Child Care Liaison Project
Caring for Children & Youth Poster (8.5" x 14") is available for download HERE.
Child Care Reminders Poster for licensed child care (8.5" x 14") is available for download HERE.
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The Child Care Liaison Project is a resource and support for child care ministries in Arkansas United Methodist Churches.
Created in 2006 and funded with a grant from the United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas, the project liaision connects weekday child care centers with the profession of child care throughout Arkansas. The liaison also represents the interests of our programs and advocates for all children at state and local events, meetings and conferences
In 2008, the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education and The Arkansas Early Childhood Commission selected Meredith O’Hara, the Child Care Liaision, as an outstanding early childhood professional.
With providing resources for local church child care centers at its core, a Child Care Guidebook is in development and expected to be released in early 2009. The guidebook was developed to assist United Methodist churches in all aspects of their weekday child care ministries. The United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas sponsored the guidebook project.
The Child Care Liaison can help your church:
- Connect with other directors, administrators, or chlid care program board members via our network and Google list-serv group
- Begin a child care program
- Transition directors
- Work with DHS to overcome licensing challenges
- Obtain state Quality Accreditation
- Begin accepting state vouchers to pay for care of low income children
- Become an Arkansas Better Chance pre-school
- Begin utilizing any of the Special Nutrition Programs (food program, At Risk program summer feeding program etc.)
- Work with unlicensed care programs to ensure appropriate standards are met
- Identify appropriate training opportunities
- Conduct certain verified trainings
Rev. Phil Hathcock, phathcock@arumc.org, 501.324.8010 or Libby Gray, lgray@arumc.org, 501.324.8028.
