Information: Child Care, Respite, Personal Assistants

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• Child Care

• Checklists

• Information

• Articles

• Resources

• Links

Child Care

• Michigan 4C Association: Community Coordinated Child Care

• Find your local Michigan 4C Association

• Great Start: Click on your county and then on Childcare

Checklists

• Child Care Checklist from Michigan Association for Child Care Providers

Information

• Michigan Department of Human Services Child Care Page

• Michigan Department of Human Services County Office

Articles

• What is Quality Childcare from Parenthood.com and Kathleen McCartney, a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Checking out Childcare from Parenthood.com

• Child Care – Observation Checklist from American Academy of Pediatrics

• Child Care Provider Daily Dairy Sheet from BabyCenter

• Commonly Asked Questions about Day Care and Americans with Disabilities Act

• Respite Services to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Resources

• Resources for Parents

• Lots of Helping Hands from National Family Caregiver Association: You can start an online community where others can sign up to help the caregiver with selected tasks.

Links

• Michigan Association for the Education of the Young Child

• Michigan Project Great Start

• Child Care Aware

• National Child Care Information Center

• National Association for the Education of the Young Child

• National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

• National Network for Child Care

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• Brochures

• Documents

• Guides

• Respite

• Local

• Articles

Brochures

• Respite Care for You and Your Family Brochure from Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council

Documents

• Our Family Notebook for Respite from Family Connections of South Carolina

Guides

• A Family Guide to Respite for Children in Michigan

• Give Me a Break: A Family Guide to Respite (with Tricia and Calvin Luker)

• Respite Cooperative Start Up Manual from Family Connections of South Carolina

Respite

• Arch National Respite Network

• Michigan Office of Services to the Aging-Respite Programs for Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

• Catholic Charities of Michigan

• Michigan Community Mental Health Agencies

Local

• Community Respite Center (Jackson)

Articles

• Planned and Crisis Respite for Families with Children: Results of a Collaborative Study

• NICHCY: Respite Care

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• Personal Assistants

• Links

• Articles

Personal Assistants

• Hiring and Managing Personal Assistants

• ADAPT – American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today

• Partners in Personal Assistants

• Community Living Services

Links

• Self Advocacy Network

• Self Advocacy Network Brochure

Articles

• World Institute on Disability: Resolution on Personal Assistance Services

• World Institute on Disability: Curriculum On Abuse Prevention and Empowerment

• New Mobility Magazine: Personal Assistance Services

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• State Resources

State

• The Arc Michigan
• The Arc Michigan Chapter Locator
• Consumer & Family Guide from The Arc Michigan Consumer
• Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI)
• Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) Projects
• Great Start Connect
• Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS)
• MPAS Publication Page
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS)
• CSHCS Family Guide
• Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Center (F2FHIEC)
• Child Care/Respite on Bridges4kids
• Michigan Better Kid Care – a program of Michigan State University Extension

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