British Workforce Predicts Better Career Prospects in 2011

(PRWeb UK) December 31, 2010

Despite continued financial turbulence, and further job losses due to hit the public sector, workers are remaining positive and predicting that the coming year will bring greater fortune. Around half (49%) of adults in employment see their career prospects changing for the better in 2011, while only 20% think things will get worse, according to research by distance learning specialist Home Learning College.

A similar study conducted at the same time last year showed that just 26% believed their professional situation would improve during 2010. These fears proved justified for many, with 41% of respondents to the latest survey reporting their career has stagnated over the past 12 months.

Positivity concerning job prospects varies widely across the country. The South West is particularly polarised, with 55% believing things will get better in 2011 – the highest for any UK region – while 24% think the opposite. The outlook is bleakest in the West Midlands, where 27% predict further career woes over the coming year. In contrast, only 17% in East Anglia expect further decline, while 51% anticipate their career will develop.

“People are tired of continued economic uncertainty and eager for signs the country is getting back on a more stable footing,” says Dave Snow, Academic Director at Home Learning College. “Many of those who have hung on to their jobs during 2010 will have been subjected to pay freezes and other restrictions on their progression, making them hungry for development.

“If you’re finding it tough to move forwards at work then now is the time to gain new skills that will allow you to maximise opportunities when they arise. Investing in a professional qualification shows you are dedicated to your career and that you have achieved a recognised standard of ability, which can only be of benefit, no matter what the future holds for the economy.”

For further information on Home Learning College’s range of professionally accredited distance learning courses please visit http://www.homelearningcollege.co.uk.

About Home Learning College

Home Learning College is the largest vocational distance learning provider in the UK, and is accredited by the National Union of Students (NUS), allowing its 65,000 students to enjoy the discounts and services available with the NUS Extra Card.

All Home Learning College courses lead to professional CV-enhancing, employer recognised qualifications, including AAT, Sage, CompTIA, Microsoft, ICB and CIW. Subjects covered include book-keeping, accounting, IT and computing, web design and many more.

Home Learning College students benefit from a dedicated in-house tutoring service and the Virtual Learning Community – an online learning environment which facilitates the delivery of course material and peer networking.

For more information on all Home Learning College courses visit http://www.homelearningcollege.co.uk, follow us on Twitter @home_learning or check out student testimonials and other video content on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/homelearningcollege

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Home Learning College Communications Manager

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New Website Taps into the Minds of Clever Parents

Raleigh, North Carolina (PRWEB) April 19, 2006

Clever Parents (http://www.cleverparents.com) the website for smart, successful parents has officially launched. Clever Parents is different from other parenting media in that it focuses on parents, not just parenting.

Clever Parents taps into an expanding community of smart, successful parents who provide regular columns, ideas and product advice about a variety of lifestyle topics. The site also highlights Clever Parent entrepreneurs and ‘parentrepreneurs’ with feature interviews.

The site is for parents who make the most of every day and every dollar and who do it in a way that is clever. By parents, Clever Parents means moms and dads. No gender has a monopoly on good parenting.

“When you become a parent, your life changes, but it doesn’t end. Your priorities change and the variables increase, so you have to be clever to get it all done. We wanted a site that not only focused on parenting, but on parents and their interests beyond parenting. And by parents, we mean moms and dads. Too often parenting related media is only mom oriented,” said co-founder Kris Jackson.

The site is broken into sections covering topics of interest to parents—and comes from parent columnists and submissions from site visitors. “I think the positive feedback we receive about the site’s content comes from the diversity of our contributors,” said Kris. “For example, we have a dad columnist who is a dedicated foodie and a mom columnist and boutique owner who writes about style. Plus we have two wonderful contributors who have compiled kitchen and ‘Clutter Busting’ checklists for parents to download. We track what’s popular and pay attention to feedback. Our job is to be caretakers for the community.”

In addition to content from parents, another unique feature of Clever Parents is the spotlight on parentrepreneurs. “There are millions of businesses run by parents in America,” said co-founder David Jackson. “We’re seeing a lot of businesses pop-up as second sources of income now that one of the parents is staying home. Some of the businesses are home-based; some are run full-time, others part-time. I think we are tapping into a trend.”

