Links
Child Care: Work & Family by Arthur C. Emlen
Here are some useful national and international sites that one might peruse, starting with a local parenting blog that I like because it gives voice to parent concerns and action. The site is http://www.urbanmamas.com/activistas. Part of the urbanMamas community, its goal is “to inform, inspire, and connect busy parents who what to create change on the issues that matter to your family.” And for more on the parent’s voice, see my own PDF document: Research compels respect for the parent’s voice.
Three activist sites on the national scene are:
- MomsRising, which "offers easy entry into citizen advocacy and is bringing the power of online organizing to motherhood and family issues.
- Mothers Movement Online, which is "a web magazine for mothers and others interested in the big picture of work and family in contemporary society." They provide "resources and reporting for mothers and others who think about social change.
- Take Care Net, which is “a network of work and family experts who support public policies that take care of those who give and those who need care.” Contact Bob Drago at 814-883-9907 or drago@psu.edu. Robert Drago, an economist, is Professor of Labor Studies and Women’s Studies at Penn State University, and author of Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life (2007).
In 2004, the Child Care Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a web site called Research Connections: http://www.childcareresearch.org. It is designed to serve researchers and policy makers in child care and early education. Its scope includes searchable references, data sets for secondary analysis, policy briefs, and 50-state comparisons of data and policies.
Relevant Information and statistical data from a variety of research groups:
- Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids-Count Project
- Child Trends, Inc.
- The Children's Defense Fund
- National Child Care Information Center
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- The Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College
- Families and Work Institute
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- National Center for Children in Poverty
Sources of information especially dealing with policy and law related to child care, family, and work:
- New America Foundation: Workforce & Family Program
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Child Care Law Center
- Economic Policy Institute
- National Women's Law Center
- Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Professional organizations and support groups providing useful information:
- World at Work
- Work & Family Connection: a work-life clearinghouse to help employers
- National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- Child Care Aware
- Alliance for Work-Life Progress
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Association for Family Child Care
- National AfterSchool Association
- Family Support America
- Healthy Child Care (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Information especially focused on family support and child care for children with disabilities:
- Circle of Inclusion
- Child Care and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Center for Inclusive Child Care
- SpeciaLink, The National Centre for Child Care Inclusion
Sites from Europe and the United Kingdom with emphasis on employment studies and work flexibility: