The Flip-Flop Factor: Why Day Care Kids Dont Play Outside May 8, 2008
We need to strive for play time and space for ALL children in and out of childcare facilities. Posted by Yin from Hawaii. (New York Times)
New Clorox disinfectant is EPA registered to kill both known types of MRSA May 6, 2008
Schools and childcare facilities: classrooms, cafeterias and playgrounds. Clorox Pro Quaternary All-Purpose Disinfectant Cleaner can be used on a wide variety of hard, nonporous surfaces and in potential CA-MRSA hot spots, including shower stalls, exercise equipment and mats, whirlpool units, steam rooms, artificial turf and helmets, outdoor play equipment as well as surfaces in other work environments, such as desks, bathrooms, handles and tables. (EurekAlert!)
Australia's Unionism in the 1900s Apr 23, 2008
Work-based childcare facilities were also provided for workers. The same year, 200 of Cummeragunga Reserve's 300 Aboriginal residents in New South Wales left. (Suite101.com)
FRANCINE M. FARBER: Celebrating wonder of our wee ones Apr 12, 2008
A comprehensive effort is needed to gain adequate training and compensation for teachers and other staff, to improve the health and safety of programs for young children, to encourage appropriate practices in families and childcare facilities to encourage literacy and learning from birth and to support the family's crucial role in early education. Francine M. Farber, Ed.D., is a retired educator and president of the League of Women Voters Fresno. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Low-carbon Living Takes Off In The US Apr 11, 2008
This could add to our options for shrinking our carbon footprint as well as meeting social needs, such as safe homes for an ageing population and local childcare facilities for parents who work. Journal reference: Predicting an American future for cohousing by Jo Williams is published in the April issue of Futures Journal. (Science Daily)
Dani Garavelli: Hypocritical oafs Apr 7, 2008
Is it the lack of on-site childcare facilities, or is it more that female researchers are consistently undervalued. In 2004, the BMA commissioned a report into this under-representation and found not only were women who wanted to go into academic medicine hindered by an old boys network which recommended suitable candidates for promoted post, but they were paid less than their male counterparts. (Scotland on Sunday)
Sure Start young 'behave better' Mar 5, 2008
Sure Start has local flexibility, but in general, services include outreach and home visiting, family support and good quality play, learning and childcare facilities. The study, The Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on Three Year Olds and Their Families was carried out by the National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team at Birkbeck, University of London. (BBC News)
Business briefs Mar 2, 2008
Teton County has awarded Ward + Blake Architects a contract for three new childcare facilities in Jackson, each of which will be open to children ranging from infants to pre-kindergarten age. The first facility, located in the Rafter J Subdivision, will be built in several phases and will ultimately accommodate 250 children, according to a press release. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Lee confident of another good year Feb 7, 2008
They include childcare facilities, flexible work options and parental leave. The Straits Times / Asia News Network. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Amid Cruelty Allegations, Schools Pull Beef Feb 5, 2008
The packaging plant is owned by the Westland Meat Co. They supply the beef for more than 100,000 schools and childcare facilities statewide through the National School Lunch Program. On Monday, second-grade students at Jefferson Elementary School in Natomas had the choice of cheese pizza and chicken nuggets. (KCRA 3, CA)
Top Spas in Baden-Baden, Germany Feb 2, 2008
Minimum age is 14 years childcare facilities are available on site ... Childcare facilities are available for children older than 18 months. (Suite101.com)
Citys new smoking ordinance takes effect Jan. 1 Dec 28, 2007
Smoking is also allowed in homes that are not used as childcare facilities; cars; tobacco shops where the majority of items sold are tobacco products or tobacco-related products; and designated smoking hotel and motel rooms. The ordinance specifically states that private clubs that are defined by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission are prohibited from having smoking sections. (McKinney Courier Gazette)
Government says 95% of firms now offer flexible working Dec 7, 2007
It found the number of workplaces providing childcare facilities, or other arrangements to help parents combine work with family commitments, has more than doubled since 2003, from 8% to 18. Pat McFadden, minister for employment relations, said the survey was an endorsement for the Government's staged approach to introducing flexible working. (ComputerWeekly.com)
Cradle to the grave | Nov 28, 2007
Nazira says that simply by providing childcare facilities at workplaces, the authorities could go a long way towards solving the problem of cradle-to-grave opium addiction ... Officials say they are aware of the need for childcare facilities and that they are doing something about it. (iAfrica.com)
Employment equity implementation lags Nov 15, 2007
The commission found that some employers provided an affirming environment for women in terms of reasonable accommodation - such as flexi-time, childcare facilities, holiday camps for children and laptops to enable mothers to work from home. Some employers had a limited understanding of disability. (Business Report, South Africa)
More of this story Nov 2, 2007
Likewise, the state Department of Early Education and Care, which licenses childcare facilities, does not require that it be reported ... Even after learning that MRSA had made its way into the childcare facilities, parents at both the Abington and Brockton centers indicated they were comfortable leaving their children at the facilities. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Hawaii keiki among lowest at risk from lead Oct 30, 2007
