| The Quality Rating System begins successfully with 365 home providers and 141 centers enrolled during the first year. Region 1 is re-aligned with the regional office remaining in Mid-Sioux Opportunity in Remsen and CCR&R services also being provided by Upper Des Moines Opportunity in Graettinger. |
| In
February, final revisions are made
to Iowa code to establish a Quality
Rating System for Child Care.
A Quality Rating specialist is hired
for Northwest Iowa, with an office
in Sioux City. |
| Teacher
Education And Compensation Helps (TEACH)
program is available in Iowa.
Development of a statewide Early Care
and Education Training Registry begins. |
| Business
Practices consultation and training
is available for center programs |
|
Including
children with special needs, literacy,
and mental health become targeted
training needs for child care professionals,
along with the introductory classes. |
|
CCR&R
Service Delivery Area title is changed
to Region. Iowa promotes Child Care
Resource and Referral services with
a new statewide logo and marketing
materials. Region 1 has over 100
ChildNet Certified providers. A
statewide initiative on Infant Toddler
training and technical support to
providers is undertaken. Welcome
to Child Care training is available
for centers and Welcome to School
Age Care available for professionals
caring for school-age children.
|
|
CCR&R
agencies receive funding to recruit
and retain child care workers. ChildNet
home provider training begins in Sioux
City and Sioux Center. Participants
demonstrate their learning through
a certification process. Incentive
programs are initiated to promote
infant care and quality programs.
Funding is received for enhanced child
care searches to assist parents. Research
shows a significant number of children
are being cared for by family, friends
and neighbors. Training, technical
assistance and support is offered
to these groups. Child Development
Home consultants and Child Care Health
Consultants are available for early
care and education programs. |
|
CCR&R
implements a computerized data base
of child care providers for parent
referrals. |
|
With
welfare reform, hundreds of welfare
recipients enter the workforce,
exerting pressure on the child care
system.
CCR&R
programs housed in the Family Resource
Center in Carroll, Upper Des Moines
Opportunity, Inc. in Graettinger,
and Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
in Remsen, form one regional office
centrally located in Remsen. |
|
A
national study finds that only one
in seven child care programs are of
good quality. |
|
Carnegie
Corporations' report "Starting
Points" sparks a national discussion
on the importance of the first 3 years
of life in the development of the
brain. |
|
In
a national study only 56% of child
care employees report they have any
early childhood education training.
Training becomes a focus of CCR&R
agencies. July 1, 1992 marks the birth
of a statewide CCR&R system, in
response to legislation and administrative
rules developed by the Iowa department
of Human Services. From its
inception, CCR&R has been focused
on improving the quality and availability
of affordable child care in Iowa.
CCR&R offices are charged with
providing services to Parents, Child
Care Providers, and Communities. |
|
Child
Care Resource and Referral programs
at Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Upper Des
Moines Opportunity and Family Resource
Center combine to form a regional
office in Remsen. This CCR&R service
delivery area (SDA) office opens for
business in Remsen. It has 2 employees
and oversees CCR&R services to
22 counties in northwest Iowa. |
|
Across
the nation, 60 percent of working
women are mothers if infants or toddlers.
Iowa has a need to establish an agency
to address child care needs. Child
Care Resource and Referral agencies
are established throughout Iowa. |
