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Tool/Web Site: Child Care Resources for Disasters and Emergencies - Presents emergency preparedness and response resources for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees. -- Administration for Children and Families

Organization: Administration for Children and Families - Funds state, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families. Operates the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF). It is part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Publication: Kids Count Data Book, 2010 - Provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of Americas children and families. Includes graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation

Publication: Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay More Disproportionately for Child Care - Reports that working families with young children living in poverty pay 32 percent of their income on child care, nearly five times more than families living at more than 200 percent of the poverty level. Reports that rural and urban families spend a similar proportion of theirfamily income on child care. -- Carsey Institute

Tool/Web Site: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) - A source of federal funds for meals and snacks to licensed public and nonprofit child care centers plus family and group child care homes for preschool children. Funds are also provided for meals and snacks served at after-school programs for school-age children, and to adult day care centers serving chronically impaired adults or people over age 60. -- USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Publication: Employment Rates Higher Among Rural Mothers than Urban Mothers - Describes that rural mothers with children under age six have higher employment rates than their urban counterparts, but have higher poverty rates, lower wages, and lower family income, placing rural mothers and their children in a more economically vulnerable situation than urban mothers. -- Carsey Institute

Publication: Low Wages Prevalent in Direct Care and Child Care Workforce - Discusses issues of direct care workers and child care workers. Direct care workers take care of people with chronic illnesses or disabilities. Discusses the hourly wages and lack of health insurance among these workers. -- Carsey Institute

Publication: Head Start in Rural Communities - Includes a chapter from the 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues. Discusses Head Start, a comprehensive early childhood development program, and the challenges that face rural Head Start programs. -- National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services

Publication: Participation and Employment Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Users in Rural and Urban Oregon - Analyzes employment and program participation dynamics for rural and urban families in the Oregon child care subsidy program. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center

Publication: Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care - Reports on the child care options available to rural families. Discusses the potential impact of reliance on informal daycare for rural children. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center

Publication: Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care for their Preschool-Aged Children - Discusses child care options for rural families. Rural employed mothers rely more oninformal non-related care providers thanurban employed mothers. -- Carsey Institute

Organization: American Public Human Services Association - Works to educate members of Congress, the media, and the broader public on what is happening in the states regarding welfare, child welfare, health care reform, and other issues involving families and the elderly.

Funding opportunity: First Children's Finance Loan Fund - Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities. -- First Children's Finance

Tool/Web Site: Knowledge Path: Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs - A collection of resources about caring for children and adolescents with special health care needs for health professionals, policymakers, program administrators, and families. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Tool/Web Site: Knowledge Paths Index - Resources and tools of new developments and research on maternal and child health-related topics. Includes links to Web sites, electronic publications, databases, and discussion groups, and citations for journal articles and other print resources. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau