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Information About Child Care Issues
Why Does Child Care Matter In Minnesota?
Child care providers represent one of our state’s largest workforces at 36,500 workers strong*, enable 75 percent of Minnesota families to get to work each day by caring for their children**, and play a central role in preparing our future workforce for success.
On this page:
- Annual Reports
- Reports & Studies
- Data
- Family, Friends & Neighbor Providers Reports
- Media Stories: Economic Impact of Child Care
- Media Stories: Trends & Quality in Care
Network Annual Reports (PDFs)
- 2009 Annual Report (PDF, 2.01 MB)
- 2008 Annual Report (PDF, 709 KB)
- 2007 Annual Report (PDF, 605 KB)
- 2006 Annual Report (PDF, 949 KB)
Reports & Studies
- Early Child Care and Youth Development (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Child Care use in Minnesota (Wilder Research Center)
- Child Care Workforce in Minnesota (Wilder Research Center)
- Covering the Map: Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies Providing Vital Services to Parents Throughout the United States (NACCRRA)
- Family, friend and neighbor care supply and demand (Wilder Research Center)
- Grandparents: A Critical Child Care Safety Net (NACCRRA)
- A New Day for Learning (PDF, Time, Learning, and Afterschool Task Force)
- Parents and the High Price of Child Care: 2010 Update (NACCRRA)
- Road Map for School Readiness in the Hmong Community: a Five-Year Plan (Ready 4K)
- Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD)
Data
- 2009 Kids Count Data Book
- 2008 Kids Count Data Book (PDF)
- Data on Child Care in Minnesota
- Minnesota Data Trends
Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Reports & Studies (PDFs)
- 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
Learn.
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)
- Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Results of the 2004 Minnesota Statewide Household Child Care Survey
- Family, Friends and Neighbors Caring for Children Through the Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program: A Survey of Caregivers and Parents
- Observations of Family, Friend and Neighbor Care in Minnesota (briefing paper)
- Observations of Family, Friend and Neighbor Care in Minnesota (full report)
- Families, Friends and Neighbor Child Care Providers in Recent Immigrant and Refugee Communities
- Sparking Connections Report, Phase II
- Sparking Connections Report 2006
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.
Media Stories
Economic Impact of Child Care
» States slash prekindergarten programs as economy falters, budgets bleed (2010-08-23)
» A Year of Day Care More Expensive Than a Year at Public College? (2010-08-03)
» Stadiums Vs Our Children’s Future (2010-03-22)
» Arthur Rolnick pleased with Fed's role in helping to form public policies (2010-02-18)
» The economist and the kids (2009-11-05)
Go to the Econoomic Impact of Child Care media archive.
Trends & Quality in Care
» Business 101: Helping employees balance work and family life pays off (2010-08-23)
» For children born into poverty, brain development may be hindered (2010-08-23)
» US Program Says MN Fails At Protecting Children (2010-07-30)
» Too much screen time tied to kids' attention woes (2010-07-19)
» Your turn: Early ed funds need big boost (2010-07-19)
Go to the Trends & Quality in Care media archive.
*Wilder Research, “Child Care Workforce in Minnesota”, 2006 Statewide Study of Demographics, Training and Professional Development. Richard Chase.
**Wilder Research, “Child Care Workforce in Minnesota”, 2006 Statewide Household Child Care Survey. Richard Chase.
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