A Reggio Emilia Inspired Conference for educators working with children birth through age 8 on March 21, 2014. A follow up “Continuing the Conversation” session will be held on Saturday, April 5th.
A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities Conference
A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities Conference
March 5, 2014Recycle Shop will have a new look!
January 1, 2014The Recycle Shop (Rochester location only) will be closed until the end of the year for rearrangement. Shopping will be by appointment only until the end of the year, call 585-654-1190.
See you in the New Year!
Our agency has proudly achieved National Quality Assurance!
December 4, 2013Fifteen New York CCR&Rs have joined 11 other CCR&Rs as Child Care Aware® of America Quality Assured, a national certification earned by CCR&Rs that demonstrate their administrative functions for core competencies and their services to parents and providers meet national best practices.
“We are very excited about these results,” said Barbara-Ann Mattle, Chief Executive Officer of Child Care Council, Inc., in Rochester, N.Y., one of the Quality Assured CCR&Rs. “The process took a great deal of effort but we feel strongly that the work has been a great benefit to our organization, and we continue to work to reach 100 percent at all categories.”
Please read our local press release, CCC – Quality Assured release
To see the national press release, click http://usa.childcareaware.org/news-room/press-releases/2013/9/new-york-ccrrs-achieve-quality-assurance#.Uk7FSDcc_ls.facebook
December 2013 Caring Matters
December 2, 2013Keep your kids safe. Get their seasonal flu vaccines every year!
Schools and child-care settings are required to post influenza educational material, in plain view, within their facilities. Information should be posted starting now. Influenza season begins in early fall and can last through May.
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) would like you to know that information regarding influenza and the benefits of influenza immunizations is free, accessible and available in different languages from several organizations:
NYSDOH: www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/influenza/seasonal/childhood_adolescent/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/flu/freeresources/print.htm
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/flu/html/home/home.shtml
Along with this announcement you will find the Seasonal Flu Guide for Parents. You can download it here: SeasonalFluParentguide.
Child Care Providers Avoid Hidden Toxic Dangers
November 12, 2013Clean and Healthy New York, Inc. and Child Care Council, Inc. announced today the next phase of their U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-funded program to help child care providers in the Great Lakes Basin identify, remove, and find safer solutions for toxic chemicals in common household and child care products.
The groups announced a schedule of training sessions open to all child care providers that follow the Children’s Environmental Health Network’s (CEHN) national Eco-Healthy Child Care®
curriculum, but are customized to address New York State laws and regulations and focus on reducing specific chemicals that threaten the Great Lakes watershed.
Click EPA-EcoHealthy Release Aug 2013 for the press release that includes dates and contact information.
