Family, Friend and Neighbor Care: Selected Resources
General Resources
Research Connections
National Child Care Information Center, Resources and Organizations
www.nccic.org/faqs/kithandkin.html
Bank Street College of Education
Instructions: Visitors should click on ICCC on the drop-down menu.
First 5 California Informal Child Caregiver Support Project (website containing information and resources related to license-exempt / family, friend and neighbor child caregivers)
New York Office of Children and Family Services, Cornell University Cooperative Extension: Children in My Care (newsletters for providers)
www.human.cornell.edu/hd/cecp/caregiver.html
Better Care for Babies Campaign
National Latino Children's Institute: Words for the Future (early childhood public education toolkit)
Parents as Teachers National Center
Voices for Alabama's Children, Kids and Kin (training, education, newsletters, and events for providers)
Arizona Kith and Kin Project (support and training groups)
http://www.asccaz.org/kithandkin.html
Hawaii's Good Beginnings Alliance, Play and Learn Community Centers
The Food Research Action Center
License-Exempt Assistance Project, Crystal Stairs, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
(training and outreach)
National Child Care Information Center, State and Local Strategies for Supporting Family, Friend, and Neighbor Providers and the Families who Choose Informal Child Care
http://www.nccic.org/faqs/stateandlocal.html
Stahl, Deborah, Nina Sazer O'Donnell, Peg Sprague, and Marta Lopez. (2003). Sparking Connections: Community Based Strategies for Helping Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers Meet the Needs of Employees, Their Children, and Employers. Families and Work Institute. www.fwi.org
Selected Bibliography
Anderson, S. G., Ramsburg, D. M., & Rothbaum, B. (2003). Illinois study of license-exempt child care: Interim report. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois.
Brandon, Maher, Joesch, and Doyle (2002). Understanding family, friend, and neighbor care in Washington state: Developing appropriate training and support. Seattle, WA: Human Services Policy Center.
Brandon, Richard N. and Sharon Lynn Kagan-co-Pis. Financing Universal Early Care and Education for American Children.
Bromer, J., & Henly, J. (2002). Policy Initiatives for the Informal Child Care Sector. Poverty Research News, 6(1), 15-16.
Brown-Lyons, M., Robertson, A., & Layzer, J. (2001). Kith and kin--informal child care: Highlights from recent research. New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty.
Butler, J., Brigham, N., & Schultheiss, S. (1991). No place like home: A study of subsidized in-home and relative child day care. Philadelphia: Rosenblum and Associates.
Capizzano, J., Adams, G., & Sonenstein, F. (2000). Child care arrangements for children under five: Variations across states. New federalism: National survey of America's families, series B (No. B-7). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Casper, L. (1997). Who's minding our children? Fall 1994 Update. Current population reports, household economic studies, P-70, no.62. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.
Center for the Child Care Workforce and the Human Services Policy Center. (2002). Estimating the size and components of the US child care workforce and caregiving Population. Report to the Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Coley, R. L., Chase-Lansdale, L. P., & Li-Grining, C. P. (2001). Child care in the era of welfare reform: Quality, choices, and preferences. Welfare, children & families: A three-city study, policy brief 01-4. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University.
Collins, A., & Carlson, B. (1998). Child care by kith and kin--Supporting family, friends, and neighbors caring for children. Washington, DC: National Center for Children in Poverty.
Drake, P., Jakwerth, P., Unti, L., Greenspoon, B., Fawcett, L.K. (2004). First 5 California Informal Child Caregiver Support Project focus group and interview results. Scotts Valley, CA. and ETR Associates.
Ehrle, J., & Green, R. (2002). Children cared for by relatives: What services do they need. New federalism: National survey of America's families. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
Ehrle, J., Green, R., & Clark, R. (2001). Children cared for by relatives: Who are they and how are they faring? Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute.
Folk, K. F. (1994). For Love or Money: Costs of Child Care by Relatives. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 15(3), 243-260.
Fuller, B., & Kagan, S. L. (2000). Remember the children: Mothers balance work and child care under welfare reform (Growing up in poverty project: Wave 1 Findings). Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley; New Haven, CT: Yale University.
Gilbert, N., Duerr, J., & Meyers, M. (1991). GAIN family life and child care study: Final report. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley.
