Child Care in Rhode Island: Caring for Infants and Pre-School Children. Issue Brief.

Sonst. Personen	Harrington, Ann-Marie (Hrsg.); Walsh, Catherine Boisvert (Hrsg.); Bryant, Elizabeth Burke (Hrsg.)
Institution	Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, Providence.
Titel	Child Care in Rhode Island: Caring for Infants and Pre-School Children. Issue Brief.
Quelle	(1997) 4, (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Accreditation (Institutions); Child Caregivers; Day Care; Day Care Effects; Infant Care; Infants; Organizations (Groups); Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Professional Development; Public Policy; Tables (Data); Teacher Student Ratio; Welfare Reform; Welfare Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Tagespflege; Säuglingspflege; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Öffentliche Ordnung; Tabelle; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Fürsorgeeinrichtung
Abstract	This report of the Rhode Island Kids Count organization details the state's infant and preschool child care, components of quality care, and state policies to increase the supply of quality care. The report begins with a discussion of the importance of providing good quality child care to enhance healthy child development, especially brain development. This section describes types of infant and preschool child care, the benefits of early care and education for low-income children, and Head Start accessibility. Quality child care is described as linked to wages and benefits, licensing, accreditation, professional development, staff qualifications, child to staff ratios, group size, and caregiver stability. Also discussed is the connection of quality child care with successful welfare reform. The report delineates by city/town and for the state as a whole the percent of eligible children enrolled in Head Start and children under 6 years enrolled in the Family Independence Plan and the number of licensed child care slots for children under 6 years. In addition, the report outlines state policy changes aimed at increasing the supply of quality care. The report describes quality child care in Rhode Island as linked to (1) affordability; (2) improving child care subsidy systems; and (3) an adequately funded early care and education system. The report concludes with contact information for several Rhode Island organizations committed to promoting quality child care. Contains 13 references. (KB)
Anmerkungen	Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, 70 Elm Street, Providence, RI 02903; phone: 401-351-9400; fax: 401-351-1758; e-mail: HN3170@handsnet.org; rikids@rikidscount.org; World Wide Web: www.rikidscount.org (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC