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Child Care Grants Open New Options for Iowa Centers

At least 25 more children from working poor and immigrant families in Des Moines now have hope for expanded access to Barbie Adams’ child care center thanks to a $240,000 grant from the state of Iowa.

The money is part of $36.6 million in Child Care grants awarded earlier this week by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Department of Human Services worked together to score project applications and award the grants. Originally planned for $10 million, the program was expanded by Reynolds after the state received a flood of quality applications. The total includes $26.9 million in federal DHS funds, $3 million appropriated by the Iowa legislature for the Child Care Challenge Fund (administered by IWD), and $6.7 million in federal ARPA funds.

Across the state, awards will be matched with $9.7 million in private funding to fuel 108 innovative projects in 72 communities.

“I am thrilled to be able to make this substantial investment to expand access to child care for working families,” Reynolds said in a news release announcing the grants. “Projects funded through this program will create a lasting impact on children, parents, and communities throughout the state.”

For Adams, the cash will mean growth.

“Sometimes you get defeated, because you cannot meet everybody’s need,” she said. “This grant has given me new purpose.”

Adams, who immigrated from Kenya in 2009, currently lives in the Riverbend neighborhood of Des Moines, where she operates an in-home child care center that’s limited to 12 children at any one time. According to 2019 census data, residents of the 0.5-square-mile neighborhood have an average household income of $38,016, with 74 percent belonging to a racial minority.

There are plenty of poor people, including immigrants and others who have few options when it comes to work-life balance, Adams said. “When people have no education and don’t have a grasp of the English language, they don’t qualify for a lot of jobs.”

Some turn to Adams’ Warydi International Daycare center, which offers 24-hour care. Depending on family need, parents who have to work nights can drop their children off and Adams – along with her state-licensed husband, father, and stepmother – will make sure everyone gets fed and arrives at school the next morning. Or, she’ll pick them up after school and watch over the children until the parent’s work shift ends in the middle of the night.

In between, Adams, who speaks seven languages, will also provides lessons on music, manners, and the proper way to fold laundry or clean off a table. Residents in her neighborhood have their own unique needs, Adams said.

“I wanted to change all these things by being a daycare provider that’s different,” she said. “I wanted to be a bridge.”

She hopes to expand that bridge over the next year, when she uses the $240,000 grant to remodel the house next door and expand the scale of her childcare efforts. If DHS approves, the money eventually will allow Adams to add slots for roughly 25 children – and create the possibility of additional expansion later that could add dozens more.

Beth Townsend, Director of Iowa Worforce Development, said the Child Care grants were created to support “exciting” programs like Warydi.

“There are an incredible number of innovative projects in these grants that will positively improve the lives of the communities, families and children that they serve,” Towsend said. “Having quality child care significantly increases the number of Iowans who can work, and the investment today will pay huge dividends in our future.”

Visit the Child Care Challenge website for details about the grants and a full list of the most recent awards.

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Age Range Ratios for Center Based Care in Iowa State 6 weeks – 18 Months (1:4) 27 months (1:6) 3 years (1:8) 4 years (1:12) 5 – 9 years (1:15) 10 years and older (1:15) Mixed age group ratio for youngest child in group Age Range Ratios for Small Family Child Care Iowa Number of Children Allowed 6 (plus 2 school-age children) Maximum Number of Children to One Provider: 6 Provider’s Own Children Counted: Yes, if younger than school-age Maximum Number of Infants/Toddlers to One Provider: 4 younger than 2 years, with no more than 3 younger than 18 months Age Range Ratios for Large Family Child Care Iowa Number of Children Allowed: 6-12 (plus 2 school-age children and 2 part-time) Number of Children Allowed: 3:1 for younger than 18 months; 8:1 with no more than 4 younger than 2 years, and no more than 3 younger than 18 months Provider’s Own Children Counted: Yes, if younger than school-age Regulation in Iowa for Child Care Registered Child Development Homes Iowa law limits the number of children a home may provide child care for, whether the home is registered or not. A nonregistered child care home may care for up to five children. A home caring for six children must be registered. Under registration a provider self-certifies in writing that they do and will meet the minimum requirements in all areas of child development home operation. In issuing a registration certificate, the Department of Human Services is stating that you have certified that you comply with these requirements. Responsibility for making sure the requirements are met rests primarily with the provider, the parents of children in the provider’s care and the community. Licensed Child Care Center and Preschool Iowa law limits the number of children a center may provide child care for without a license or registration as a child development home. A provider caring for six or more children must be registered and when a center cares for seven or more children it must be licensed. Under licensing a provider applies for a license and the facility is visited and evaluated by a professional staff person who determines if the minimum regulatory requirements are meet or if there is an acceptable plan to meet all the standards before a license is issued. In issuing a license, the Department of Human Service is stating that the provider meets the necessary requirements. Public and Accredited Nonpublic Schools The Board of Directors of a public district or an accredited nonpublic school may operate or contract for the operation of a program to provide child care to children on property owned or leased by the board. A child care program operated by or under contract of a public or an accredited nonpublic school system located on school premises has the option to be licensed by the Department of Human Services or meet the Early Childhood Guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. If a public or an accredited nonpublic school system chooses to follow the Early Childhood Guidelines the person responsible for the program must hold an appropriate teaching license from the Board of Educational Examiners. Public and accredited nonpublic schools are monitored by professional staff to determine if the school systems meet the regulatory requirements to be an accredited educational program. In issuing the school an accreditation status, the Department of Education is stating that the school meets the necessary requirements. A child care program operated by or under contract of a public or an accredited nonpublic school system not located on school premises must be licensed by the Department of Human Services. Quality Rating System Iowa now has a Quality Rating System (QRS). It is a voluntary program that offers providers a guided way to improve the quality of child care they provide.
Child Care Licensing Agency Iowa Department of Human Services 1305 East Walnut Street, 5th floor Des Moines, IA 50319-0114 Phone: (515) 281-0429 Fax: (515) 242-6036 Iowa Daycare Listings	Child Care Subsidy Agency Bureau of Family and Community Services Hoover State Office Building 1305 E. Walnut, Division of BDPS, 5th Floor Des Moines, IA 50319-0114 Phone: (515) 2281-7266 Toll Free: 800-972-2017 Fax: (515) 242-6036
Professional Development Contact Iowa Early Care & Education Professional Development 218 Sixth Avenue, Suite 710 Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: (515) 883-1206	Child Care Food Program Agency Bureau of Food and Nutrition Department of Education Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0146 Phone: (515) 281-4757 Fax: (515) 281-6548
State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact Department of Human Services 1305 E. Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Toll Free: 800-972-2017 Phone: (515) 281-8746 Fax: (515) 281-8854	Office of Child Support Enforcement Collection Services Center PO Box 9125 Des Moines, IA 50306 Phone: (888) 229-9223
Child Abuse Reporting To report suspected child abuse in Iowa, call Toll-Free: (800) 362-2178. For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp®, 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453), or your local CPS agency.

