Rural child care resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/child_care/ Provides federal funds for meals and snacks to licensed public and nonprofit child care centers and family and group child care homes for preschool children. Funds are also provided for meals and snacks served at after-school programs for school-age children, and to adult day care centers serving chronically impaired adults or people over age 60. -- USDA Food and Nutrition Service http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Care/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:29:52 CST http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Care/ Provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of Americas children and families. Includes graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2008/Default.aspx Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:03:08 CST http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2008/Default.aspx Describes that rural mothers with children under age six have higher employment rates than their urban counterparts, but have higher poverty rates, lower wages, and lower family income, placing rural mothers and their children in a more economically vulnerable situation than urban mothers. -- Carsey Institute http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/FS_ruralmothers_07.pdf Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:20:46 CST http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/FS_ruralmothers_07.pdf Discusses issues of direct care workers and child care workers. Direct care workers take care of people with chronic illnesses or disabilities. Discusses the hourly wages and lack of health insurance among these workers. -- Carsey Institute http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/PB_caregivers.pdf Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:46:58 CST http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/PB_caregivers.pdf Includes a chapter from the 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues. Discusses Head Start, a comprehensive early childhood development program, and the challenges that face rural Head Start programs. -- National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services http://ruralcommittee.hrsa.gov/NAC07Report.htm#HeadStart Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:23:31 CST http://ruralcommittee.hrsa.gov/NAC07Report.htm#HeadStart Analyzes employment and program participation dynamics for rural and urban families in the Oregon child care subsidy program. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rupri.org/Forms/WP07-01.pdf Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:31:15 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/WP07-01.pdf Reports on the child care options available to rural families. Discusses the potential impact of reliance on informal daycare for rural children. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Perspectivesvol4n1.pdf#page=2 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Perspectivesvol4n1.pdf#page=2 Discusses child care options for rural families. Rural employed mothers rely more oninformal non-related care providers thanurban employed mothers. -- Carsey Institute http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/PB_childcare_06.pdf Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/PB_childcare_06.pdf Works to educate members of Congress, the media, and the broader public on what is happening in the states regarding welfare, child welfare, health care reform, and other issues involving families and the elderly. http://www.aphsa.org/ Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.aphsa.org/ Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities. -- First Children's Finance http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1130 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1130 A collection of resources about caring for children and adolescents with special health care needs for health professionals, policymakers, program administrators, and families. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_CSHCN.html Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_CSHCN.html Resources and tools of new developments and research on maternal and child health-related topics. Includes links to Web sites, electronic publications, databases, and discussion groups, and citations for journal articles and other print resources. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html