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Resources The resources provided will help you make choices to best meet the needs of your employees, business and the long term goals of the organization. We encourage you to utilize your local Resource and Referral Agency. They can provide additional information and technical assistance as you work to support the needs of working parents in your organization. Workforce Study 2005 The Kansas Workforce Study provides information on demographics, educational background, salaries, hours worked, benefits and wages of child care providers across the state. This study was conducted by the Professional Development Initiative for Early Care and Education in Kansas (PDI) through the Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (KACCRRA). Data analysis was provided by Evaluation Insights. The Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund provided funding for this study. Kansas State Profile The Kansas 2006 Child Care Profile is a compilation of data and information that provides an overview of how Kansas serves its youngest citizens. 2006 Child Care Profiles State and R&R Profiles on child care, demographics and economic conditions. A healthy economy is made up of strong businesses and productive workers. Child Care in Kansas is a half billion dollar industry and a key component of the state's school readiness picture. Highlights:
Employer Took Kit Helping Kansas Make a Smart Child Care Choice! Work-life benefits are the great equalizer in today’s competitive marketplace. This tool kit can help you choose what options are best for you as a company that will involve innovative practices that help families and strengthen communities. Even small businesses that cannot afford the higher salaries and traditional benefits offered by larger corporations can compete. Small businesses can effectively adapt most child care options to their needs. A 1988 report for the U.S. Small Business Administration, Small Business Options for Child Care, found that small size can speed—as well as slow—an employer’s implementation of child care options. To date, small employers have been less likely than large employers to offer child care supports, because they have fewer opportunities for economies of scale and fewer staff responsible for benefits management. However, a growing number of small businesses are finding ways to effectively address their employees’ child care needs. NACCRRA publications We CAN Do Better: 2009 Update examined state child care center licensing regulations and the oversight of those regulations. NACCRRA scored and ranked states, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense on 10 state child care center regulation benchmarks and 5 benchmarks for oversight of child care center licensing regulations. This toolkit is designed to support and strengthen advocacy and outreach efforts for CCR&R. “Raising Awareness” can take many forms and is not legislative advocacy. State-level outreach is crucial to ensure that the nearly 12 million children in child care each week receive high quality care. By working together, we can be the voice for change. This toolkit is designed to support and strengthen advocacy and outreach efforts for CCR&R. The toolkit includes sections on developing advocacy plans, teaming up in the community and state, engaging parents, working with the media, and more. The toolkit comes with current-year packet of data fact sheets, legislative schedules and elected official information. Printed copies are available at http://www.naccrra.org/pubs/ |
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