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I CHILD CARE RESO Expanding Th I 1201 8'-)th A' :, NE, Suite 345 - Blaine, MN 55434 February 5, 1997 Sylvia Frolic City Of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Bix Ramsey, MN 5530 Dear Sylvia, Thank you for your it was a pleasure hal Ramsey for your th families who use ch As we discussed, ti' community within be used, however, a ~ignificant numb, is critical to succes~ the dynamics of we number of actual ct One of the services consumer informati combination of fac ~hone call yesterday regardi lng with you! I want to tak ~ughtfuI consideration ofho~ Id care. :re are a number ofinnovati, he child care system. Direct he greater need today is in ct : of children into the child ca ~. The capacity of Child Car, .fare reform as well as the ca lid care vacancies) axe also CCR&R offers to parents on, consultations and child c ors including welfare reform County Human Scl vice Center, we have alread5 service usage. So Cuch so, that we have discus the public because ~temand for services has drax the same. Fundinglfor referral services has a di~ / Another area we sq~e a need for increased fundk particularly for infaht, toddler and school age equipment for infants such as cribs and high ncwv family child cafe' providers, or even small care programs. AN EQUAL OPP, rNITY ACTION PROGRAM ~JRCE & REFERRAL Family Circle (612) 793-4884 - FAX 783-4700 · TTY 783-4724 ~g child care capacity needs in your community, this opportunity to thank you and the leaders of CDBG dollars can impact lower income re ways CDBG dollars could be used in our child care subsidies is one way the dollars could ~pacity building. Welfare reform will be bringing re system. Affordability of child care for families ., Resource & Referral (CCR&R) to respond to ~acity of the system to provide space (total rifical factors to welfare reform success. our public referral phone service which offers are searches for parents seeking care. Due to a area demographics and our location in the Anoka experienced a significant increase in our phone ;ed reducing the hours of'the referral services to ~atically increased while our funding has remained ect impact on our capacity to respond to families. g is incentives to develop child care spaces re. Some of the basic needs in this area would be irs, smoke detectors for licensure requirements for rants to purchase toys and supplies for new child ~.TUNITY EMlPLOYER