21. NCREL Regional Networks: Rural Advisory Council through Webbased networks, discussions, meetings. state teachers association andprincipals associations. WI); transportation; child care; residential changes http://www.ncrel.org/policy/network/files/rac10-01.htm

NCREL Rural Advisory Council October 17, 2001 Agenda and Meeting Notes 7:30 - 8:30 a.m Continental Breakfast 8:30 - 8:45 a.m Welcome and Agenda Review Cheryl Gray and Margaret O'Keefe-NCREL RAC members present: Scott Brunswick, Bob Caldwell, Leah Covey, Linda Davis, Stan Delidow, Richard Fisher, Cindy Hartman, Vernae Hasbargen, Robert Klitzman, Michael McIntyre, Rod McQuality, Carol Montz, Carl Munson, Kim Ross, Jerry Skarbek, Cornelius Smit, Roger Sutton, Scott Turney, Bill Urban 8:45 - 9:15 a.m. New Member Orientation: "NCREL 101" Ann Kinder and Cheryl Gray-NCREL New RAC members present: Scott Brunswick, Bob Caldwell, Linda Davis, Cindy Hartman, Vernae Hasbargen, Robert Klitzman, Michael McIntyre, Rod McQuality, Kim Ross, Cornelius Smit, Roger Sutton New members were given an overview presentation of NCREL work and given time to ask questions regarding NCREL's mission, goals, and scope of work for the 2001-2005 contract. 8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Continuing and Retiring Members: "The Future of RAC" Margaret O'Keefe and Rhetta Detrich-NCREL Continuing and retiring RAC members were asked to brainstorm and identify processes and solutions in four areas: Identify rural education topics and issues that you would like to address at a RAC meeting.

22. Child Care Law Center: Links and connections Electronic networks and databases information about CAEYC, childcare program accreditation and events, local CAEYC associations, public policy http://www.childcarelaw.org/links.cfm

Here are some other National and California-specific sites about Children, Child Care, Child Development Principles, Early Childhood Education, Legal Advocacy on Behalf of Children, and other resources on the World Wide Web that we recommend: National Resources on the World Wide Web Administration for Children and Families (ACF) The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is responsible for federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. The Web Site includes information on all ACF programs, topics, resources, and publications. The site links you to ACF's Child Care Bureau and ACF's Head Start Bureau The Child Care Bureau is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and supply of child care available for all families. The Child Care Bureau administers Federal funds to States, Territories, and Tribes to assist low income families in accessing quality child care for children while parents work or participate in education or training. The Child Care Bureau is part of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education (CCDECE) In 1991, The Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education at Wheelock College was founded to improve the quality of early care and education for children by creating a viable career development system for early childhood practitioners; and promote the definition of early care and education both as a professional field and as a field of study. Addressing the need for change in both policy and practice, The Center's technical assistance, training delivery, research, and information dissemination activities are designed to help states, local communities, and higher education institutions bring about systemic change to replace the currently fragmented training system with one which meets the needs of families, children, and the field.

23. Perspectives On Rural Child Care of specialists and professional associations require significant rural providers feelthat child care legislation has an resource and referral networks with 800 http://www.ael.org/eric/digests/edorc969.htm

24. [SITE NAME] - In English numerous organizations, businesses and networks in Finland the district organizationsand local associations operate on with shortterm child-care services and http://www.mll.fi/in_english/

The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare Every child is entitled to a good and happy childhood. The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare works to make this possible together with many other organizations, both public and private. The league aims to ensure that children are equal members of society. every child enjoys good and happy surroundings. parenting and education are respected and supported. volunteer work, helping, caring and joint responsibility increase. A healthy, secure childhood The Mannerheim League supports parenting and links between generations and works to promote health and a good environment for children. It arranges afternoon programmes for school children and educates them about substance abuse. Peer counselors - older pupils - work to increase the feeling of belonging, congeniality and security at schools. Families need services The Mannerheim League produces diverse services; home-help provides families with short-term child-care services and longer-term special services such as home care for disabled and chronically ill children. Telephone counseling provides children, young people and parents with empathy, assistance and advice. Rehabilitation and child welfare services support families in which there are sick or disabled children or mental and social problems. Local associations are close to people The League offers families an opportunity to get acquainted and take part in volunteer work, to have a say in public affairs and to participate in a diverse range of activities. Local associations arrange clubs, groups for parents, excursions, training and special events. The associations keep the needs of children and families to the fore and seek to influence local decisions affecting families. Most of the activity of the local associations is based on volunteer work.