Childcare facilities will not be charged for the water analysis ... Human Services Director Lillian Koller said the majority of childcare facilities are believed to have safe tap water. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Smoking ordinance takes effect on New Year’s Day Oct 30, 2007
Smoking is also allowed in homes that are not used as childcare facilities; cars; tobacco shops where the majority of items sold are tobacco products or tobacco-related products; and designated smoking hotel and motel rooms. Any existing business that has more than one employee, or restaurant that receives its certificate of occupancy from the city from now until Dec. 31 will have until Sept. 4, 2008, to comply with the ordinance. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Tupelo's daycare center first to get traffic sign Oct 27, 2007
Crawley said the committee will draft an ordinance outlining the conditions childcare facilities must meet to obtain traffic signs and warning lights. He estimated its taking about two months to complete and win City Council approval. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Ground-down Britons reveal the strain of modern living Oct 4, 2007
"There is still a stigma attached to not being able to cope. We do things like holding exercise sessions that mothers can bring their children along to because there aren't gyms that offer childcare facilities. "We're trying to help women to make that transition from their old lives to their new ones. " This article: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1583242007 Last updated: 04-Oct-07 01:13 BST Comments GalacticCannibal, Murrieta, CA / 1:50am 4 Oct 2007 They should eat SHROOM omletes and... (Scotsman)
Childhood development leaders in town Sep 11, 2007
I want the community to be more aware of the fact we do not have enough childcare facilities, she said. We have a baby boom going on in this community and no place for these children to go With two working parents, what are they going to do. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
At new childcare center: Cornerstone dedicated by local Masons Sep 6, 2007
" He said the staff is looking forward to having more elbow room and the kids will love the extra space." Later he added that the new center is proof to others that "although we are a small town, we can get big things done." The project started in early 2005, after three separate childcare facilities closed in New London, all for differing reasons, the previous year. The three closings created a crisis for Gina McSorley who has three children. (Washington Journal, IA)
Council approves smoking ordinance Sep 6, 2007
Smoking is allowed in parking lots of parks, public sidewalks, homes that are not used as childcare facilities, tobacco shops, cars, and designated hotel and motel rooms. No more than 10 percent of hotel and motel rooms can be designated smoking rooms. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Board approves PISD employee daycare site Sep 5, 2007
Employee childcare facilities are something ushered with many districts around us, Galloway said. It will help with recruitment and retention and will help campus staff feel comfortable. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Campaign for America's Future Memorandum: Katrina Storm Warning Aug 31, 2007
Only 36 percent of the city's 276 original childcare facilities are back in place, adding pressure on working families trying to return to their homes. -- PUBLIC SAFETY: The police force in New Orleans continues to suffer, and its citizens suffer as a result. (PR Newswire)
The Katrina crusaders Aug 28, 2007
Still, the task ahead is daunting as much of the region still lacks affordable housing, transport, schools, healthcare and childcare facilities, and job opportunities. Chris Kromm is executive director of the Institute for Southern Studies, a non-profit research and education centre based in North Carolina, and co-editor of Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, which monitors the recovery. (FT.com -- Markets)
‘Toying’ with danger; local retailers remove toys Aug 25, 2007
In addition to checking their kids' toys at home, parents who use childcare facilities should inquire as to what toys they may supply to children. By law, licensed daycare centers are required to periodically check to make sure that none of their equipment has been recalled. (Newport Daily Independent, AR)
Work session on school facility study planned Aug 21, 2007
USDA Representative Theresa Jordison also attended the meeting, talking about other schools in the state, and their involvement with childcare facilities ... He also said other childcare facilities were important to the area. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
NSW govt may reduce childcare inspectors Aug 20, 2007
NSW Premier Morris Iemma refuses to rule out a government plan to axe more than a third of the inspectors who oversee the state's childcare facilities. The number of Child Services Advisers (CSA) would be cut from 77 to 47, Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell said, following news reports on the issue. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
High-flying women of the world Aug 15, 2007
But global market research firm Mintel says that the business environment and its facilities still require a touch of 'feminizing', with accommodation requiring better pampering products, as well as childcare facilities for working mothers on the road. Their research found that hotels are, on the whole, less inviting to women, who may prefer to return home rather than stay away overnight. (CNN -- World)
Santana star, Clintons to play benefit concert Aug 10, 2007
The donation recognizes that adequate childcare facilities are a basic infrastructure component of vital importance in helping Big Sky become a more stable community for families. The Clintons, who donated their performance, will perform at 7 p.m. and the Gregg Rolie Band will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are 40 for adults and 15 for kids 3-12. (Big Sky Lone Peak Lookout, MT)
