Community Resources for Children

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Nov 15, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$3,046,748

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Active Bodies Project: This project teaches child care professionals how to create an environment that encourages active movement and healthy eating along with talking to parents about incorporating children's healthy behaviors at home. The Active Bodies Project Manager utilizes active movement materials from CRC's Toy Library and Early Learning Center, demonstrates their use and then leaves them on loan for center staff to use with the children.Child Care Initiative Project: CCIP is a training series that focuses on providing quality childcare for infants and toddlers. This intensive training series is being offered to participants going through the process to become licensed Family Child Care Providers as well as existing Child Care Providers.Napa County's Children & Weight Coalition is a collaboration of community organizations, schools, recreation facilities, health care professionals and others dedicated to reducing childhood overweight in Napa County. Our mission is to provide leadership for the community and serve as a resource for the development of interdisciplinary, evidence-based strategies to promote children's health through nutrition and physical activity. Browse our website for more information. Resources are available for parents, educators, children, health care professionals, and coalition members.

Activity 3

CRC referral program keeps a computer data base of licensed Family Child Care Providers, Child Care Centers, and Trustlined (background checked) In-Home providers. By using the criteria given to us by parents regarding the needs of the family, (i.e. ages of children, hours needed, location for care, center or family child care home), we can give parents a list of providers who may meet their needs.Our referral counselors can provide technical assistance on the various types of child care, (i.e. child care centers, family child care homes, in-home care), as well as information on other child development and parenting issues. CCIP Project - The California Child Care Initiative Project. This project recruits, assists, trains, and supports family child care providers. Holds monthly licensing orientations for those interested in opening a family child care business in their home. Provides technical assistance for potential family child care providers in completing the licensing application , designing contracts, setting up business procedures, etc. CRC gathers and maintains statistics on child care supply and demand in the community. CRC maintains a toy library and early learning center for residents of Napa County. Membership in the library is free. A large selection of toys and educational materials are available for check-out for up to a month at a time. Curriculum Kits, educational kits based on themes, such as: the Ocean, Dinosaurs, Transportation, are available for use in the home or classroom. These kits contain ideas and suggestions for art, music, science, nutrition, literature and other activities. Infant/Toddler Kits with developmentally appropriate materials are available for ages: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months and 24-36 months. These kits include quality toys and materials, child development information, activities suitable for the various ages.A wide variety of resource books and videos on child development and parenting issues, such as positive discipline, ages and stages of development, nutrition, brochures, and bulletins on a wide variety of child development and parenting issues are available in the library and reception area.

Filer

EIN

94-2524785