25. The Family Day Care Show In Real Audio child care providers, trainers, child care associations, and libraries Day care RadioShow and M M child care. is available for free from Progressive networks. http://www.mtn.org/radiofdc/Real_Audio_Radio_Shows.html

Real Audio Is Here! You can listen to full length editions of the Family Day Care Radio Show right here, over your computer. Free: The Family Day Care Show is available for parents, child care providers, trainers, child care associations, and libraries. You are welcome to plug a tape recorder right into the back of your computer to copy our Radio Show. Listen with friends, use the shows for training credit, share them with your Family Day Care Neighborhood Group. click here for our on-line catalog. Please Note: to listen to the radio shows listed below, you will need to download the Real Audio Player to your computer. This is available for free from Progressive Networks. Click on the link below and follow the directions. This is not too hard. Be brave. Answer the questions and follow the instructions, and the Real Audio Player installs itself. I am an internet novice and I have down loaded this audio player successfully to several computers. Select the free Real Audio Player 3.0. (You do not need Real Audio Plus.) Then come back to this page and listen to one of the Radio Shows listed below. Click here to get the Real Audio Player.

26. SUNY Training Strategies Group, Video Conferencing - New Training Requirements F BOCES. Chambers of Commerce. child care networks and agencies. Libraries.Local Departments of Health. Local family child care associations. http://www.tsg.suny.edu/vc30hrprovider.htm

Early Childhood Videoconferencing Distance Learning Project For Providers On-line Registration ... Handouts Archive New Training Requirement for Day Care Providers Videoconference Site List Videoconference Training Schedules For Co-Trainers NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR DAY CARE PROVIDERS! If you are currently licensed or registered to provide day care in New York State these changes affect you! Please read this information carefully. Introduction How do I know if this new law affects me? How does the new law affect my training requirements? What kind of training do I need? ... How can I prove that I took the training? All registered/licensed child day care providers in New York State are regulated by law. On September 6, 2000 Governor George E. Pataki signed into law the Quality Child Care and Protection Act. This information explains changes to the training requirements established by this law. These changes affect all child day care providers in New York State. Please read this information carefully. Other changes to the regulations affect inspections, criminal background checks and other areas of your child day care program. If you'd like to learn more about the changes, contact your registrar/licensor, your regional office of the

27. Associations, Organizations, And Networks associations, networks, and Organizations Georgia National. proven effective inhelping stop child abuse. Agency for Health care Policy and Research (AHCPR http://www.mcg.edu/AHEC/associations.htm

Medical College of Georgia GA Statewide AHEC A-Z Index MCG Home About the Georgia ... Workforce Initiatives Associations, Networks, and Organizations Georgia National Georgia Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Promotes Family Medicine through the education of and service to Family Physicians in Georgia. Georgia Council on Child Abuse Prevention programs and services proven effective in helping stop child abuse. Georgia Hospital Association Focuses on delivery of accessible, quality, comprehensive and cost effective health services. Georgia Division of PublicHealth A State agency on how this state agency promotes health and prevents disease, injury and disability. Medical Association of Georgia Committed to building a better state of health in Georgia. National Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Generates and disseminates information that improves the health care system. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Provides material for educational, communication and information purposes. American Academy of Pediatrics Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental and social health for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

28. Site Map County) Family child care networks. Choosing child care child care Statistics foreach Area Becoming a child care provider associations and support http://www.ccrcla.org/html/Sitemap.htm

