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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
Voters Say: Kids Can't Wait to Learn
Posted: 2006-02-27
A recent statewide poll conducted by our sister organization Ready 4K shows a very high percentage of Minnesota voters support early education. The complete report is available at http://www.ready4k.org.
Again, the study shows that high numbers of voters in the state feel that childrens child care experiences are critical and should be adequately funded. The folks at Ready 4K attribute this sea change to the years of hard work our field has put into educating the public on our issues. They mentioned that R&Rs deserve a huge round of applause.
Go to the Econoomic Impact of Child Care media archive.
Voters Say: Kids Can't Wait to Learn
Posted: 2006-02-27
A recent statewide poll conducted by our sister organization Ready 4K shows a very high percentage of Minnesota voters support early education. The complete report is available at http://www.ready4k.org.
Again, the study shows that high numbers of voters in the state feel that childrens child care experiences are critical and should be adequately funded. The folks at Ready 4K attribute this sea change to the years of hard work our field has put into educating the public on our issues. They mentioned that R&Rs deserve a huge round of applause.
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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