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16 <br /> IV. DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIFIC STRATEGIES <br /> A .Goal #1: To Improve Early Care and Education Services <br /> 1 . Project #1: Family Day Care Technical Assistance Program <br /> a. Type of Activity: Provider Education and Support <br /> b. Description of Activity: A comprehensive system of education and support aimed <br /> specifically at family child care providers will be created. A model family child care home will <br /> be developed, a training series (with community college credit available) will be provided, <br /> mentoring and on-site support for providers seeking quality improvement and NAFCC <br /> accreditation will be given, and educational reference materials and toys/equipment from a <br /> resource library will be distributed. <br /> c. Agencies/organizations involved, and description of their collaboration: <br /> Collaboration will occur with HEARTH foundation on the creation of a model family child care <br /> home (HEARTH being the lead agency;)with HEARTH,Central Carolina Community <br /> College, Durham Tech,NC Family Child Care Quality Committee, and Edna Neal Collins on <br /> a training series; with Durham Day Care Council and Child Care Resource and Referral of <br /> Wake County on accreditation; with HEARTH and Orange County Library on reference <br /> materials. <br /> d. Target Population: Family child care providers <br /> e. Expected outcomes, including time-frame: <br /> +At least 12 family child care providers will receive community college credit for training. <br /> At least 20 family child care providers will use resource materials under the new plan. <br /> At least 25 children will receive improved quality care in family child care. <br /> f. Implementation plan, including time-frame: The Model Family Child Care Home will <br /> provide services by August 1, 1994. Community college credit through Durham Tech and <br /> Central Carolina Community College will be available for training designed for family child <br /> care providers by fall quarter of 1994. A collaborative plan will be developed for distributing <br /> resource materials to family child care providers by January 1995 and will be implemented <br /> fully by June 30, 1995. <br /> NAFCC accreditation and FCC quality improvement: Three providers will have completed the <br /> accreditation process by January 1995 and at least three additional providers by June 30, 1995. <br /> The process includes technical assistance visits,work with a mentor,completion of <br /> accreditation materials and the accreditation visit. Five additional homes will be visited and <br /> assessed using the FDCRS and then reassessed after receiving comprehensive technical <br /> assistance. These will be homes that may not be ready to begin the accreditation process. <br /> g. Types of funds: Services <br /> h. Total amount: $43,463 <br /> i . Budget: Attached <br /> j. Funding recipient: Child Care Networks <br /> (1) Public _Private <br /> (2) Federal Tax ID #: <br /> (3) Name and Title of person authorized to sign contract: <br /> Nancy Park, Director of Administration <br /> (4) Name, title, address, and phone of contract administrator: <br /> Nancy Park, Director of Administration <br /> Child Care Networks <br /> Carr Mill Mall, Suite C-7 <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> 942-0184 <br /> 14 <br />