Outdoor Safety Tips

Thanks to our friends at 4C of Southern Indiana for these tips. With the weather about to warm up again I thought that you might find this information helpful.

If it's sunny, and your child is older then 6 months, make sure she/he wears sunscreen of at least SPF 15. Keep babies under 6 months out of the sun.

• Always make sure your child is dressed for the weather.


• Stay close together - and hold hands when crossing the streets.

If the weather is too extreme, you can always go outside tomorrow!

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Family Child Care and the Economy

This article was found in Exchange Every Day...

In National Perspective (Winter/Spring 2009), the newsletter of the National Association for Family Child Care, Linda Geigle and Barbara Sawyer describe some impacts of the current economic conditions on the world of family child care...

"Family child care programs all over the country are struggling to maintain their businesses while they continue to provide high quality services. Some providers are finding it necessary to reduce rates while others are expanding their services to include hours they are not currently operating. Some family child care providers have the flexibility to offer part-time services or to adapt schedules by opening earlier or closing later to meet different needs of their clients.

"An additional impact is the increase in the number of people offering family child care. Rita Khouri, Pitter Patter Daycare, an NAFCC Accredited program, shares that many women are trying child care as an option to supplement their household income. 'With so many women out of work, home daycare is booming with many women trying it out.' While some of these new caregivers enter the regulated family child care community, many do not. In some communities the child care market becomes saturated with family child care — both legal and illegal. This is an added stress for family child care providers who may already be struggling to fill all of their child care openings."

To find out about the regulations for family child care homes in Indiana follow this link. http://www.childcareanswers.com/facilityregulations.html

Paths to QUALITY Ad to appear in Johnson County Paper

Look for the Paths to QUALITY Ad this weekend in the Saturday edition of the Franklin Daily Journal.

Help for the Unemployed Hoosiers and Their Children

The State of Indiana has published a free guidebook helping unemployed Hoosiers easily find programs, resources and other support. The "Resource Guide for the Unemployed" includes information on:

How to apply for unemployment benefits;
Educational retraining programs;
Job search programs;
Hoosier Healthwise;
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;
Food stamps;
School meal programs;
Free and discounted prescription services;
Housing assistance and foreclosure prevention;
Home heating assistance;
Child care support.

Hard copies of the guidebook are available at the state's WorkOne employment offices. Locations can be found at:

WorkOne website

The resource book also is available online:

Online Resource Book