Sentences with phrase «policy at child care»

Learn how early learning fits into the education continuum from Jennifer Jennings - Shaffer, Early Learning Policy Director at the Children's Alliance, and Ryan Pricco, Director of Advocacy and Policy at Child Care Aware of Washington.

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«It's pretty clear that caring for children is a barrier for women entrepreneurs,» says Jason Wiens, policy director for the Kauffman Foundation, citing a study that looked at men and women who had a PhD in a scientific field.

Elaine Maag, a senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, thinks that Ivanka's position likely changed as she became more educated on the issue and realized that the child tax credit reaches many more families than a child care credit could.

The policy also covers leave to care for a sick parent, child or partner and may be taken throughout a 52 - week period in no less than three business - day increments at a time.

In contrast, a fair comparison would have matched up children of same - s3x parents with children of heteros3xual parents who looked otherwise similar — no extra divorces, no extra separations, no extra time in foster care for the kids, said Gary Gates, a researcher at the Williams Inst itute, a s3xual orientation policy think tank at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

Some employers choose to provide additional offerings, such as educational resources, expert support, work - from - home options, onsite or nearby child care, or baby - at - work policies.

The team — led by Diane Spatz, PhD, RN - BC, FAAN, Professor of Perinatal Nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Term Professor of Nutrition at Penn Nursing — investigated individual child care centers» attitudes and policies related to breastfeeding in two distinct areas in Philadelphia.

Having a written food allergy policy will ensure your staff are ready to care for children who experience food allergy reactions at camp.

At Floating Hospital for Children, our quiet policy helps children sleep, rest and enjoy quality health care in a peaceful enviChildren, our quiet policy helps children sleep, rest and enjoy quality health care in a peaceful envichildren sleep, rest and enjoy quality health care in a peaceful environment.

You can help by educating mothers about how to succeed at balancing breastfeeding and work responsibilities, by educating employers about the needs of their working - mom employees and the benefits of offering a mother - friendly worksite, and by generating a change in culture and organizational policy and environments among employers, within workforces, and in child - care settings.

[31] It is a bill that would address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk of being, a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.

This is designed to highlight the fact that Rice, who is single and has no children, drew widespread criticism when she took office in 2006 for telling a dozen attorneys in her office who had been working part - time — mostly to care for their kids — to either come back full - time or not come back at all — a departure from the policy of the Republican man she had ousted.

Alison Stanley, HR director, civil service employee policy; David Stephens, director of resources (Army), HM Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence; Andrea Sutcliffe, chief inspector of adult social care, Care Quality Commission; Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service; and Nick Whitfield, chief executive, Achieving for Children, all also receive Ccare, Care Quality Commission; Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service; and Nick Whitfield, chief executive, Achieving for Children, all also receive CCare Quality Commission; Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service; and Nick Whitfield, chief executive, Achieving for Children, all also receive CBEs.

The additional requirements would hurt low - income parents who face barriers to work, such as a lack of affordable child care and scanty transportation options, said Ken Taylor, executive director at Kids Forward, a group that analyzes policies affecting children and families in Wisconsin.

The university implemented a parental leave policy for non-regular-rank faculty and employees, increased the number of spaces available in its on - campus child care facility, created the Duke Child Care Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical cechild care facility, created the Duke Child Care Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical cencare facility, created the Duke Child Care Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical ceChild Care Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical cenCare Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical cechild care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical cencare costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical center.

Nutritionists also provided training sessions to child care center staff about identifying areas of policy needed to improve nutrition at the center, and how to incorporate messages about nutrition into the classroom.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

The emerging public - policy issues surrounding day care for children and infants were debated by child - care experts and educators at several recent meetings designed to help set next steps for policymakers.

2) Parents control site policy because they are the consumers and care most deeply about policies at the schools their children attend.

Fuller is a co-director of the Child - Care and Family Policy Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Chloë Cockett, policy manager at the care leavers» charity, Become, said that children in the capital might also be moved out «to keep them safe if they are victims of child sexual exploitation or have been involved in gangs».

Prior to her work in DCPS, Ms. Ewen served as the Director of the Child Care and Early Education team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).

Earlier in her career, Hamm worked at the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Institute for Women's Policy Research on child care and early education issues.

Get free online access to thousands of journal articles, government reports, research reviews, and policy briefs on child care and early education topics at researchconnections.org

At the request of President - elect Obama's transition team, this NIEER policy brief provides guidance on federal investments in preschool and child care for the sake of America's children.

Beam offers historical background and keen analysis of the factors shaping foster - care policies in this moving look at a system charged with caring for nearly half a million children across the U.S.

The policies for stay - at - home spouses are geared to people who provide care for children or elderly or disabled family members.

The policies for stay - at - home spouses are geared to people who provide care for children or elderly or disabled family members.

Level Term Policies Life insurance was created to take care of women and children in the event of the death of the husband and father who was the sole breadwinner for the family at that time.

In case everything goes as planned, the Fund value is available at the end of the Policy Term for taking care of the child's future requirements.

Myra Jones - Taylor, Chief Policy Officer at Zero to Three, explores why access to quality care is critical, and what policymakers can do today to support child care advocacy now.

