![]() Explore our Coronavirus Hub for CCR&Rs and Child Care Providers and consider the following related to making the determination to close or keep child care programs open during COVID-19.Ĭommunity spread – consult with local and state public health departments regarding the current and projected rate of COVID-19 spread in your community. You may find links to state health department websites and/or telephone numbers by clicking on CCAoA’s state-by-state map, selecting your state of interest and then browsing the ‘Health and Social Services’ tab. Given the rate of COVID-19 spread in your area, consider what precautions should be taken to protect the health of children enrolled, their families and program staff?įamily and community input – connect with families with young children and community members to get a sense of what they are thinking and feeling regarding keeping child care open. This is very understandable given the seemingly unpredictable future waves of the virus and the tenuous ability of child care program owners and administrators to weather the crisis operationally and financially.ĬCAoA is devoted to being a source of trusted information and resources for CCR&Rs and child care professionals. The top 5 concerns relayed to CCR&Rs by child care providers included whether to close or remain open during the pandemic. One purpose of the CCR&R survey was to identify the most pressing concerns that CCR&R professionals are hearing from child care providers. While we eagerly await study results from Yale University, CCAoA conducted a survey of Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies across the country. Presently, researchers at Yale University are conducting a study to determine the implications of child care programs that remain open or closed during COVID-19. ![]() Now we are several months into COVID-19 and child care programs that have been able to remain open face continued uncertainty. A critical unknown is if child care programs contribute to community COVID-19 transmission. It is hard because it is right there in front of you and you’d only wish if things were different.Early in the COVID-19 crisis, Child Care Aware ® of America (CCAoA) developed a decision flow diagram to aid decision making surrounding temporarily closing child care programs due to health and safety concerns. CCAoA’s flow diagram was adapted from a school-age program decision aid developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To agree with what is in front of your eyes when your heart doesn’t want to Image sourceĮven when you don’t want, you have to. Take less when you can get more Image sourceįighting your greed and adhering to compassion with a smile.ħ. Going against the obvious truths of life Image sourceĪt times, you have to fight against the tough rules of the society that are widely accepted, but in reality are wrong.Ħ. On one hand, you have your future and, on the other hand, your loved ones who made you who you are today.ĥ. Going against your family, to prove your worth Image source Such things do not come with a choice, do they?Ĥ. Letting go, not because you want to, but because you have to Image source ![]() Most people choose to live with it, without saying a word, running from the fear of being misjudged everyday.ģ. To hide not the ugliness, but the emptiness of life Image sourceĬoming clean with your conscience is one of the hardest things to do in life. And then you have to make a choice between what is easy and what is right.Ģ. Has it ever occurred to you why all the bad things are so luring? To make your choices difficult. Which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn Image source Below is the list of things that takes up the most space in your heart and in your life: 1. Taking that one hefty stride that changes the course of things to come and that one moment of epiphany is some of the smallest things that are hardest to do. All our life we step onto one stone from another in order to move forward and ahead, but amidst this there are some rough patches, which are wearying. Life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself.
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