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Annotation: This informational brochure introduces and outlines the services of the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. The goal of the center is to enhance the quality of child care by supporting state and local health departments, child care regulatory agencies, child care providers, and parents in their efforts to promote health and safety in child care. The services and activities of the Center include: information services; training and technical assistance to support regional, state, and local initiatives; conferences for sharing experiences and knowledge; and development and distribution of resource materials. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Child care workers, Child development centers, Child health promotion, Child safety, Standards

Annotation: This monograph, commissioned by the Committee for Economic Development, views child care as a important opportunity to foster the healthy development and education of all children from the earliest stages of life. The strong link between the quality of children's early care and education, and the possibility of school reform, is highlighted. The problems, benefits, and costs of typical child care are examined, as well as the response from government and business.

Keywords: Business, Child care, Child care workers, Child development centers, Employee assistance programs, Employee benefits

Annotation: This informational brochure introduces and outlines the services of the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. The goal of the Center is to enhance the quality of child care by supporting state and local health departments, child care regulatory agencies, child care providers, and parents in their efforts to promote health and safety in child care. The services and activities of the Center include: information services; training and technical assistance to support regional, state, and local initiatives; conferences for sharing experiences and knowledge; and development and distribution of resource materials. This is a revised version of a brochure published in the spring of 1993. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Child care workers, Child development centers, Child health promotion, Child safety, Standards

Annotation: This Congressional report presents a listing of exemplary, innovative child care programs in 17 states, which were submitted as nominations in response to a child care challenge issued in 1991 by the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to members of the House of Representatives. The programs described reflect a diversity in scope and funding mechanisms; some represent employer-initiated child care programs, while others represent collaborations between the public and private sectors.

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Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Child care policy, Child care workers, Child development centers, Parent education, Parent education programs, Public private partnerships

Annotation: This report profiles the Surgeon General's Conference on Healthy Children Ready to Learn, held in Washington, DC in February 1992. The conference was attended by over 700 health professionals and administrators, teachers, government officials, and parent delegates from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories. The conference proceedings consist of an introduction; the Surgeon General's charge to the conference; a summary of issues raised in the parent work groups; a presentation of findings; texts of speeches given by President George Bush, Louis W. Sullivan (Secretary of Health and Human Services), Edward Madigan (Secretary of Agriculture), Lamar Alexander (Secretary of Education), and Roger B. Porter (Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy); panel presentations on various child and family issues including HIV, substance abuse, violence, school readiness, helping families get services, parenting, and child care; and closing remarks by the Surgeon General. The appendices contain lists of the conference advisory group, the planning committee, participants, facilitators and recorders, workshops, exhibits, entertainment, and the conference agenda.

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Keywords: Child development centers, Child development services, Child health promotion, Child health services, Children with special health care needs, Family centered services, Family support services, Health care financing, Parenting

Annotation: This paper describes the importance of child day care, describing what it is and its many forms, identifying its sources of support and public policies, and a vision for its future. Written from the perspective of a tour guide explaining to an interplanetary visitor, it covers such child day care topics including: 1) day care supply and demand, 2) the elements of quality, 3) day care costs, 4) the roles of the business community, resource and referral agencies, and the government, and 5) sources of federal funds for child day care.

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Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Child care services, Child care workers, Financing, Government role, Policy analysis, Policy development

Annotation: This book discusses desirable practices in day care centers for children up to age 16 and methods to develop a satisfactory program for child care. It provides information on basic principles, licensing, administration, personnel, records, the daily program, health services, nutrition, training, and facilities. It ends with five appendices on a day care policy statement, pediatricians and day care, day care and handicapped children, pediatrician's role, and the health professional as a day care consultant.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Child care, Child care centers, Child care workers, Child development, Children with special health care needs, Guidelines, Nutrition, Pediatricians

Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Health, Infant care, Infant development, Standards

Annotation: This report discusses caring for children on an individualized basis to foster their individual development and minimize adverse effects of separation from their families. It discusses day care centers, services, training personnel, studies and research, and recommendations.

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Keywords: Child advocacy, Child care centers, Child care workers, Child development, Guidelines