Since 1997, The Institute for a Child Care Continuum at Bank Street College has been engaged in work with family, friends, and neighbors who provide child care for other people's children. Its new effort, the National Kith and Kin Child Care Initiative aims to achieve acceptance of kith and kin child care as an integral part of the child care system.

Objectives

• To contribute to the knowledge base about kith and kin care
• To promote good practice for working with kith and kin caregivers
• To inform policy decisions about kith and kin care

Goals for 1999-2000

• A national meeting of practitioners who work with kith and kin caregivers to discuss lessons learned
• A series of briefing papers about good practice for work with kith and kin caregivers
• A national meeting of policy makers and practitioners to identify policy issues related to kith and kin child care

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