Child care helps

The following resources are compiled by the State library to help both parents and childcare providers in finding the assistance they need to provide Kansas kids a safe, happy, and educational environment.

Information for daycares/babysitters and those seeking them:
Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies- this site provides a list of agencies in various parts of Kansas that help parents find child care providers and they assist those providers with continuing education.
http://www.kaccrra.org/

Daycare homes and group daycare home regulations http://www.kdheks.gov/bcclr/regs/daycare_groupdaycare_regs.html

Child care licensing and registration
http://www.kdheks.gov/bcclr/index.html

Materials available for caregivers from KU Early Childhood Resource Center http://kskits.org/ecrc/

Financial help for child rearing:
Child care subsidy program from the Kansas Department of SRS
http://www.srskansas.org/ISD/ees/child_care.htm

Kansas Head Start Association- supports all 28 Head Start programs in Kansas
http://www.ksheadstart.org/

Tips for child rearing:
Kansas Parent Information Resource Center has wonderful ideas, tips, and website links to arm parents
http://www.kpirc.org/

Kindergarten in Kansas- guide for Kindergarten readiness http://www.kpirc.org/uploads/Kindergarten_in_Kansas.pdf

Parenting tools for the internet age
From the Governor’s office:
http://www.parenttools.ks.gov/default.htm
From the Attorney General’s office:
http://www.ksag.org/content/page/id/47

Kansas Parents as Teachers
http://www.kpata.org/

Popular Baby Names in 2007

The Kansas Center for Health and Environmental Statistics recently released its annual listing of most popular names given to newborns. At the top of the diaper pail in 2007 were two names which are interchangeable for boys and girls: Addison and Aiden. You can check out the list of names as well as former top baby names for previous years at:

http://www.kdheks.gov/hci/babyname.html