Goodson,B.D. & Layzer, J.I. (2004). National study of child care of low-income families. Care in the home: A description of family child care and the experiences of the families and children that use it. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Inc.
Hofferth S. L. Brayfield, A., Deich, S. & P. Holcomb (1990). National child care survey, 1990. Washington, DC.: The Urban Institute.
Human Services Policy Center. Analysis of 1999 National Household Education Survey, National Center for Education Statistics.
Kimmel, J., & Powell, L. M. (2001). Non-standard work and child care choices of married mothers: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Kontos, S., Howes, C., Shinn, M., & Galinksy, E. (1995). Quality in family child care and relative care. New York: Teacher's College Press.
Larner, M. (1994). In the neighborhood: Programs that strengthen family day care for low-income families. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty.
Kuhlthau, K., & Mason, K. O. (1996). Market Child Care versus Care by Relatives. Journal of Family Issues, 17(4), 561-578.
Malaske-Samu, K. (1996). Highlights from the 1996 license-exempt child care provider survey. Los Angeles, CA: County of Los Angeles Department of Human Services.
Maxwell, K., & Kraus, S. (2002, November). Legal, non-regulated care. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, New York, NY.
Morgan, G., Elliott, K., Beaudette, C., & Azer, S. L. (2001). Non-licensed forms of child care in homes: Issues and recommendations for state support. Boston, MA: Wheelock College Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education.
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, N. (1998). All in the family: Making child care provided by relatives work for you (Technical Assistance for Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies). Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies.
Pine, B. A. (1999). Caring for Connecticut's children: Perspectives on informal, subsidized child care. Farmington, CT: The Child Health and Development Institute of Conneticut.
Porter, T. (2003). Working with legally-exempt child care providers. New York: Bank Street College of Education.
Porter, T. (1998). Neighborhood child care: Family, friends, and neighbors talk about caring for other people's children. New York: Bank Street College of Education.
Porter, T., & Habeeb, S. (2002). Understanding license-exempt care in Connecticut: Report to the Connecticut Department of Social Services initiative to support kith and kin care. New York: Bank Street College of Education.
Porter, T., & Rice, R. (2000). Lessons learned: Strategies for working with kith and kin caregivers. New York: Bank Street College of Education.
Raikes, H. (2003). Child care quality and workforce characteristics in four midwestern states. Omaha, NE: The Gallup Organization.
Roschelle, A. R. (1997). No more kin: Exploring race, class, and gender in family networks. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Siegal, G. L., & Loman, L. A. (1991). Child care and AFDC recipients in Illinois: Patterns, problems, and needs. Chicago: Institute of Applied Research.
Smith, J. R. (1991). REACH/JOBS participants: Approved Home child care survey. Trenton, NJ: State of New Jersey Department of Human Services.
Snyder, K. & Adelman S. (2004). The Use of Relative Care While Parents Work: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families. Diiscussion Paper 04-09. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. (Can also be found on the web at http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=311131.)
Stahl, D., O'Donnell, N. S., Sprague, P., & Lopez, M. (2002). Sparking connections: Community-based strategies for helping family, friend and neighbor caregivers meet the needs of employees, their children and employers. New York: Families and Work Institute.
Susman-Stillman, A (2004). Family, friend and neighbor care: Promoting quality care and children's healthy development. Scotts Valley, CA. First 5 California and ETR Associates.
Todd,C. & Robinson, V. (2003). The characteristics and training needs of informal caregivers in Georgia who are funded by the Georgia Child Care and Parent Services (CAPS) program. (unpublished manuscript). Athens, GA: University of Georgia.
Uttal, L. (1999). Using Kin for Child Care: Embedment in Socioeconomic Networks of Extended Families. Journal of marriage and the Family, 61, 845-857.
West, J., Wright D.A., & Hausken, E. G. (1996). Statistics in brief: Child care and early education program participation of Infants,toddlers, and preschoolers. Washington DC: National Center for Educational Statistics.
Zinsser, C. (2001). Child Care within the Family. The Future of Children, 11(1), 123-127.
Zinsser, C. (1991). Raised in East Urban: Child care changes in a working class community. New York: Teachers College Press.
Links
Abt Associates: www.abtassociates.com
Bank Street College of Education: www.bankstreet.edu/iccc
Child Care Bureau: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb
ETR Associates: www.etr.org/ffn/
National Center for Children in Poverty: www.nccp.org
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