National Alliance for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care

NAFFNCC Meetings

Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care: Where Are We? Where Are We Going? And, How Do We Get There From Here?
Chicago, IL November 6th, 2007
Co-sponsored by Illinois Action for Children,  http://www.actforchildren.org
Agenda 2007


Practice Panel PowerPoint Presentations:
Grace Fong & Mary Anne Nemoto's Presentation
website: http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/projects/learingtogrow/learingtogrow.asp


Research Panel PowerPoint Presentations:
Juliette Bromer & Julia Henly's Presentation

Eva Marie Shivers' Presentation
website: http://www.indigoculturalcenter.com/

Taryn Morrissey's Presentation


Policy Panel PowerPoint Presentations:
Deb Swenson Klatt's Presentation      
Deb Swenson Klatt's Logic Model

Rachel Schumacher's Presentation
website: http://www.clasp.org/





Makingit Real: Tapping into Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care, A Time-Honored Tradition

Atlanta,GA November 7th, 2006

Agenda  |  Promising Practices for Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care

Findings from Current Research:

Doug Powell's Presentation

Toni Porter's Presentation

Nina Sazer O'Donnell's Presentation

Eva Marie Shiver's Presentation

Next Steps

Meeting Survey Results

Related Presentations on Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care

Parents as Teachers Conference 2007 
St. Louis, MO. April 5th, 2007

Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care: Perspectives from Research with Lee J. Kreader, Child Care and Early Education Research Connections; Toni Porter, Institute for a Child CareContinuum.

This interactive session explored findings from a growing body of research on Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care and thier implications for family support services. Questions examined included: Who are family, friend and neighbor caregivers? Which children and families use family, friend and neighbor care and why? What are the models for supporting family, friend and neighbor care? What do we know about the effectiveness of different supports for family, friend and neighbor care? How can researchers, policy makers and practitioners best define and measure quality in family, friend and neighbor care?

The Society for Research in Child Development 2007 Biennial Meeting

Boston, MA March 27th, 2007
The Caring for Quality Project: First Year Evaluation Findings from a Program to Increase the Quality of Family Child Care with Lisa A. McCabe, Ph.D; Moncrieff Cochran, Ph.D., Cornell Early Childhood Program.

Boston, MA March 29th, 2007
Evaluation of a Pilot Program for Low-Income Grandmothers to Support Infant and Toddler Development with Erin J.Maher, Ph.D., Human Services Policy Center, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.

Strategies  for Supporting Quality in Kith and Kin Child Care: Findings fromthe Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Evaluation with Diane Paulsell, Debra Mekos, Patricia Del Grosso, Cassandra Rowand, & PattiBanghart, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

S.R.C.D. May, 2007
Current research by Rachel F. Barr & Eva Marie Shivers, Georgetown University & University of Pittsburgh
Exploring Cultural Differences in Children's Exposure to Television in Home-Based Child CareSettings

NACCRRA Policy Symposium

Washington, DC February 27th- March 3rd, 2007
Kith & Kin Child Care: Strategies for Assessing and Improving Quality with Diane Paulsell, Mathematica Policy Research; Debra Mekos, TheUrban Institute; Toni Porter, Bank Street College of Education.