SWIFS to reconsider child care facility again Jul 25, 2007
But Dunfee added that other childcare facilities were important to the area. We need private care, he added. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
County moves toward restriction of adult businesses Jul 20, 2007
These establishments can be kept a certain distance from schools, churches, parks and childcare facilities. There cannot be so many restrictions in zoning, though, where no place exists for such a business to be placed. (Williston Pioneer, FL)
More F&B, recreation and retail outlets planned for Tanglin Village Jun 29, 2007
The site at Minden Road could be used for food establishments, arts studios and childcare facilities. The 40-hectare Tanglin Village, which currently houses over 30 businesses and organisations, has seen several improvements over the past three years, including landscaped plazas with visitor information, as well as entrance and building markers. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Evaluating Daycare Jun 7, 2007
Tips to help parents evaluate childcare facilities, staff, daycare programs, and daycare center policies. Selecting or evaluating daycare facilities, staff, programs or policies is an important task not to be taken lightly. (Suite101.com)
Council to consider banning smoking Jun 2, 2007
Plano has the most restrictive smoking ordinance of the three cities, and generally allows smoking only in private homes, except in homes used as childcare facilities, and only in retail tobacco shops and designated hotel rooms. The owner of an establishment is required to post a no smoking sign in a Plano establishment, cannot provide ashtrays to patrons, and must advise patrons who violate the ordinance that smoking is not allowed. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
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An increase in licensing fees for the nearly 150 childcare facilities in Butler County also came before the commission at Tuesday's regular meeting. The last time these fees came before the board was for an increase in 2000. (El Dorado Times, KS)
UK poverty target 'will be missed' May 23, 2007
Other problems faced by low-income families highlighted in the report were a lack of skills for employment, poor childcare facilities and funding, rising utility bills and debts. Barnardo's called for a UK commission on ending child poverty, more funding for childcare and schemes to prevent low-income families being penalised by private utilities companies if they cannot take advantage of payment schemes such as direct debit. (BBC News)
'We need support'A widowed father battles to escape from the poverty cycle May 23, 2007
" Juggling finances But most months he manages to "shuffle" his money around, he said, "just like Chancellor Gordon Brown" to try to provide his children with what they want. To help other people in the same situation, William wants to see more support for families struggling on low incomes and a higher minimum wage, which he says is not enough for a single parent with two children. "The government has got to do a lot more, particularly support for lower-income working families," said William,... (BBC News -- UK)
Community centre's $20m price tag May 8, 2007
The centre will include childcare facilities, a library and meeting rooms, and will cost as much as $19. 9 million. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Week of the Young Child April 22-28 Apr 20, 2007
Children from all childcare centers and home childcare facilities in Moberly and the surrounding towns are encouraged to participate. We encourage all parents and grandparents to attend the event and show support for your child. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Is there a child care crisis? Apr 20, 2007
Apparently the 'Communities at Work" centres are running at a deficit due to a lack of enrolment numbers and might close altogether. So - no shortage of places there! Posted by: Sarah M at April 20, 2007 9:37 AM I believe that for thousands of years humans survived, thrived and multiplied without mobile phones or child care. Yet people nowadays carry on as if the two are basic needs. If you can't be bothered caring for your own children - THEN DON'T HAVE THEM ! The scourge of the two income... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Health department offers free shots Apr 19, 2007
Effective July 1, 2007, all children attending childcare facilities are required to meet the following new vaccine requirements ... A child born on or after Jan. 1, 2006 and attends childcare facilities (including pre-kindergarten) will need two doses of Hepatitis A vaccine or laboratory proof of immunity. (Rockmart Journal, GA)
Author's book showcased across Pa. Apr 14, 2007
Verizon Foundation provided a 40,000 grant to provide copies to the state's childcare facilities, preschools, Head Start programs and family literacy programs. Bloom doesn't just read her books, she sings and does special effects, and uses body language. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Since receiving University, Medical Center funding, area facilities have improved infant, toddler childcare Mar 30, 2007
Three South Side childcare facilities were awarded grants this past summer to help support their childcare programs, and representatives of those providers joined Hank Webber, Vice President for Community nment Affairs at the University, Toni Preckwinkle, 4th Ward Ald. and Shirley Newsome, chair of the North Kenwood Oakland Conservation Community Council, at the reception. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Planning for daycare disaster Mar 29, 2007
Childcare facilities will be included in emergency preparedness plans and exercises. The state will notify childcare facilities of emergency shelters in their area and the centers will be required to notify parents annually of the designated shelters that are closest to the childcare facility. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