Site Map Home Page E-Mail to CCRC About CCRC Strategic Plan Service Area Map Human Resources Employment Opportunities What's New at CCRC Connect (Quarterly) Family News (Quarterly) CCRC News (Quarterly) Head Start How to apply (eligibility and locations) Link to L.A.C.O.E Training and Technical assistance Child Development Careers Project Child Development Permit Matrix Link to Training Consortium Link to California Dept. of Education Resource Van and Library Other Training Projects Family Child Care Networks Subsidized Child Care Services Alternative Payment CalWORKS Link to California Department of Social Services Link to D.C.F.S (LA. County) Family Child Care Networks Calendar Resource and Referral Nutrition How to request a Referral Request Form Child Care Options and Types Choosing Child Care Child Care Statistics for each Area Becoming a child care provider Associations and support groups Child Safety and Welfare Link to N.A.F.D.C- National Association of Family Day Care Link to N.A.Y.E.C- National association of Education of young Children Link to Child Abuse Council Link to Trust line Link to Community Care Licensing Site Map You are here

29. Terms Of Use children child care Support Center's family childcare networks offer family worksin partnership with churches, provider associations, child care resource and http://www.aecf.org/publications/child/fam.htm

Terms of Use Section 1 Affordability Section 2 Accessibility Section 3 Care for School-Age Children Section 4 Community Building Section 5 Family Child Care Section 6 Quality Section 7 Professional Development for Caregivers Section 8 Consumer Awareness Family Child Care The Concept Today's public debate on child-care reform often focuses on the availability and quality of center-based care-the services that children and their families receive at child-care centers, nursery schools, and preschools. However, less than a third of all children in child care attend this type of program. The vast majority receive care from family child-care providers who work out of their own homes, or from "kith and kin" providers-relatives or friends who provide care for children from one family. Many parents prefer care in a provider's home to an institutional setting, particularly for very young children. Family child care and "kith and kin" care are also crucial resources for parents who cannot find or afford center-based care, or who work outside of the traditional hours when centers generally operate. For many low-income parents, family child-care homes or informal arrangements are the only affordable option. As a result, many of the most vulnerable children are cared for by family-care providers who often have fewer resources and less support than center-based caregivers.

30. Better Baby Care of NAFCC is to provide technical assistance to family child care associations. familychild care conference and family child care networks throughout Georgia. http://www.betterbabycare.org/promoting_main.html

This section includes information on parents and family support kith and kin and family child care , and child care resource and referral Parents and Family Support through Child Care Kentucky Launches Healthy Babies Campaign An initiative to educate women of child-bearing age and new parents about the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices during pregnancy and in the first years of life. The initiative will consist of two major components: a paid advertising campaign geared towards women of childbearing age and the statewide distribution of educational resources for all new parents. "Promoting Family-Centered Child Care" U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau This brochure discusses how family-centered child care begins with the premise that families are the center of children's lives. Programs that are family-centered reflect and respect the unique characteristics of all members of a child's family. This includes not only the child and the child's mother and father, but also all other significant adults who are involved in caring for the child. Parent Services Project (PSP) PSP is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to integrating family support into early childhood programs through training, technical assistance and education. PSP's family support strategies have taken root and thrive in wide range of cultures and settings including child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start, elementary schools and teen parent programs. Services and materials include a comprehensive information packet, evaluations, policy papers, a CD-ROM of parents talking about quality child care, and Serving Families*, a handbook on the principles and strategies of the PSP approach.