“The interest we receive from ‘parentrepreneurs’ has been overwhelming and we hope that featuring them helps their businesses and that their successes and struggles will inspire other parents. As a parent, you are constantly juggling multiple demands-children, work, family, hobbies; these spotlights personalize how others are getting it done. The spotlights combined the community-generated content from other moms and dads are proving to be very popular. ”

About Clever Parents:

Clever Parents is the website for smart, successful parents. The Clever Parents site is for all parents—Moms and Dads—who are figuring out ways to get the most out of every day and every dollar and who do it in a way that’s healthy, fun, and… clever. Clever Parents enlists a community of Clever Parents for advice, content, products and interviews that inform and inspire. Stylish, instructive, useful, inspirational, and sometimes irreverent, Clever Parents isn’t another parenting site – it is a site for parents.

Media Contact:

David Jackson

Co-Founder

919.608.9502

Clever Parents

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Suite 270

Raleigh, NC 27605

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New Parenting Magazine – InCultureParent – for Parents Raising Little Global Citizens

Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) November 2, 2010

A new online parenting magazine launched November 1 for parents raising little global citizens. InCultureParent focuses on culture, language and tradition to appeal to parents raising multicultural and/or multilingual (or bilingual) children as well as parents interested in global parenting practices. InCultureParent is a new kind of parenting magazine that offers viewpoints from around the world.

InCultureParent provides an alternative to the dominant culture of mainstream parenting websites to better represent multicultural families. Additionally, tradition and faith become more relevant when families have children and mainstream parenting websites are largely silent when it comes to these areas. Founder and CEO Stephanie Meade explains, “I founded InCultureParent because of a recognizable gap in the existing marketplace of online parenting magazines. InCultureParent presents an alternative to the dominant culture of parenting magazines by providing perspectives on parenting from around the world.”

Concentrated on global parent culture and traditions, InCultureParent features research-based and anecdotal articles on parenting around the world and raising multicultural and multilingual (also bicultural and bilingual) children. Ms. Meade goes on to say, “We hope InCultureParent will appeal to a growing demographic of families who don’t fit into one box. We also hope InCultureParent will attract families who may neatly fit into one box but are interested in cultures and languages outside their own.”

The magazine’s debut includes four regular columns, including the Religious Life of Children written by authors from six different religions, and three bloggers who share the common theme of raising multicultural and multilingual children, in addition to articles on circumcision wars and navigating in-laws from other cultures. The magazine also spotlights two global holidays per month together with craft ideas for kids and recipes, and highlights books for kids with multicultural themes.

Further information on InCultureParent can be found at http://www.InCultureParent.com

About InCultureParent LLC:

InCultureParent is the only parenting website that addresses culture, tradition, faith and language. The founder, Stephanie Meade, is a multilingual mother of two, raising bilingual children in English and Arabic. She has a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and has worked as an international development consultant in almost ten countries. Stephanie lived in New York for many years and most recently moved from Santa Fe, N.M., to the Bay Area in California.

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InCultureParent

Stephanie Meade

(510) 730-2261

stephanie(at)incultureparent(dot)com

http://www.incultureparent.com

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Free Parenting Tips from Noted Marriage and Parenting Coach!
Powder Springs, GA (PRWEB) February 24, 2011

FREE PARENTING ADVICE is available this weekend at the Cobb Galleria in Marietta, Georgia. Certified parenting coach Kindred Howard will share valuable tips on parenting this Saturday and Sunday when he addresses parents at the inaugural Parent Palooza to be held at the Cobb Galleria. The event promises to host hundreds of parents and will feature numerous vendors, including Howard’s organization, Family Upward. Howard will be speaking on the topic “Same-Page Parenting: Working Together Effectively to Raise Happy, Secure Kids.”

Howard will speak both on Saturday, February 26, at 10:30 a.m., and on Sunday, February 27, at 4:00 p.m.

