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To improve the
quality, affordability and capacity of child care through advocacy,
supporting parental choice and expanding & strengthening the
child care delivery system.
We
promote building community through partnership, coordination and
collaboration.
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Parent Aware:
Minnesota's Quality Rating System
What is Minnesota's
Parent
Aware Progam?
Parent Aware was designed by child care providers,
early learning professionals and parents, Minnesota's voluntary Parent
Aware Program is intended to support our state's children by creating a
rating system which identifies, recognizes and celebrates quality in
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The Parent Aware Program will initially launch as a three-year pilot
that includes licensed child care providers/early educators in three
Twin Cities metro locations: the City of St. Paul, north Minneapolis
and the Wayzata Public School District.
Child care providers/early educators may volunteer to participate in
the program and will have provider support specialists available to
help them through the process. Participating programs will
receive resources, quality support, marketing materials, and unique
opportunities to increase the visability of their programs.
Joining on the "ground floor" as the program gets underway will allow
educators to proudly demonstrate that they are delivering the best care
or are on the road to reaching this excellence. For more info: click
here for the brochure or check out their website at: http://www.parentawareratings.org
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Trusted
parenting
information, resources and activities to help your children grow,
develop and learn from birth through high school.
Goal
The Minnesota Department of
Education (MDE) hosts an innovative and interactive Website for parents
of newborns. The Parent Website provides resources on child
development, parent education, child care and consumer safety
information and includes links to MDE and other trusted Websites. The
Parent Website provides the foundation for the future development of
additional web pages for parents with children ages 1-5 and K-12.
Objectives
MNParentsKnow.info will:
1.
Provide Web-based
parent tools designed to meet specific needs and concerns of parents
related to their child's development, learning and health.
2.
Give parents
confidence that Minnesota cares about their child's growth, learning,
development and education beginning at birth and continuing through
grade 12.
3.
Serve as an
outreach to families with children who may need early intervention
services to prevent future need for special education or more intensive
services.
Check us out on the web at www.parentsknow.state.mn.us/
ARE YOU
CONCERNED ABOUT CHILD CARE ISSUES?
DO YOU
WANT TO HAVE AN IMPACT AT THE CAPITOL?
WOULD YOU
LIKE TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS?
Child
Care WORKS is looking for
District Coordinators statewide!
- Be a child care resource for your legislators
- Be a voice in your community on child car issues
- Be a part of an effective, coordinated advocacy effort with
a small, flexible time commitment
Child
Care WORKS offers Child Care Issues & Advocacy Trainings!
- Learn how a bill becomes a law
- Learn how to build a
relationship with your legislator
- Learn about CCW's
District Coordinator Network Project
- Learn how to have an
impact on child care issues at the capitol
This training is free and
beneficial for child care center staff, family child care providers,
parent groups, Resource and Referral staff, and community members with
an interest in child care issues. Trainings can be 30 minutes or
2 hours and can stand alone or be attached to existing meetings.
For more information about the
District Coordinator Project or to set up a training, contact Child
Care WORKS at 612-455-1055.
Sign up for our newsletter and action alerts, and learn more about us
at www.childcareworks.org
*Our
Mission: To acheive and sustain affordable, high-quality child care
options for the families and communities of Minnesota.
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SURGE SUPPORT CHILD
CARE SERVICES
Providing Child Care
for Minnesota's Deployed Army National Guard and Reserve Families
The number of families in Minnesota facing the
military deployment of a parent or caregiver is growing. Currently
12,000 children in Minnesota have a parent in the National Guard. With
the recent extension of deployments, many of these families are facing
two full years of separation. This has created unique child care needs
for children and families in your community.
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Child
care issues are a pressing problem for
our local Army National Guard and Reserve families; help us find the
solution!
Your local Child Care Resource and
Referral agency is recruiting child care providers to assist families
of deployed Army National Guard and Reserve Members.
Here's how you can help our
Service
Members:
- Donate child care services on
a short-term basis (two to four hours)
- And/or offer child care
services to families, for compensation, one to two days a month as
needed. These child care providers will be compensated by the National
Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA).
For
more information
please contact your local CCR&R,
The Daily Parent
newsletter is a free resource for parents. Parents can find
valuable information on child development issues, tips for finding
quality child care, and other resources for busy parents in The Daily Parent newsletter.
The Daily Parent is
prepared by NACCRRA, the National Association of
Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, with funding from the Citi
Foundation, New York, New York.
© 2007 NACCRRA. ALL RIGHTS
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