QC Family Focus: October 2014
In this issue: A Look at the Very Real Dangers Facing Teens and Tweens Scarecrow Shenanigans Choosing the Perfect Daycare Helping Your Child Prepare for Kindergarten Treats and Snacking can Lead to Tooth Decay Learn more about QC Family Focus Magazine at our website: www.qcfamilyfocus.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qcfamilyfocus
In this issue:
A Look at the Very Real Dangers Facing Teens and Tweens
Scarecrow Shenanigans
Choosing the Perfect Daycare
Helping Your Child Prepare for Kindergarten
Treats and Snacking can Lead to Tooth Decay
Learn more about QC Family Focus Magazine at our website: www.qcfamilyfocus.com
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qcfamilyfocus
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Increasing the Quality of Child Care in Scott County<br />
Pam Lynch<br />
Community Relations Specialist<br />
Child Care Resource & Referral<br />
Exciting opportunities are<br />
coming soon for Child Care<br />
Programs in Scott County!<br />
Scott County Kids – Early<br />
Childhood Iowa (SCKECI) and<br />
Child Care Resource & Referral<br />
of Southeast Iowa (CCR&R) are<br />
happy to announce a partnership to<br />
help meet the needs of Scott County<br />
Child Care Programs (Homes &<br />
Centers). Thanks to this partnership CCR&R will be able to<br />
provide additional onsite consultation visits, a local child care<br />
conference, and grant opportunities. All of these activities will<br />
lead to an increase in the quality of child care being offered in<br />
Scott County.<br />
CCR&R Consultants work with programs to achieve<br />
a rating on Iowa’s Quality Rating System (QRS) and home<br />
providers to become ChildNet certified. They are also available<br />
to help child care programs with planning, environment set<br />
up, and meeting the Department of Human Services (DHS)<br />
regulations.<br />
A child care conference for home providers and center staff<br />
will be held. The conference<br />
will provide 4-6 hours of DHS<br />
approved training credit that<br />
will count toward the training<br />
hours they are required to<br />
have to maintain licensure/<br />
registration.<br />
Grant opportunities<br />
will be available for Child<br />
Development Homes<br />
registered by DHS. In order<br />
for a program to be eligible<br />
they will need to request<br />
an application, meet with a<br />
CCR&R consultant, and be interested in participating in<br />
QRS. The goal of these grants is to increase the number<br />
of educational materials in the program and help meet<br />
basic health and safety needs.<br />
Consultation (Knowledge) + Training (Education) +<br />
Educational Materials + Health & Safety = Increase in<br />
Quality of Child Care<br />
If you would like to know more about these<br />
opportunities for your child care program, call 563-324-<br />
3236 and speak to a Child Care Consultant. If you are<br />
a family using child care, make sure your child care<br />
program knows about these opportunities.<br />
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