Care Connections

Information on Swine flu from the Center on Disease Control:

• H1N1 (Swine Flu): Information for Child Care Providers
• H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Information for Concerned Parents and Caregivers

Finding Quality Child Care:

Child Care Food Handlers:

• Oregon Child Care Food Handler's test online

Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP)

• Building for the Future (English/Espanol)

Other Important Information:

• Online Central Background Registry
• Tom Copeland's Taking Care of Your Child Care Business
• Raise Me Up - A call to action to improve and ultimately prevent the need for foster care.
• Moving Beyond Foster Care - This initiative is dedicated to safely and equitably reducing the number of children in foster care and improving the lives of the children who remain in our care.
• Protecting Children in Child Care During Emergencies [PDF].

Dear Child Care Partners,
 
Due to higher than expected attrition rates, the Employment Related Day Care program is discontinuing the Child Care (ERDC) Reservation list.
 
Effective March 22, 2011, our rules have changed allowing for DHS to remove the eligibility requirement for parents to have transitioned from TANF to employment or not have had a break in ERDC benefits in more than two (2) calendar months.
 
The intent of this change is to allow all clients who do not have Employment Related Child Care or have lost benefits to access services.
 
Please help get the word out.  We anticipate that this change will remain in effect until June 30, 2011.
 
Thank you for your support in helping working families in Oregon.