A Roadmap for Delivering Child Care in Agricultural Communities
Year Developed: 2019
Resource Type: Toolkit.Primary Audience: Administrative Staff
Secondary Audience: Outreach Staff
Language(s): English
Sponsored by: National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety; Migrant Clincians Network
Developed by: National Network for Oral Health Access (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This workbook is designed to help you identify challenges and assets in your agricultural community, as well as help you understand how these factors play a role in accessing child care services. This workbook also offers important resources you can use to overcome common barriers and suggests where to find more information.
Resource Details: Making sure the children of workers are kept safely away from dangers on the farm can improve productivity, reduce absenteeism, and improve public relations. You are most likely reading this because you have noticed a problem - child care services in your community for the children of farm workers are inadequate. Now that you recognize this, it’s important that your community does too.
Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations
Keywords: Adolescents and Youth, Pediatrics (Infants, Toddlers, and Children).This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.