollment; a parent selects and pays for a specific time slot. A child care center must be licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office for Child Care Services (OCCS) and conform to the OCCS regulations for staff-to-child ratio, group size, staff qualifications, and facilities. Centers will vary in philosophy, size, number of qualified staff in each classroom, site and facilities, degrees of parent participation, and whether they are for profit or nonprofit. Nursery schools/preschools offer group programs for children who in most cases are at least two years and nine months old. They usually run for three hours, from 9 a.m. to noon. Extended days are often available, with some programs running until 3 p.m. or later. Nursery schools are also licensed by the OCCS. The schools vary greatly as to philosophy, emphasis, and degree of parental involvement. In order to be assured of a space, it is advisable to apply at the beginning of October of the year before the child will enter.
Derian House Childrens Hospice Giving care to parents and their families before and after the death of a child. http://www.derianhouse.org.uk/
MDRC - Child Care & Early Education child care subsidy policies on parents ability to find and keep jobs, on thequality of child care parents use, and on childrens wellbeing. http://www.mdrc.org/subarea_index_11.html
Extractions: Select a Project Accelerated Schools Adolescent Literacy After-School Program BASRC Camden Project Canada's ESP Canada's SSP Career Academies CET Replication Child Care Strategies CWBH Educ. Leadership Study ERA ESS First Things First Florida's FTP Found. for Success Hard-to-Employ Jobs First Jobs-First GAIN Jobs-Plus JOBSTART KIPP Schools LILAA MFIP New Chance New Hope NEWWS Next Generation NJI Ohio's LEAP Opening Doors Parents' Fair Share Professional Dev. Project GRAD Project Transition Reading First School-to-Work SHM Strong Families Talent Development UK ERA Urban Change Vermont's WRP Wisconsin Works Work Support Cntrs Child care and early education programs can play a critical role in families lives by both supporting parents employment and fostering childrens development. But parents and policymakers alike face real challenges in achieving these two goals simultaneously. For low-income parents, who often work at jobs with low wages and irregular schedules, the difficulties of securing affordable, accessible, and reliable high-quality care can be formidable. For policymakers, a tension exists between investing in systems of high-quality child care and early education and providing low-cost care to as many families as possible. Child care research undertaken through the Next Generation project examines how various welfare and work programs and the child care policies embedded within them have influenced families child care decisions and experiences and the consequent effects on parents employment and childrens development. This research also draws insights from ethnographic analyses using data from in-depth, longitudinal interviews.
Cowbears Offering a free list to families seeking child care, parents resource, providers resource and advertisement. http://hamptonroadschild.tripod.com/
Contemporary Pediatrics - Counseling Parents On Infant Day Care Discussing child care with parents A checklist for physicians. Brochures, posters,or other sources of information available in the waiting area? http://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/contpeds/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=1158
Applejack Nannies Ltd Is A UK Based Nanny Agency. child care employment agency based in East Sheen where the shop front exterior is called 'The Nanny Shop'. History, duties of employees, advice for parents. http://www.applejacknanniesltd.co.uk/
Extractions: Tel: 020 8878 9181 Home Nannies Duties Childcare ... Contact Nannies seeking work in South West London and surrounds can call Applejack Nannies Limited, a UK Nanny Agency based in East Sheen, near Richmond, Surrey. As a child care agency, Applejack provides a service, rather than a mere introduction and recruitment, continuing to be there to support both employer and employee even after the placement has been made. Whatever your child care requirements, we endeavour to find the right candidate to suit you. We place nannies and mother's helps both live out and live in on temporary and permanent basis, part time and full time. We work with nanny shares, nannies with their own children, emergency placements and nursery school staff. Applejack was established over ten years ago and in that time has gone from strength to strength, providing quality child care in the form of nannies and mother's helps to local families. The areas we cover are extensive, but to name a few include:
Extractions: This website offers an extensive resource for ChildMinders and Parents who require information about childminding and other related subjects. In fact this website is also about Parenting. What can you do in Poole for a birthday party?, Where can you find that elusive toy?, What do you do with the kids during half term?. These questions and more will be answered within ChildMinder.net
Childcare - Adventure Learning Center, Ltd. Philosophy, policies, hours, tution and more important information about ALC. A resource for parents looking for child care in the Ballwin, Wildwood and O'Fallon areas. http://adventurelearningctr.com
School-age Child Care A PARENT S GUIDE TO child care FOR SCHOOLAGE childREN These agencies helpparents find child care. To find a CCRR near you, call one of the information http://www.nncc.org/Choose.Quality.Care/parents.sac.html
Extractions: Basically, child care programs for school-age youth provide adult supervision and age-appropriate activities in the hours before and after school. Programs that are sensitive to the needs of employed parents also provide care during times that school is not in session, such as school holidays and vacations.
