Childcare

High-quality childcare is a primary concern for families all across the globe, especially for those located in the United States. There are a variety of childcare programs available for families to choose from including the YMCA, child development centers, Boys and Girls Clubs, Head Start, and many others. Today, many families prefer a family-oriented childcare experience for their child and often seek out child development centers. A Child Development Center is a nonprofit organization that…

Childcare in Quebec and the rest of Canada vary significantly. The variation is very extreme, whereas families in Quebec are spending approximately $152 per month on childcare, and families in other provinces are budgeting over $1000 monthly. Why such a huge difference when all these families are residing in the same country? Some families are budgeting all their income towards childcare, but other families are only contributing not even a quarter of their income. What is behind all this? Many…

Working parents today, are faced with the difficult challenge, of finding adequate and affordable childcare. In fact, many two household parents are opting, for one parent to quit working; and stay at home until children reach school age. This is attributed to the high cost of childcare. “On average, families with children under age six, who incur child care costs, spend 8.8% of their income on child care, and families living below the federal poverty line spend 20% of their income on child…

In order to properly explore the problem of the childcare system on the family and society in general, I first need to discuss two other policies that affect the childcare system. The first, the welfare reform law, was enacted in 1996. The passing of the social security act of 1935 introduced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program in order to support…

Initial contact: CW Holland made initial contact with Gylian “William” Long and the three minor children Graylan “Jace”, Gylian “Ethan” and Garren “Cade”. Cade and Ethan are sleep. Ethan is observed to be sleep on the couch. Cade was in the bed room sleep on a blow up mattress. CW Holland made initial contact at 653 East Church Street Batesburg, SC. CW Holland made contact with Gylian “William” Long. He stated that he is the only that discovered all this mess. CW read the allegation. CW…

matters. Without sufficient public spending, there is a greater risk that access to ECEC programmes will be restricted to affluent families and that the quality of the programmes will vary” (OECD, 2013, Pg.4). According to Gestwicki, a good quality childcare service comprises of three essential components: Dynamics of quality, the framework of quality and context of quality (Gestwicki, 2012, Pg. 81). The context of quality consists of elements that are set outside of the immediate Early…

Study Purpose What defines quality in the childcare sector outside of the home? Who determines what the level of quality is and how quality be attained or improved. In 2007, researchers from the Midwest region of the United States conducted a regional study to determine just that. The researchers who conducted this study set out to find the perspectives of many different stakeholders within the system of childcare including parents, caregivers, policy makers and social service providers…

environmental factors affects the HR practices at the SFU Childcare Centre. Listed below are environmental factors and how each affects the HR Strategy of the Childcare Centre. Economic Climate The SFU Childcare Society is funded 80% by the Student Fees and requires a 97% enrolment rate to operate as is. Therefore severe economic recessions that would affect the employees of SFU campus would negatively impact the employees at SFU Childcare society as well. Given most children are children of SFU…

In high school, before I started working in a childcare program, I remember myself having much worse qualities and behaviors than I do now. However, I do not think working in a childcare program alone is what turned some of my bad qualities into good ones, but also because I was maturing and growing up. Three qualities that I know for sure stemmed from a childcare program are patience, organization, and being a good listener. Before working in childcare programs, my patience level was very low…

An unannounced monitoring, inspection was conducted on 12/3/2015. I arrived at the operation which is located at 5490 US HWY 59S about 9:35 am. I was greeted by Jana Gonzalez the assistant director, Ms. Gonzalez stated Keri Warren was out sick. I handed her business card and then explained the purpose of my inspection and reviewed the subchapters I would be observing. I prepared for the inspection by reviewing the frequency of inspections made, observing the operations, compliance history, the…