“Many parents find it hard to get on the ‘same page’ when it comes to parenting,” says Howard. “This can be due to a number of factors, such as different experiences growing up, different philosophies, contrary views regarding discipline, and so on. The purpose of this message will be to help parents identify some key areas where it is important to be on the same page and provide some practical suggestions and methods that can help.” Howard will also be available to speak with parents one-on-one throughout the day following his Satruday message and prior to his message on Sunday.

Kindred Howard is a certified parenting coach with over ten years of experience counseling couples and parents as a full-time minister. He is the founder and lead coach for Family Upward Marriage, Parent, and Family Life Coaching.

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WestNet Learning Adopts IntraLearn LSP e-Learning Application Customized “Managed Learning Portals” to Enhance Delivery of 2500 Courses to Customers

Northboro, MA (PRWEB) October 19, 2005

IntraLearn Software Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of Microsoft technology-based e-Learning software applications, announced today an agreement with WestNet Learning, a leading provider of “Simplified” Managed Learning. WestNet chose IntraLearn LSP to help them address increased customer demand for a centralized hosted e-Learning system where they could not only access WestNet’s 2,500 custom courses but do it in their own managed portal.

WestNet provides its customer’s – corporations of all sizes, colleges and universities – managed learning “Simplified” by making it affordable and easy to create, deliver and manage all types of learning such as eLearning, Instructor- Led, and Webinars in a single solution.

“Now organizations of all sizes can affordably offer and manage all types of learning for their customers, business partners, employees and students.” said Joe Scullion, President and CEO, WestNet Learning. “With over 2,500 ready-made off the self courses in Sales, Marketing, HR. Technology, Certification, Project Management and more, IntraLearn LSP enabled us to provide give our customers the ability to import 3rd party courses or even build their own easily!”

Evan Lenson, IntraLearn Software Corp. vice president of business development said “The IntraLearn LSP was designed to be used exactly the way WestNet Learning.” We are very pleased to have been chosen by to give them the e-Learning infrastructure they needed to provide their customers’ their own custom learning portals.”

WestNet’s custom learning portals have been adopted by organizations large and small. Organizations such as Avaya, Cisco, 3Com, Branson Schools online, University of Colorado at Denver, Aanko, and DTI Publishing are just a few that have Simplified their managed learning needs through WestNet Learning.

About WestNet Learning

WestNet Learning of Arvada, CO provides corporations, colleges and universities AFFORDABLE custom learning solutions for creating and delivering multiple kinds of learning from a single site. In addition to providing customers access to creating and importing courses and instructor led technologies, WestNet offers 2,500 ready-made courses to accelerate learning that are easily added to the custom learning portal. For more information, see http://www.westnetlearning.com or call (888) 452-6902.

About IntraLearn

IntraLearn Software Corporation of Northboro, MA is the leading provider of turnkey e-Learning applications for the corporate enterprises, academic institutions and non-profits. Along with operations in the UK, Brazil, Singapore and India, IntraLearn software is distributed worldwide through authorized IntraLearn resellers and Learning Service Providers to more than 1,500 major organizations in 17 international languages. IntraLearn is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with both ISV and Microsoft Business Solutions proficiencies.

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Learning Leadership Academy Launched by The MASIE Center

Saratoga Springs, NY (PRWEB) January 16, 2011

The Learning Leadership Academy has been scheduled by The MASIE Center for February 2011 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Focused on building the next generation of Learning Leaders, Learning Managers and Knowledge Strategists, the Academy will build executives’ competencies to lead and direct the future of Workplace Learning:
Leading the Learning Team: How to build and develop a world class team of learning professionals in your organization!
Enabling Learning in Your Organization: Embedding learning into work and the workplace – including social, mobile and performance support modes.
Aligning Technology for Learning: So much new tech, so much hype, so many choices – creating a learning technology strategy.
Driving Business Performance: Building and executing the business case for the impact of learning on the bottom line of business and the talent balance sheet of your organization.

Led by Nigel Paine, former Chief Learning Officer of the BBC, and Elliott Masie, Chair of The Learning CONSORTIUM, The Learning Leadership Academy provides executives with a deep dive into changing roles, organizational models and leadership styles being deployed around the globe.

