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27 <br /> 6. Project #6: Model Family Day Care Home <br /> a. Type of activity: Developing a model of infant/toddler family child care and training for <br /> family day care providers. <br /> b. Description of activity: The Model Family Child Care Home (MFCCH) is a collaborative <br /> effort to provide internship experience in a high quality family child care home. The MFCCH <br /> will provide child care, parent education, and support services for five families in the first year <br /> with the intention to replicate the program in other parts of the county in the second year. The <br /> MFCCH also will serve as a training ground for other Family Child Care providers with the <br /> aim of improving child care for approximately 100 additional families in Orange County in the <br /> first year of operation. <br /> c. Agencies/organizations involved, and description of their collaboration: <br /> HEARTH Foundation, Orange Congregations in Mission,Carol Woods Retirement <br /> Community, Orange County and Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools, Department of Social <br /> Services' Adolescent Parenting Project,Child Care Networks, Central Carolina Community <br /> College, Durham Tech, and Elon College <br /> d. Target population: At least 80% of the children served by the MFCCH will be from low- <br /> income families and families with teen parents. The training component of this project will <br /> target family child care providers. <br /> e. Expected outcomes, including time-frame: <br /> +Develop in participant families, during a two/three year relationship with the program,skills <br /> that are indicative of stable families <br /> +Improve the quality of family child care as measured by increased number of homes <br /> receiving NAFCC accreditation, improvement on the Family Day Care Rating Scale, and <br /> other measures developed by the team <br /> Offer a model for replication and expand the community's understanding and awareness of <br /> the unique characteristics of high quality family child care <br /> f. Implementation plan, including time-frame: Staff training,selection of families and <br /> set-up of the program will be complete by August 10, 1994. The MFCCH will open in mid- <br /> August. The family education program will begin shortly after the children have been oriented <br /> to the program. The program will begin accepting community college interns at the end of <br /> August and will begin visits for Family Child Care Providers by September 30. A first year <br /> evaluation will take place in June, 1995. The planning team and staff will meet at that time to <br /> revise and refine the plan. <br /> g . Types of funds: Services <br /> h. Total amount: $43,715 <br /> i . Budget: Attached <br /> j. Funding recipient: HEARTH Foundation <br /> (1) Public XX Private <br /> (2) Federal Tax ID#: <br /> (3) Name and Title of person authorized to sign contract: <br /> Spence Dickinson, Chair <br /> (4) Name, title, address, and phone of contract <br /> administrator: <br /> Spence Dickinson, Chair <br /> HEARTH Foundation <br /> 327 W. King St. <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> 933-9090 <br /> 25 <br />