Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g5OLS2X29779; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:28:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:28:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20020624142113.009da5c0@mail.aracnet.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1197] Re: retention rate X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Status: O Content-Length: 1251 Lines: 26 At 05:28 AM 06/24/2002 -0400, robbinsac@att.net wrote: >Hello >Could you give me more information about how your >program funds childcare and transportation. In our case, we are affiliated with a Head Start program, and they pick up the cost of the buses and bus drivers for Head Start classrooms. We pay for an additional bus driver from the Even Start grant. Child care is built in to the grant, in that we have an Infant/Toddler classroom in addition to the two Head Start classrooms. So it isn't just child care, but quality early childhood education, even for babies and toddlers. It may be possible to collaborate with a K-12 district, Head Start, or Early Intervention program in your area. When we didn't have enough reliable transportation, our program definitely suffered. We got as creative as possible, with moms who drive giving rides to others, etc., but we still fell short, and it was a constant energy drain. As for good child care, if you don't have it, people either won't come or will bring their children anyway and try to keep them with them in the classroom, which is disruptive to everyone, including the children. Sylvan Rainwater . sylvan@cccchs.org Clackamas County Children's Commission Portland, OR USA
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