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  Title: Reinvesting in Child Care: State Infant/Toddler Policies - Supporting a Diverse and Culturally Competent Workforce

URL: http://www.clasp.org/childcareandearlyeducation/diverseworkforce.pdf

Language: English
Author and Contributors:
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy (March 2009)
Review Level: Informal review
Primary Content Area: Early Childhood
Content Type: General Information
Audience: General Public & Consumers
Categories:
  • Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: Public Policy Issues and Education
  • Early Childhood: Child Care Best Practices: Infants and Toddlers
  • Early Childhood: Child Care Best Practices: Quality Matters - Research and Statistics
Resource Type: Not an extension nor a land-grant developed resource
Keywords: infant care, infant/toddler care, child care policies, policies for infant/toddler care
Description: This fact sheet highlights why it is important to recruit, maintain, and support diverse and culturally sensitive infant and toddler providers and caregivers. One in four children under age 3 has one or more foreign?born parents. Young children’s social and emotional development is supported when there is cultural and linguistic continuity between their experiences at home and in child care.  It includes recommendations for states child care policies.
Media Type: PDF - Portable Document Format
Resource Listed: November 16, 2009
Resource Last Updated: October 23, 2012




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