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A program of Prairie Five CAC, Inc.

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Have openings in your child care program?

As openings or changes occur, please contact us to update your file in our referral database:
>Report your openings online
>Email your update to us
>Call 1-866-511-2244 to update your record
Newsletter
The latest issue of Midwest Memo is now available. In this issue:
  • Summertime and school agers
  • Grant information
  • How to protect children from the sun
  • Regional news
  • Sand and water play
  • 2009 Legislative summary
  • Military child care services
>Click here to read the newsletter


R.E.E.T.A.I.N Grants
Now is the time for licensed family child care providers to apply for a REETAIN grant. Applications must be postmarked by July 31.

To obtain the application and instructions, visit www.mnstreams.org. You will need your user id and password to login. If you do not know your user id and password, contact Midwest CCR&R at 1-877-311-2244 or email midwestccrr@willmarnet.com.


H1N1 Information
for Child Care Providers

As your CCR&R, we understand that you may be receiving questions from the families you work with regarding your plans or thoughts on managing flu in your program. The following guidelines are good, general health guidelines. They may also be helpful as you create a plan for managing this new illness and/or managing the concerns of parents. It is very likely you will never need to put this plan into action. It still may be reassuring to have such information on hand.

You can help protect the health of yourself and the children and families you serve by calling attention to the every day preventive actions that parents can initiate to protect their children. Please consider posting or distributing the following message in your child care facility:

Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs (pdf)

For child care providers, it would be prudent to:
  • First and most importantly, remind parents and enforce policies for having ill children stay at home during their illness.
  • A child may be infectious for up to 10 days after illness onset with influenza while adults are generally infectious for 5-7 days.
  • Provide information to parents on steps that they could take to prevent flu. (This fact sheet could be distributed to each parent or posted on a door to the facility).
  • Contact your local public health department if you have questions or suspected cases.
More information:
Working on a CDA?
Minnesota CDA Support Project
The Minnesota CDA Support Project offers financial support and guidance to child care professionals who are working toward their National Child Development Associate Credential (CDA)

National CDA candidates may apply for financial support (up to $300) to pay for the services of a qualified CDA advisor. To apply for financial support, please contact the Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network at 651-290-9704 ext. 108 or lindam@mnchildcare.org.

What is a CDA? What steps are involved?

Complete your CDA training requirements online through Eager-to-Learn's CDA cohort program. Eager-to-Learn is offering a CDA cohort program for child care providers through which participants can meet their 120 hour CDA training requirement by registering for 9 special CDA online classes.

Surge Support Child Care Services
Providing Child Care for Minnesota's Deployed Army National Guard and Reserve Families

Child care professionals across Minnesota are offering Surge Support Child Care Services to family members of Minnesota's deployed Army National Guard and Reserve.

What do families receive?
Families receive up to two days of child care per month, for up to six months. There is no cost to the family members for using the Surge Support Child Care Services.

Military families can contact Midwest CCR&R at 1-866-511-2244 to request referrals of participating child care providers.

Minnesota's military families are facing tremendous challenges,
some of which involve child care.
We are here to help!
Looking for Child Care?
Midwest CCR&R offers FREE assistance with finding high quality child care.
A Parents' Guide to Leaving Children at Home Alone
>View pdf version
>View Microsoft Word version


Rate Survey Results
The results of our 2009 annual rate survey are now available.
> View average rates by county

Child Care Providers:
Do you have openings or need to update your record in our database?
>Report your openings online
>Email your update to us
>Call 1-866-511-2244 to update your record

Did you turn in your Provider Business Update form?
Only provider names with current information will be given out to families searching for child care. If you are not sure if you are up to date, please call us at 866-511-2244.

You can download the form here, then complete and mail it back to us.


Training Catalog
Our May-August 2009 Training Catalog is now available!

>Click here to view the catalog


Shaken Baby Video Available to Purchase
Midwest CCR&R has copies of the video available for you to purchase. To order a copy, call our training registration line at 1-877-311-2244. The cost is $5.00. This will fulfill the yearly video viewing requirement.


What can your CCR&R Referral Department do for you?
Child Care Resource & Referral is committed to connecting you with families looking for child care. We believe in the importance of these relationships, and we are proud to introduce parents to high-quality child care providers like you.

How we create connections and why we need your help:
  • Customized referrals are one of the critical services we provide to parents and child care providers. Through referrals we help families find child care and help them understand the importance of high quality care.
  • To provide accurate and current information to the families who turn to us, we contact you every several months by phone or email to update your vacancy information. We also contact you annually to keep your business and rate information up-to-date.
Feel free to contact us anytime with updated information or questions
Call Midwest CCR&R at 1-866-511-2244 or email us at midwestccrr@willmarnet.com



Midwest Child Care Resource & Referral
7th & Washington Ave - PO Box 159
Montevideo, MN 56265
(320)269-8727 or (800)292-5437
Fax (320)269-6570
email: midwestccrr@willmarnet.com
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm CST