31. Services CalWORKs child care Stages 1, 2 and 3 Communication networks for administratorsin similar providers (colleges, professional associations, etc.) • Debi http://www.placercoe.k12.ca.us/serviceMap.asp

Gold In Education Search for: Departments PCOE Home Child Development Programs Child Development Programs California School Age Families Education (CAL-SAFE) Jill Harper Family Child Care Homes Network Becky DeLong Reeves Teresa Dawson-Roberts Local Child Care Planning Council Francine Nunes Laura Baber Mountain Counties Child Development Consortium Ellen Crosby Child Care Resource and Referral Program Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) Darcy Roenspie Family Child Care Licensing Jeannette Lovejoy Mickey Eichenhofer TANF Pilot Project Family Child Care Provider Training Program Jeannette Lovejoy Toy Lending Library Darcy Roenspie Trustline Registry Mary Ann Hathaway State Preschool Programs Kings Beach State Preschool Anne Chippendale Tahoe Vista State Preschool Susan Fernandes Woodbridge State Preschool Linda Cole Subsidized Child Care Alternative Payment Programs - Federal and State Ellen Crosby CalWORKs Child Care - Stages 1, 2 and 3 Ellen Crosby Educational Media Center Deliver materials to schools / districts George Allen Hands on media and technology workshops Peg Krainz Peg Krainz Software user support Peg Krainz Troubleshoot media and technology resources Peg Krainz Educational Services Curriculum Services Assist districts in planning programs Debi Pitta Karen Chizek Ron Andrade Broker workshops for districts; district consortia

32. Table Of Contents Our Network supports the efforts of all of the Family Day care networks, associations,Resource and Referrals and child care Agencies in their goal to maintain http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/cdc/CDC FAMILY CHILD CARE.htm

Bronx Community College Child Development Center, Inc. Altschul House 2205 Sedgwick Avenue Bronx, New York 10468 Jorge Saenz De Viteri, Executive Director CALL US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NETWORK 718-367-8903 FAMILY CHILD CARE NETWORK The Bronx Community College Child Development Center’s Family Day Care Network was initiated in 1988 as a satellite component of the Early Childhood Center’s 55 students attending Bronx Community College. This new initiative proposed to recruit and train individuals in the surrounding community area to care for Infants and Toddlers using their homes. REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY Adults who are 18 years of age or older and who currently reside in New York City. Prospective providers must attend a (10 to 15 training. You must also complete and submit a Family Day Care Registration application to provide child care in their home and meet the additional basic requirements set forth by the New York State Department of Social Services which include: Clearance from the NY State Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect. Finger Printed through NYS Office of Children and Family Services Signed, stamped and completed medical forms ( for all household members).

33. Conference Tracks And Suggested Topics to accreditation; family child care associations; inclusion – understanding onlyfamily child care home; SIDS the military; provider networks; advocating for http://www.qualitycareforchildren.org/2003 RFP conference_tracks_and_suggested_.

Conference Tracks and Suggested Topics Below is an outline of the Conference Tracks and workshop ideas generated by our advisory committee. This list is NOT exhaustive. Please feel free to propose other specific topics. Please be mindful of the theme – The Family in Family Child Care. This conference will address provider relationships with children, parents, and the providers’ own families. It will recognize the support and sense of family created among the parents and children within the family child care home and explore professionalism within this context. Being There for Families – Including Your Own: The Business of Family Child Care how good business practices support good relationships; basic family child care rules and regulations – why they are important for your success and the child’s well-being; the top 10 things every provider should know; business basics; business practices (intermediate and advanced level); the Child and Adult Care Food Program; running your business with efficiency; starting out right; inclusion and the ADA; finding substitutes; liability insurance; zoning; taxes; making ends meet; budgeting; contracts and policies; the challenges and joys of running a business in your home; working with your Child Care Resource and Referral agency. The Professional Family Child Care Provider: The skills of self assessment and self-reflection; professional image and practice – what it means and why it is important; continuing education; professional development; steps to accreditation; family child care associations; inclusion – understanding community resources; leadership; quality improvement initiatives.

