Grants | Service: | Arkansas Child Care Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program | Division Home | | About: | Loan guarantees are made to assist with the development of new facilities or expansion of existing facilities particularly in low income, rural areas which demonstrate a need for additional quality child care. Guarantees are available to a maximum of $25,000 and may be used for operating capital as well as capitol outlay. | | Contact: | Call 501-682-9699 or 1-800-445-3316 |
Programs | Service: | Arkansas Children's Week | Division Home | | About: | Annual event to highlight the needs of children in Arkansas. This program offers assistance in developing and promoting child-friendly activities for large or small audiences. | | Contact: | |
| Service: | BAMMM Program | Division Home | | About: | Learning program is a series of twelve activities that begins with a children’s book, extends to movement activities that are suggested in the book, and expands to include related curriculum activities and ideas for enhancing the learning environment. | | Contact: | |
| Service: | Child Safety Programs | Division Home | | About: | The Injury Prevention Center has created a full year of informational inserts covering an array of safety topics for community use. Available as jpeg images on a CD, the inserts feature safety tips and resources specific to the early childhood years, and may be used in parent newsletters and e-mails, church bulletins and newsletters, or other similar materials. They can also be printed as a full page for posting on bulletin boards or in other common areas. The 13 topics include: Safe Sleep for Infants, Product and Toy Recalls, Medication Safety, Playground Safety, Water Safety, Home Safety, Sun Safety, Injury PreventionTricycle Safety, Child Passenger Safety, Seat Belt Use, Safety Around Cars, Burn Prevention, and Toy and Gift Safety. | | Contact: | Call 501-364-3414 | Email |
| Service: | Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP-SACC) | Division Home | | About: | A self-assessment and training opportunity for child care providers (homes and centers) to identify changes in nutrition and physical activity plans to support optimum growth for young children and wellness activities for the adult caregivers. The program is offered thorough local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (click to map of CCR&R) NAP-SACC newsletters | | Contact: | |
| Service: | Safety Week Program | Division Home | | About: | Hosting a Safety Week is a great way for childcare and early childhood education programs to educate children, parents and professionals about injury prevention strategies that can be used at home and on the go. A Safety Week combines children's activities, parent training and handouts, staff development, and ideas for other special events into a week-long focus on the prevention of injuries, especially those that are common during the early years of life. The Injury Prevention Center now offers a free Safety Week tool kit available on a CD. The tool kit includes templates for planning and advertising a Safety Week event, suggested parent and staff handouts and presentations, and recommendations for children's classroom activities. | | Contact: | Call 501-364-3400 |
Services | Service: | Behavioral Health Professional Training | Division Home | | About: | Training is provided for direct care providers, teachers, criminal justice system personnel, primary care providers, and parents in alcohol and drug information and skill development. | | Contact: | Call 501-296-1920 |
| Service: | Child Care Resource Center | Division Home | | About: | A lending library and resource center for child care providers throughout the state. All licensed and registered childcare providers may apply for a user card and then order from our catalog. | | Contact: | Call 501-683-0033 or 1-800-445-3316 |
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