Child Care Associates’ Post

The key policy challenge in early childhood care and education is quality assurance. Subsidizing low-quality care uses public resources to harm kids. I wrote an accessible summary of evidence on early childhood care and education here: https://lnkd.in/gyXFNCWw

As result of our Regulation 45 work, the NCERCC has identified the need for two new practice guides: Reflective Practice for Residential Child Care, and Action Research for Residential Child Care. Both are being designed for practical use by Registered Managers >> https://lnkd.in/eBCmahY

On April 25, 2024, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid and Education released its budget proposal, which excludes community-based organizations and providers within the PreK for All (GSRP) model. This proposal would exacerbate Michigan's child care crisis, negatively impacting families and communities. Join ECIC and partner organizations in urging lawmakers to create a strong mixed-delivery early care and learning system that includes community-based organizations as part of PreK for All in Michigan: https://lnkd.in/dYEbQzUD Learn more about the budget proposal’s impact: https://lnkd.in/eaaZJSyn

On April 25, 2024, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid and Education released its budget proposal, which excludes community-based organizations and providers within the PreK for All (GSRP) model. This proposal would exacerbate Michigan's child care crisis, negatively impacting families and communities. Join ECIC and partner organizations in urging lawmakers to create a strong mixed-delivery early care and learning system that includes community-based organizations as part of PreK for All in Michigan: https://lnkd.in/dYEbQzUD Learn more about the budget proposal’s impact: https://lnkd.in/eaaZJSyn

👇👇 Sign up to the below for a great webinar and listen to West Yorkshire’s Violence Reduction Partnership’s very own Georgia Watkinson talking about #ChildFirst principles

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁? Just in case you did, here is our blog from last month on the theory and practice for fair pay in residential child care >> https://lnkd.in/eGQP6r7V

What is helping Illinois parents and their families the most right now? Support and connection to their family, government assistance (such as SNAP, WIC, EBT, and food stamp), and having some form of employment were commonly highlighted as significant supporters by a majority of parents within our Illinois parent Survey Panel. Other common themes included having child care, their faith and spirituality, as well as support from their community. Learn more about the Illinois Parent Survey Panel: https://bit.ly/49t17iR

What is helping Illinois parents and their families the most right now? Support and connection to their family, government assistance (such as SNAP, WIC, EBT, and food stamp), and having some form of employment were commonly highlighted as significant supporters by a majority of parents within our Illinois parent Survey Panel. Other common themes included having child care, their faith and spirituality, as well as support from their community. Learn more about the Illinois Parent Survey Panel: https://bit.ly/49t17iR

What is helping Illinois parents and their families the most right now? Support and connection to their family, government assistance (such as SNAP, WIC, EBT, and food stamp), and having some form of employment were commonly highlighted as significant supporters by a majority of parents within our Illinois parent Survey Panel. Other common themes included having child care, their faith and spirituality, as well as support from their community. Learn more about the Illinois Parent Survey Panel: https://bit.ly/49t17iR

Last year, we served more than 19,000 households through housing and utility assistance, early childhood education, health coverage assistance, and more. Our 2023 Annual Report is now available - read about the obstacles that individuals and families in our communities faced and how they were able to overcome them. https://lnkd.in/e4Kndf-5