Over 75 global organizations have participated in previous editions of The Learning Leadership Academy, including ATF, Comcast, GE Plastics, Microsoft, UPS, Wal-Mart University and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

The Learning Leadership Academy will be held from February 8 – February 10 at The MASIE Center Learning LAB: a 10,000 square foot facility dedicated to emerging technologies for learning and knowledge, located in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Details at http://www.masie.com

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#1 Childrens Educational Toys Online Store, Kazoo & Company, Hosting LEGO ‘Imagination Day’

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 20, 2006

Creative and Educational kid toy store Kazoo & Company, KazooToys.com, a leading provider of unique children’s educational learning toys, announces that it will host a LEGO® “Imagination Day” Event on July 22 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m, at its Denver store located at 2930 East 2nd Ave.

Kazoo & Company offers a big selection of unique children’s toys, developmental toddler toys, preschool educational wooden toys and games, unique educational baby and creative toys and arts and crafts supplies. Their Cherry Creek North shopping area location provides the perfect setting for the “Imagination Day” Event, which is sponsored by LEGO Systems. The Kazoo & Company event kicks off a 10 city LEGO brick drive donation tour to benefit New Orleans kids.

At the July 22 “Imagination Day” Event kids and their parents can enjoy playing with educational and fun LEGO toys and games for kids. An informal teachers and parents panel will provide tips on encouraging kids’ creativity and information on how to promote more free play time for kids. A LEGO artist will showcase a Denver-themed LEGO sculpture, and Moms and Dads and kids can use classic LEGO children’s educational toys to build bonds and strengthen their ties through unstructured play time. While participants enjoy their LEGO fun in a special family LEGO building area stocked with thousands of classic LEGO building blocks, they can help children who are victims of Hurricane Katrina, by donating LEGO bricks.

Each LEGO brick donated by a child at the Imagination Days Event will be matched by the LEGO Company, and kids who donate LEGO bricks will receive a “Builders of Tomorrow” wristband. Since the LEGO brick drive started earlier this year, over 200,000 LEGO bricks have been donated to New Orleans kids.

Kazoo & Company offers one of the country’s largest selections of educational games and toys for kids, including imaginative and nonviolent toys for babies to 12 year olds. Kazoo & Company specializes in providing its customers with an alternative to toys offered at mass market merchants, and carries unique educational learning toys for pre-schoolers, infants and children that spark imagination, creativity, and the joy of play.

Kazoo & Company’s trained, friendly staff is always ready to assist customers in finding appropriate educational toys and games for children of any age or interest. In its 26th year serving children’s toy shoppers, Kazoo & Company is consistently lauded for its customer service, and customers agree that Kazoo Toys is an exceptional place to locate unusual children’s educational toys that they have seen nowhere else. Customer feedback is overwhelmingly positive, so much so, that they regularly receive customer comments like this one: “This is the 6th plane I have purchased from Kazoo Toys (all the kids-big and small love them). I have to say that they are a pleasure to deal with and exceed my overall expectations. In most cases my order is received, processed and shipped on the same day. You can’t ask for more than that!”

Kazoo & Company extends its tradition of exemplary customer service to its KazooToys.com online toy store, where children’s learning toy enthusiasts can order educational toys for toddlers and preschoolers, wooden toys, farm toys, unique educational baby toys, ride on toys, science kits, math educational toys, stuffed animals, toy trains, and more educational toys for kids. KazooToys.com caters to its online customers by providing high quality product images that show exceptional product detail. Customers report that online orders go through very quickly and products are shipped promptly. The KazooToys.com site offers a helpful “Find a Toy” search tool where customers can search for toys by a child’s gender and age, and by keyword.

In the Denver area, Kazoo & Company offers Kidshop children’s craft classes, where local kids can enjoy a variety of creative craft projects, including Tissue Art, Crafty Caps, Test Tube Wonders, and more. Kazoo & Company asks that you please phone the store at 303-322-0973 or come in to register for Kidshop classes.

About Kazoo & Company:

Kazoo & Company is an award winning full-service independent children’s toy store located in Denver, Colorado. Kazoo & Company has received numerous industry awards including TIA: #1 toy retailer, 2003, 2004, 2005; #1 toy retailer by Playthings Magazine 2003, 2004, 2005; #1 toy Internet site for 2006 – Playthings; and #1 instore event (clothesline art show) 2006.