34. Steps States Can Take To Expand And Improve Child Care Use resource and referral agencies for child care coordination and planning.* Support family day care networks and provider associations. http://www.nccp.org/news/fall91/5fall91.html

About the Center Media Resources Newsletters Child Poverty Facts ... NCCP Jobs Steps States Can Take to Expand and Improve Child Care State-level efforts to increase access to child care received a needed boost last year through passage of federal legislation creating the Child Care and Development Block Grant and a program giving child care benefits to families at risk of becoming dependent on welfare. These federal funding programs substantially increase public sector involvement in child care. Across the nation state officials and child care advocates have been working overtime to develop and submit plans for using the new funds. NCCP seeks to facilitate these state efforts on behalf of children and families. In July the Center produced an issue brief on child care, Using Federal Funds to Expand and Improve Child Care: Focus on Family Day Care , as a resource for local organizations, advisory groups, and state agencies. A summary of steps states can take appears on a checklist published with the issue brief: 1. Coordinate public child care subsidy programs.

35. LifeCare.com are child care centers and family child care homes; within provider types are homehealth care agencies and associations/networks; within personal http://www.lifecare.com/pressroom/archives/rc_response.html

LifeCare Technology Enhances Human Interaction Employee response to new online Resource Center overwhelmingly positive WESTPORT, CONN., May 24, 2002 – LifeCare , Inc., the exclusive provider of Life Event Management SM Burki believes this enhanced interaction between client employees and specialists will continue to boost utilization of the Resource Center. “The majority of our cases are fulfilled through our call centers, which means client employees prefer to discuss their needs with one of our specialists,” he says. “Now, instead of explaining their needs to a specialist and then waiting for information or referrals to arrive by mail, employees have access to customized information within minutes The two most popular types of Resource Center cases are adult care and child care, but the company has fulfilled many other types of cases including adoption, prenatal care, academic services and personal services such as home improvement, moving and relocation, and diet and nutrition. Quality Ratings and Additional Utilization Statistics Other Quality Assurance Questionnaire findings: 98.9% of respondents rated LifeCare’s overall service as “good-to-excellent.”

36. OCCD Resource Links B. Beansprout networks Helps child care workers use the web to help educate focusof NAFCC is to provide technical assistance to family child care associations. http://www.centerline.pdx.edu/links.html

Centerline: Resource Links Listed Alphabetically ( Blue indicates links in this section). A B C D ... F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Administration for Children and Families Page The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Back to Top B Beansprout Networks Helps child care workers use the web to help educate, support and communnicate with families. Back to Top C Center for Career Development at Wheelock College Technical assistance, training, materials, and research to build a diverse, well-trained, competent, and fairly compensated early childhood workforce and leadership to create high-quality programs for all children. Center for Child Care Workforce The Center for the Child Care Workforce has been working since 1978 to bring fair wages to those who provide care to our nation's millions of children.

37. NGA Center For Best Practices public health and safety networks on child in the systems of the child care profession,including accreditation, training, professional associations, and the http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF^D_1648,00.html

NGA Home Center Home Governors News Room ... Legislative Update Issues Coordinated School Health Early Childhood Extra Learning Opportunities Higher Education ... Turning Around Low Performing Schools What's New NCLB: Public School Choice Draft Guidance NGA summary of No Child Left Behind's draft public school choice guidance.... NCLB: Draft Guidance about the Impact of Title I on Charter Schools NGA summary of draft guidance about the impact of No Child Left Behind's Title I... NCLB: Promising Practices Summaries and links to No Child Left Behind promising practices.... NCLB: Supplemental Services Promising Practices NGA summary of promising state practices regarding No Child Left Behind's supplemental services provisions, and... NCLB: Accountability Promising Practices NGA summary of promising state accountability practices, and links to more information.... All Documents Education and the States Text Version Washington: Child Care 2000 campaign Contact: Anna Lovejoy Education Policy Studies The Child Care 2000 campaign is a collaborative, public-private partnership that targets four populations through a massive, multimedia consumer education effort aimed at transforming public opinion about child care.

