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Resources
Review Web sites and publications that offer valuable information and insight:
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Child care information from the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Results of the 2004 Minnesota Statewide Household Child Care Survey (PDF)
This report on a statewide telephone survey describes family, friend and neighbor (FFN) caregivers and the care they provide to children ages 12 and younger. For this study, FFN caregivers include grandparents, aunts, siblings, cousins and non-relatives ages 18 or older. The report also identifies caregiving resources and information that FFN caregivers have access to, most commonly use and would find most helpful.
- Family, Friends and Neighbors Caring for Children Through the Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program: A Survey of Caregivers and Parents (PDF)
This study presents survey data describing FFN caregivers registered with CCAP and
the child care used by families receiving child care subsidies in two Twin Cities metropolitan
counties and three rural counties.
- Families, Friends and Neighbor Child Care Providers in Recent Immigrant and Refugee Communities (PDF)
This report describes child care practices, access to child care resources, and child care resource needs in recent immigrant and refugee communities in Minnesota. It reports findings based on nine focus groups with immigrant and refugee family, friend and neighbor (FFN) child care providers and provides recommendations.
- Family, Friends, & Neighbors Conference:
Connection, Information, and Innovation:
Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregiving in Minnesota, Monday, June 28, 2010
Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network FFN Grantees Panel- Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network Panel Introduction. (3:57) Panel Moderator Terry Vasquez, Regional Support Coordinator for Network Office of MN CCR&R.
- Child Care Choices. (6:44)
Crystal Peterson, representing Region 7W. - Heartland CCR&R and Eager to
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Becky Knutson and Cory Woosley. - Mahube Community Council, Inc. (10:54)
Bonnie Dvor, Region II CCR&R. - Northeast District CCR&R. (8:53)
Wendy Wahlberg, District Coordinator. - CCR&R Panel Closing Comments. (2:15)
- The Families and Work Institute is a nonprofit center dedicated to providing research for living in today’s changing workplace, changing family and changing community. The Institute published Sparking Connections: Community Based Strategies for Helping Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers Meet the Needs of Employees, Their Children and Employers.
- The Human Services Policy Center's mission is to improve the well-being of children, families and communities. We conduct policy and data analysis and provide training, technical assistance and consultation to further this mission.
- Minnesota Department of Human Services Family, Friend and Neighbor grant program
The Minnesota Department of Human Services Family, Friend and Neighbor grant program was established through legislation passed during the 2007 session. The legislation provided for $750,000 over a two year period. Six grants were funded throughout the state to provide early literacy and school readiness services to children in family, friend and neighbor child care settings supported by community-based partnerships. This summary highlights 2008 project activities. (PDF, 43 KB)
- Minnesota Sparking Connections
Minnesota Sparking Connections is part of a national Families and Work Institute initiative that is identifying and demonstrating community-based strategies for helping family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) caregivers meet the needs of working parents, their children, and their employers.- Sparking Connections Report, Phase II (PDF, 20 MB)
- Sparking Connections Report 2006 (PDF, 302 KB)
- Observations of Family, Friend and Neighbor Care in Minnesota
An exploratory observational study of FFN care from the Minnesota Child Care Policy Research Partnership (MCCPRP).- Briefing paper (PDF)
- Full report (PDF)
- Reaching out to Kith and Kin Caregivers from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Issue Brief: Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start and Report on Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start Programs are Reaching out to Kith and Kin Caregivers
Read about projects supporting family, friend and neighbor caregivers in other states:
- Arizona Kith and Kin Project, whose goal is to improve the quality of care provided by "kith and kin" (friends and family) child care providers.
- California’s First 5 FFN Child Caregiver Support Project providing support, resources and information to individuals who provide care through the “informal,” unlicensed network of friends, families and relatives.
- Early ON Calendar of Events features workshops and Play and Learn Groups created in mind sponsored in part by the City of San Antonio, TX.
- Understanding and Supporting Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care gives examples of national and State initiatives taken to improve FFN care quality, as well as additional resources for information about FFN care.
- The University of Hawaii The Kith and Kin Outreach program provides statewide educational outreach services to families with children ages birth to 5 who receive government-sponsored subsidies for license-exempt child care (care provided by relatives or friends).
You may also want to view our Resources for Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers.
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