Kazoo & Company offers a truly unique children’s toy shopping experience, and an experienced, friendly and responsive staff that helps children’s toy shoppers by providing recommendations and offering solutions. For 26 years they have been providing parents, teachers, and kids with one of the country’s largest selections of unique, educatonal, and creative learning toys, puzzles, games, and playthings.

To find out more about Kazoo & Company’s full line of educational, creative, and unique children’s toys, shop for toys online at the KazooToys.com site, KazooToys.com, stop in to the Kazoo & Company toy store on 2930 East 2nd Ave.in Denver, or contact Kazoo Toys by phone at 1.800.257.0008.

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Toyguru.com.au Announces $ 5000 Toys! Toys! Toys! Competition In Time For Christmas

Radio Flyer Scooter

Geelong, Victoria (PRWEB) October 24, 2009

Toy Guru Online Toy Stores launched their inaugural “Toys! Toys! Toys!” competition today, offering a first prize of $ 5000 worth of toys just in time for Christmas. The competition will run from 22nd October, 2009 through till the 20th December, 2009.

Entrance is simple: join the Toy Guru Club by filling out this Toys! Toys! Toys! competition form, and wait for the draw to be held on 20th December, 2009. The winner will be announced online on toyguru.com.au, via Twitter, and posted on Facebook simultaneously with international print media releases.

Having just launched their interactive website, complete with animated mascot, “Toy Guru”, Toy Guru online toy stores have taken the Australian market by storm with their extensive range of toys – including licensed and educational toys – and innovative free delivery scheme.

Trying to give back to the online community in tougher “Credit Crunch” times, Toy Guru’s free delivery scheme is based on points. As toys are purchased points accrue reducing the delivery costs…until they reach zero.

The Toys! Toys! Toys! Competition is unusual compared to toy competitions offered in the past by other toy stores due to its lack of restrictions. To begin with, the winner of the $ 5000 prize can purchase any toys featured on the Toy Guru website over the course of the following year. There are no limits regarding which toys they can order online, nor on the amount – provided it falls within the value of the $ 5000 prize. Additionally, the winner does not have to use the entire amount all at the same time: instead, the amount spent will be deducted gradually as it is used.

The Toys! Toys! Toys! Competition is open to anyone worldwide, though if the winner resides outside Australia, the shipping costs for the toys will also be deducted from the initial $ 5000 prize.

Toy Guru is a stockist for licensed toys including Lego, Dora, Milton Bradley, Transformers, Play Doh, Toy Story, and Star Wars. Other toys include the entire range of award-winning Corolle dolls, Radio Flyer scooters, trikes, and cars, Tonka toy trucks, and Hama beads. Of course, they also stock the collection of Neat-Oh toy chests and toy boxes which are toys in themselves.

“It’s an absolutely amazing prize!” says Jim Thompson of DDG, the name behind the Toy Guru marketing strategy and brand management. “I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t want to win $ 5000 worth of toys – especially so close to Christmas!”

For more details or to enter the competition, click on the Toys! Toys! Toys! Competition panel on toyguru.com.au.

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Online Toy Store Toy Guru Launches New Interactive Site And Free Delivery Scheme

Radio Flyer Scooter – toyguru.com.au

Geelong, Victoria, (PRWEB) September 21, 2009

Toy Guru – the animated genie of the newest Australian online toy shop ToyGuru.com.au is set to become a household name amongst parents shopping for toys online this Christmas.

Launching their new site just one month shy of the Christmas purchasing rush in October, the directors of Toy Guru are adamant that customer service remains their top priority.

“They want to deliver a fresh perspective on buying toys – everything from toy boxes, toys for tots, educational toys, licensed toys such as Dora, Hasbro, and Lego, doll houses and doll house accessories to a full range of toy guns, toy cars and trucks, trikes, and scooters,” says Jim Thompson, General Manager of DDG, the company which created the new, vibrant website.