Aberdeen smoking ban goes into effect April 15 Mar 17, 2007
The ordinance bans smoking in ll public places in Aberdeen, including ars, bingos, childcare facilities, all city buildings, hotels, indoor shopping malls, restaurants and polling places, said Aberdeen City Clerk Jackie Benson, noting smoking is prohibited within 25 feet of building entrances. The ban was approved by aldermen Feb. 20, with Mayor Cecil Belle casting a tie-breaking vote, but it is not in effect until 30 days after publication. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
One-parent Households Double Risk Of Childhood Sexual Abuse Mar 15, 2007
Holmes believes that when you add low socioeconomic status to the equation, the likelihood for a predator having easy access to emotionally-needy children is increased by the type of childcare facilities available to children of low-income, single-parents ... "Studies like this one call for interventions that will provide more help to these heroes and the homes they head up... for example, through actual funding of better childcare facilities and/or increasing oversight of who provides the... (Science Daily)
Idaho's childcare worst in country Mar 15, 2007
When asked if the City of Emmett had any ordinances or standards to regulate childcare facilities, Emmett Mayor Marilyn Lorenzen said, we just don t like to have ordinances if there is no way to enforce them. We just don t have the staff. (Emmett Messenger Index, ID)
Bid to ban smoking at sports stadiums Mar 9, 2007
The bill seeks to protect children in two ways: it proposes that smoking be banned in private homes that serve as childcare facilities and it wants to bar children from areas set aside for smoking. It also requires employers to respect an employees right not to be forced to work in a smoking section, such as in restaurants and pubs. (Business Report, South Africa)
Full Story » Mar 8, 2007
As a result, CU Cares Childcare Task Force is going to find out the approximate number of undergraduate and graduate students who are parents, and what they want from the university in terms of better childcare facilities ... Watson, however, feels that once the needs of student parents are heard, the university can take the necessary steps to improve current childcare facilities. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Ark. childcare ranking doesn't give full picture, officials say Mar 5, 2007
LITTLE ROCK - An Arkansas program that provides incentives to childcare facilities following enhanced standards is ignored in a recent report that ranked Arkansas near the bottom nationwide in childcare standards, a state official says. Julie Munsell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health and Human Services, and a spokesman for a child-advocacy group said the report does not give a complete picture of the efforts made in Arkansas. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
EU to Highlight Gender Pay Gap Feb 25, 2007
Childcare missingApart from possible direct state intervention to ensure equal pay for equal work - a principle underlined by the EU's anti-discrimination laws - Brussels highlights the need to create equal work possibilities, for example by providing sufficient childcare facilities ... The report by the experts' panel argues that the lack of childcare facilities and member states' unwillingness to provide them are to blame. (Ocnus.net)
800,000 new social service jobs by 2010 Feb 21, 2007
The number of childcare facilities increased by more than 6,600 - to 28,761 over four years. Information on the social service jobs will be provided at (www. (Korea Herald, Korea)
France Could Top Germany Due to Babies Feb 21, 2007
The country also has family friendly policies - such as readily available and not too expensive childcare facilities - that make it easy for French women to have children and work, rather than making a choice between the two ... On top of this, women in Germany often have to choose between work and having children, a choice that comes about as much as from the lack of childcare facilities as from social mores with women often expected to stay at home and mind children ... The current family... (BusinessWeek)
Kids and Co. gets state's stamp of approval Feb 20, 2007
"Fifty-seven licensed childcare facilities have qualified for level 2 status, we make up 10 of them," she said. "I'm kind of proud of that.". (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA)
Vocational facility graduate gives Brunswick pep talk Feb 8, 2007
An 11 p.m. curfew, dress code and no salary didn't deter Nicole Corbett from heading to the Eastern Region Vocational Rehabilitation Facility in Goldsboro this past summer. "A desire to become independent led Corbett to apply for admission into the Goldsboro facility during her senior year. Students must be 18 years old for the facility's residential program, have self-care skills, have expectations to benefit from services and be capable of responding to audio and visual communication,... (The Morning Star)
Japanese minister addresses 'birth-giving machines' Jan 29, 2007
In response the government supports proposals to increase childcare facilities in the workplace and encourage firms to introduce flexible working hours to allow staff more time to raise families. Recent figures show that Japan's fertility rate rose slightly in 2005, but it is thought to have fallen again last year. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Kindermusik, Peek-A-Book get grants Jan 24, 2007
The Caswell County Partnership for Children received 2,500 for its Kindermusik program, which the Partnership plans to offer to all licensed childcare facilities in Caswell County. According to the web site of Kindermusik International, "More than 5,000 licensed educators use the Kindermusik curricula in more than 35 countries."The award-winning books, CDs, games and instruments nurture skills in the whole child: cognitive, physical, social, emotional and language. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
