Disasters and Emergencies
Child Care Tip Sheet #1
CHILD CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF KATRINA RECOVERY EFFORTS
(Available also in Word and PDF)
TO: Recovery Workers/Volunteers
RE: Child Care Needs of Displaced Families
Are you in direct contact with displaced families, providing services or counseling? As you talk with displaced families, remember that child care will be important for them now or in months to come, as they begin to re-establish their lives. Use the following list of child care resources to help meet the needs of:
- parents as they search for jobs and housing, return to work, and attend to emotional health
- displaced child care providers as they seek employment or rebuild their business
- children for a secure, stable, supervised setting to support their growth and development.
CHILD CARE RESOURCES for DISPLACED FAMILIES
For Parents
- Child Care Aware - Refers families to local Resource & Referral (R&R) agencies for help finding child care in their area and information on financial assistance to pay for child care. (800) 424-2246, http://www.childcareaware.org/
- Head Start /Early Head Start Programs - for low-income families with children up to five years of age. (866) 763-6481, http://www.headstartinfo.org/hurricane_rir.htm
- Operation Hurricane Katrina Relief - Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). All military families displaced by Hurricane Katrina are eligible to receive a financial subsidy in licensed child care during this time. (800) 424-2246, http://www.naccrra.org/MilitaryPrograms
For Displaced Child Care Providers
For Helping Young Children
Updated: September 19, 2005
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