“The animated genie ‘Toy Guru’ is designed to allay some of the concerns that many people feel in connection with online shopping for toys, though those shopping for educational toys to date are a lot less cautious. Educational toys sold online and even educational toy stores locally often provide toy reviews so people feel more comfortable purchasing from them.”

“In addition, Toy Guru want their customers to know that their prices are exactly the same – if not cheaper – than other toy stores online and locally.” Jim adds.

Although Toy Guru has plans to include toy reviews at a later date, they maintain that their edge in the toy stores online industry is four-fold:

1.    They have the first Australian online toy stores website offering an interactive, animated character to help make purchasing toys online easier;

2.    They have an enormous range of toys for sale online – including many that are exclusive to Toy Guru;

3.    Their prices are the same if not cheaper than the competition;

4.    They have a pioneering delivery scheme which equates to the more toys you buy, the less freight you pay…until it’s free!

The new delivery scheme is simple. It involves allocating shipping points to every item: toy boxes, toy cars, doll houses, puzzles, Lego, educational toys, trikes, scooters and more chosen to go in the shoppers’ carts. These shipping points add up. Once the total reaches 100, the delivery charge is free.

“It’s a unique promotion,” says Jonathan Roberts, Managing Director of DDG, “which can’t help but stand Toy Guru out as a leader in the toy stores online industry.”

“I’m a busy guy. I have kids. I don’t want to spend all day looking for what I want – or what my kids want. Toy Guru stocks the entire range of toy boxes and toys – including educational toys – for all ages, at the same or cheaper price than anyone else, and offers the chance for free delivery.”

“I mean, who doesn’t want free delivery when they buy toys online?”

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2-1-1 Child Care Offers Free Training Resources for Early Care Professionals

Rocky Hill, Conn. (PRWEB) June 11, 2010

2-1-1 Child Care, a provider of free, multilingual referrals to child care, preschool and summer programs statewide, is pleased to offer complimentary training resources for early care professionals. The services are offered statewide and are designed to keep providers up-to-date on best practices.

Among the complimentary training programs offered are sessions on Care 4 Kids, Collecting Work Samples, Conflict Resolution, Embracing Diversity, Early Literacy, Guiding Infants and Toddlers, and Open Ended Art Activities, all of which can be offered right at a provider’s child care center. 2-1-1 Child Care also offers early care professionals information on Accreditation programs, First Aid/CPR and administration of medication courses as well as referrals to other workshops and trainings.

As a result of the economic climate, many adults who have lost their jobs are opening family day care homes, representing increased demand for training resources and support services. The number of family day care homes, which had been steadily decreasing during the past decade, increased 5% in 2009 alone.

“It is important for child care providers to stay up-to-date on best practices in child care,” said Sherri Sutera, senior vice president of child care services for 2-1-1. “Whether someone is opening a new family day care home or looking to enhance their child care center’s staff exposure to early care best practices, our free resources are only a phone call away.”

In addition to resources for early care professionals, 2-1-1 Child Care offers resources for parents statewide. By dialing 2-1-1 or visiting http://211childcare.org, parents can reach a team of child care referral specialists who will work with them to find a child care provider, preschool, camp program or nanny agency that will meet their specific needs. Provider referrals are provided at no charge and specialists are trained to match children and parents to programs that meet their needs as well as resources on selecting a quality program.

To obtain a schedule of upcoming child care provider training sessions, visit http://211childcare.org. For more information or to schedule a training session at your center, contact Valerie Grant at 860.571.6876.

About 2-1-1 Child Care:

Funded by the Department of Social Services, 2-1-1 Child Care is a free, multilingual resource that helps families across Connecticut find child care arrangements to best meet their needs. 2-1-1 Child Care offers access to Child Care Referral Specialists who educate parents about quality child care, technical assistance and resources for early care professionals, and data and statistical information on Connecticut’s early care system for early care stakeholders. 2-1-1 Child Care maintains current listings of licensed and licensed-exempt child care options throughout Connecticut. In 2008, 2-1-1 Child Care received almost 30,000 calls and over 70,000 web visits. To reach a Child Care Referral Specialist, call 2-1-1, or to learn more, visit http://211childcare.org.

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