Gulf Regional Childcare Management Agency A private, nonprofit agency that provides information, referral services and training programs for child care providers and parents. http://www.grcma.org/grcma/index.htm
Extractions: a road map to the future. Today, there is greater recognition of the importance of quality early care and education. Research indicates that children who attend a high quality early care and education program are less likely to have problems in school later on. With more mothers in the workplace than ever before, families are faced with difficult but important decisions concerning the care of their children. With so many options available, they are often unsure of exactly where to turn for information. GRCMA Early Childhood Directions is a private, non-profit agency that helps people make informed child care choices. The agency provides information and referral services and training programs which serve the entire early care and education community as well as working parents and their employers.
Parents' Action For Children - Child Care child care. parents Taking Action for Quality Affordable child care  Theparents of 200000 children already have lost federal child care assistance http://www.parentsaction.org/act/childcare/
Extractions: Enter your email address to get our free newsletter. Home Act Child Care Most parents today work. And no matter where they work or why they work, they all share in a common struggle: to find quality, affordable child care. Parents' Action for Children believes that our nation's leaders should help all families that need it have access to quality child care so that when parents leave for their jobs each day they know their children are safe and happy. Unfortunately, we have a long way to go to reach that goal: Much of our child care is not of good quality, many parents cannot afford to pay for decent child care, and too many child caregivers lack appropriate training and are poorly paid. Recently, Congress approved the Bush Administration's recommendation to freeze funding for child care for the fifth year in a row, even though the demand for child care and their costs have been rising. The parents of 200,000 children already have lost federal child care assistance because of the funding freeze. Experts estimate that a continued funding freeze will reduce by 300,000 the number of children whose parents will get help paying for child care over the next four years. It is parents acting together who can change this! We urge parents to raise their voices against budget cuts and funding freezes that target the most vulnerable among us our children. It's very important and easy to do. Just click here to send a
Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center Provides parents with child care referrals and information on evaluating quality child care and offers child care providers access to training and support services for new or established programs. http://www.chesapeakechildcarerr.org/
Extractions: Welcome to Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center! We are a community service organization that works with parents, child care providers, businesses, and community organizations to help promote the availability of quality child care services in the area. We provide parents with child care referrals and information on evaluating quality child care, plus resources on various parenting issues. We offer child care providers access to valuable training and support services for new or established programs.
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Extractions: @import "../includes/inccrra.css"; About INCCRRA Early Childhood Professionals Glossary The Bright Horizons is working with our global relief partner, Mercy Corps International , to create the Hurricane Katrina Comfort for Kids program. This program will provide Comfort Kits for children age 5 and under that include a small bag, stuffed animal, and developmentally appropriate toys and other comfort items, as well as guidance for parents to help their young children cope. The current "Comfort for Kids" program is modeled on a program the same partners created to help traumatized New York school children in the aftermath of 9/11. Tips for parents and child care providers: HELPING CHILDREN DEAL WITH LIFE AFTER KATRINA: What Parents and Child Care Providers Can Do Helpful Links Parents and Providers Helping Children KidCare , the state program that offers health care coverage to children, pregnant women and their babies or helps in paying premiums of employer or private health insurance plans, is currently accepting applications. Families can apply online at www.kidcareillinois.com
Possible Cuts In Child Care Worry Parents | LJWorld.com The average cost of child care for an infant in Douglas County is $764 per month . child support needs to be enforced more and make these parents pay. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/aug/12/possible_cuts_child_care_worry_parents/
African American Action Agenda ~ Child Care Program, King County It was developed by child care professionals, parents, and child advocates Access to child care removes a major barrier to parents being able to work. http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/CSD/ChildCare/AfricanAction.htm
Extractions: Department of Community and Human Services Community Services Division (CSD) Child Care Home Parent Resources Reports/Publications Division/Department CSD Home DCHS Home Child Care Program AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTION AGENDA Quality Care for African American Children Black Child Development Institute-Seattle, Washington INTRODUCTION- ACTION AGENDA National Black Child Development Institute believes that every child has the right to safe, affordable, quality child care while his/her parents are at work. Black Child Development Institute-Seattle , established in 1974, is dedicated to improving education, child care, health care, and child welfare for African American children and families in Seattle, King County, and Washington State. BCDI-Seattle conducts public policy forums, monitors and testifies at school board meetings, provides training and workshops for foster care parents and workers, convenes an annual conference, and conducts in-service training for Self-Esteem Through Culture Leads to Academic Excellence (SETCLAE). BCDI-Seattle also provides scholarships to African American high school graduates and co-sponsors the Ronald McNair Science Camp-In each year. ACTION AGENDA: QUALITY CARE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