51), which provides conditions for placing Indigenous children through fostering, adoption or care and protection orders, and which now operates in every jurisdiction whether through legislative requirement (as in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria)[133] or at the level of policy (as in the ACT and Queensland)[134].

National Center for Children in Poverty, Project Thrive (www.nccp.org): The Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family suPolicy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family supolicy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family support.

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Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized child care.

At other times our advocacy work is more nuanced as we work to engage in conversations around early childhood education and child care policy development, research and practice.

Children at Risk in the Child Welfare System: Collaborations to Promote School Readiness: Final Report (PDF - 1188 KB) Catherine E. Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy & Oldham Innovative Research (2009) Provides an analysis of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - being as well as a case study in Colorado involving interviews with key stakeholders and statewide surveys of caseworkers and foster parents to examine how collaborations between the child welfare, early intervention / preschool special education and early care and education services meet the developmental needs of children ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfareChildren at Risk in the Child Welfare System: Collaborations to Promote School Readiness: Final Report (PDF - 1188 KB) Catherine E. Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy & Oldham Innovative Research (2009) Provides an analysis of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - being as well as a case study in Colorado involving interviews with key stakeholders and statewide surveys of caseworkers and foster parents to examine how collaborations between the child welfare, early intervention / preschool special education and early care and education services meet the developmental needs of children ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfare syChild Welfare System: Collaborations to Promote School Readiness: Final Report (PDF - 1188 KB) Catherine E. Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy & Oldham Innovative Research (2009) Provides an analysis of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - being as well as a case study in Colorado involving interviews with key stakeholders and statewide surveys of caseworkers and foster parents to examine how collaborations between the child welfare, early intervention / preschool special education and early care and education services meet the developmental needs of children ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfare syChild and Family Policy & Oldham Innovative Research (2009) Provides an analysis of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - being as well as a case study in Colorado involving interviews with key stakeholders and statewide surveys of caseworkers and foster parents to examine how collaborations between the child welfare, early intervention / preschool special education and early care and education services meet the developmental needs of children ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfare syChild and Adolescent Well - being as well as a case study in Colorado involving interviews with key stakeholders and statewide surveys of caseworkers and foster parents to examine how collaborations between the child welfare, early intervention / preschool special education and early care and education services meet the developmental needs of children ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfare sychild welfare, early intervention / preschool special education and early care and education services meet the developmental needs of children ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfarechildren ages 0 to 5 who are involved in the child welfare sychild welfare system.

Using the WHO definition of health, America's Health Rankings 2016: Health of Women and Children's Report examined health outcomes and four areas of health determinants — behaviors, community & environment, policy, and clinical care — to arrive at the state rankings.

Infusing Protective Factors for Children in Foster Care Griffin, McEwen, Samuels, Suggs, Redd, & McClelland Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34 (1), 2011 Reviews research on the relationship between risk behaviors and protective factors of traumatized youth, looks at adapting treatment and evidence - based early intervention practices to local child welfare settings, and presents a review of how State and local plans have been influenced by Federal policies.

She has a range of experience in early childhood education and care including working with young children in a variety of programs, teaching at the post-secondary level, working as a policy researcher at the Childcare Resource and Research Unit and as the Coordinator for the Child Care Advocacy Association of Cancare including working with young children in a variety of programs, teaching at the post-secondary level, working as a policy researcher at the Childcare Resource and Research Unit and as the Coordinator for the Child Care Advocacy Association of CanCare Advocacy Association of Canada.

When children enter kindergarten, half of the achievement gap between low - income students and their more affluent peers that exists in high school is already present.22 The federal government can address the developmental needs of young children through child care reform by implementing policies that improve quality starting at birth and continuing up to age 13.

SEED (Social & Emotional Early Development) is an early childhood mental health consultation program developed by experts at Lucy Daniels Center and Wake County Smart Start to assist staff at Wake County child care facilities in developing and sustaining policies and practices that support the healthy social and emotional development of the children they serve.

Moderate - income families are typically ineligible for these publicly funded programs, but at the same time, such families struggle to afford the high cost of care in the private sector.19 This leaves parents facing a series of difficult choices, including prioritizing child care expenses over other household necessities; settling for low - quality child care that fits their budget; patching together multiple informal care options; or leaving the workforce altogether.20 To ensure that all children can realize the gains that come from attending high - quality early childhood programs, policy solutions need to focus on improving program supports and creating funding strategies that will increase access to high - quality programs for children from all backgrounds.

Earlier in her career, Hamm worked at the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Institute for Women's Policy Research on child care and early education issues.

Cathy Ashley, the Charity's Chief Executive commented: «The honour is a tribute to Bridget's 25 years work for the Charity, giving legal advice to thousands of struggling families whose children are in need or at risk and campaigning for legal and policy changes to enable more children to live safely in their family network rather than end up in care.»

Her work at the Centers is focused on child development (birth to age 8), child care policy, early childhood care and education, and school readiness.

Her background includes clinical experience in child and family guidance clinics, early intervention programs, early childhood mental health consultation with early care and education programs, and policy work at the state level.

Source: The National Academy for State Health Policy and The Commonwealth Fund A report on the ABCD II Consortium, formed in January 2004, to provide five states with an opportunity to develop and test strategies for improving the care of young children at risk for or with social or emotional development delays, especially those in need of preventive or early intervention services.