Rural Child Care Project

              PROJECT TYPES
Child Care Sharing... a 2 or 3 family
project with parents who took turns
taking all the children of both families
on designated days.
Central Registry l,.. One programmer
keeps the list of available care givers,
the times that they are available,
preferences as to travelling distance, etc.
The person needing child care calls the
programmer and is connected with
available sitters.
Central Registry 2... a 2 or 3 family
project with lists posted in all homes.
Limited Registry... a 2 family project
using mostly relatives.
Irregular or Emergency Drop Off with
One Care Giver... several families share
a care giver who has facilities to keep
children on an irregular basis.
Care Giver Registry... a large project, 6
families. Each party has a list in 3
sections:
1. Personal, for use of individual
e. g. Grandma;
2. General, neighbors who will take
children into their homes;
3. Students, with transportation,
who will come to your farm after
school and weekends.
Sharing a Care Giver... Hiring a College
student between 2 neighbors for the
summer months. The student takes
turns so that children are at home half
time. During the school year and with
the co- operation of the School Board,
High School age Care givers get off the
bus at the participants home.
Isolated Areas... shared between taking
children to only neighbor 7 miles away
or hiring Grandma ( who drove 80
miles) on weekends. Alternated
between only 2 available neighbors,
hired grandpa.
Some projects used a combination of the
above. Other approaches used on a
limited basis were, barter system, e. g. a
bag of oats for an hour of baby- sitting,
baking or running errands for baby­sitting
and when a parent and child
came in to baby- sit for a full day their
meals were considered when deciding
payment.
Alberta Rural Child Care Pilot Project
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