38. Children's Adcocacy: Important Networks Promoting Child Mental Health children's Advocacy Important networks Promoting child its collaboration with foreignchildcare associations. of its associate child care organisations abroad http://www.iacapap.org/bulletins/nr10/article03.htm

Contents Next article Children's Advocacy: Important Networks Promoting Child Mental Health - Telefono Azzurro The first national telephone line in Italy for the prevention of child abuse and the protection of juveniles was launched in Italy on 8th June 1987 by Ernesto Caffo, Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry at the University of Modena. This telephone line, named Linea Istituzionale, was mainly used by adults reporting children’s problems. The year 1990 saw the launch of the first free national telephone helpline for children up to the age of 14. On 26th November 1994, this helpline adopted the easily-remembered number 1–96–96. The Linea Istituzionale for adults (051 481048) is still operative. Both lines are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The telephone operators who respond to the calls are psychologists and educators who have received extensive practical training on how to listen and offer counselling services. Depending on the type of call, the operator will generally follow two main courses of action. First of all, s/he will offer psychological advice and support. Secondly, when necessary, the operator will pass the case on to local health and social services. The first step allows the operator to begin a process of interaction which engenders a sense of security in the child who can be sure of being totally listened to. The operator then seeks to analyse the problem, identify the risks, appraise the environment in which the child lives, and assess what chances, if any, the child has of improving the situation through his or her own action.

39. Jericho - Underhill Directory Of Local Economy, Websites New networks and associations. child care Resource a child care resourceand referral agency that can help you with your search for child care. http://jericho-underhill.com/business.htm

COMMUNITY Messages Mail List Shared Webspace I trust my town and I boost my town, And I want to do my part To make it a town that all may praise From the depths of every heart! Homepage Government Community Local Economy Products Services Artisans Networks This directory presents links to Jericho-Underhill businesses, artisans, and service providers Products Maple Crest Maple Products Specializing in pure Vermont maple syrup, maple products, and maple gift boxes in Underhill, Vt. New Rainy Day Reader A used book and music 'store'. We are strictly on the web, the shop itself is a closed shop. The present inventory consists of rare and collectible books as well as very inexpensive paperbacks and children's books. New Epoxy Systems, Inc. Learn how to effectively use Epoxy, Polyester, Polymeric, and similar materials in construction applications. Contact: Norman L. Lambert, Jericho, VT 05465. 899-2844. GTG Hydroponics Provides a wide variety of high quality hydroponic systems, hydroponic accesories, hydroponic nutrients, Rockwool, Metal Halide and HPS Lights, indoor and outdoor gardening supplies, organic hydroponic and standard fertilizers, and advanced climate / co2 control, all along with unparalleled technical support. PO Box 235, Park Street, Underhill VT. 05489, 1-800-564-9376. New Mill Brook Bonsai committed to spreading awareness and knowledge of the ancient art of Bonsai through classes, sales of pre-Bonsai and Bonsai trees, books and tools for use in creating and maintaining Bonsai.

40. Support Bodies, Sub-sector - VolResource Consortium of Bengali associations 'working towards of Public Information networks(SPIN) Largely public National Council of Voluntary child care Organisations. http://www.volresource.org.uk/info/support.htm

VolResource the place for voluntary and community sector information for the UK Skip navigation direct to page content. Accessibility notes External web site links open in new browser window. Sector Info Sources Support bodies Function support Local sector contacts ... Areas of Concern [j] Response form [r] Go back a page [b] Site Search Help or Enter search term: Powered by FreeFind Sub-sector Support Bodies Updated 31/3/03 Follow the trail This page As we've collected details on more support bodies for specific 'areas of concern', or sub-sectors, it has become sensible to try to group them here. Elsewhere The Areas of Concern pages will still have many useful links for anybody getting involved in specific issue-based organisation. For the moment, we've left Arts/Heritage Care Disabilities and Housing bodies under AoC. Specialist pages for Community Groups (and Community Development) Resources; Social Economy Aid and Development Professional bodies focus on job functions (charity law, finance, volunteers etc) or have a wider brief.

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