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Great Soviet Encyclopedia (DE)

Children’s garden, institution for public education of preschool children. D. s. as a type of institution exist in most countries and are usually the first link in the system of public education (see Preschool institutions ).

The first children’s institution of the type D. s. – a school for toddlers – was organized in 1802 in New Lanark (Scotland) by R. Owen. For the first time the name “D. With.” was given by F. Fröbel to a preschool institution in Germany in 1837. In Russia, the first children’s nursery school. were opened in the 60s. nineteenin. In 1914 there were 150 of them (4,000 children).

From the first days of the existence of the Soviet state, the organization of D. with. as mass institutions. For years of the Soviet power the widest network of D. of page is organized. The CPSU Program sets the task of further expanding the network of preschool institutions in order to meet the needs of the working people in the public education of children. D. s. are opened by local Soviets of Working People’s Deputies, enterprises, departments, collective farms. From 1959 along with D. s. nursery-kindergartens are organized for children from 2 months to 7 years. All preschools are run by ministries of education and their local authorities. At the end of 1970, there were 83,100 villages. and nursery gardens, in which 8099.7 thousand children were brought up.

The content of educational work in D. s. determined by the State Kindergarten Education Program. Education and training are conducted in the native language of children. In D. s. physical, mental, moral, aesthetic and labor education of children is carried out in accordance with their age characteristics. Children are grouped into groups of 20-25 people according to age: the younger group – children of the 4th year of life, the middle group – children of the 5th year, the older group – children of the 6th year, the preparatory group for school – the children of the 7th of the year. Children in D. with. are 10 or 12 hours a day; for children whose parents work in shifts or whose work is associated with departures, there are boarding schools, from where children are taken home only on weekends. nine0007

The way of life of children in D. s. organized within the framework of a rational regime and alternation of games, activities, feasible work and rest. Caring for the health and proper physical development of children is one of the most important tasks of D. s. Its solution is ensured by the correct daily routine, rational nutrition, hardening of the child’s body, preventive measures, gymnastic exercises, and medical supervision. In D.’s mode with. a lot of time is devoted to various games, including didactic ones – for the development of speech, hearing, counting, for recognizing colors, shapes, etc. (see Games for children ). Revolutionary holidays and memorable dates are celebrated with solemn and cheerful musical and artistic matinees.

In the classroom, children get acquainted with the phenomena of nature and social life, learn to draw, sculpt, design, sing, master the rudiments of literacy and elementary mathematical concepts. In the process of classes, children develop speech and thinking, the initial skills of educational activity are gradually formed: the ability to listen and understand the teacher’s explanations, act according to his instructions, and complete the work. Children are taught to observe nature, they bring up love for it, respect for the work of people. The whole system of his work D. s. prepares children for school. nine0007

V D. s. children are brought up by teachers with special pedagogical education. Educators D. s. are closely connected with the families of children, promote pedagogical knowledge among parents. Visual aids (pictures, albums, filmstrips, films), methodological literature, reference books are issued for preschool workers. Questions of education of children in D. with. widely covered by the journal “Preschool Education”.

In other socialist countries, preschool institutions are also included in the system of public education and are maintained at the expense of the state.