DOCUMENT RESUME ED 310 484 EA 020 824 AUTHOR Francis, Judith; Marx, Fern TITLE Learning Together: A National Directory of Teen Parenting and Child Care Programs. INSTITUTION Wellesley Coll., Mass. Center for Research on Women. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 197p. AVAILABLE FROMPublications Department, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181 ($20.00 prepaid; quantity discounts). PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MFO1 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Community Services; *Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; *Early Parenthood; *Family Programs; *Private Agencies; Secondary Education ABSTRACT Approximately 800,000 of the 1.3 million children of teenage mothers need child care services. The lack of appropriate, acceptable, and affordable care for these youngsters may severely limit their mothers' educational, training, and employment opportunities--especially if sufficient financial resources are lacking. This directory is the first attempt to identify and profile teen parenting and child care programs on a national scale. The 316 programs selected for this directory are divided by region (Northeast, South, Great Lakes, Plains, South Central, Northwest, and Southwest). The programs illustrate a full range of services necessary to support young families: enhanced parenting skills, family planning services, educational and vocational training, health and nutrition services, transportation, and counseling. Some programs provide services directly, others through linkage with community-based programs. Programs in the directory are found in public schools, private community agencies, or settings combining the resources of both. The directory is divided into seven regions. Appendix A lists state coalitions, task forces, and key state contacts, while Appendix B lists national resource organizations. Appendix C provides a selected bibliography of 42 program development and evaluation references. An index lists programs alphabetically. Also included is a reader feedback questionnaire and a directory order form. (MLH) ******************************1:******************************1:********* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** LEARNING TOGETHER A National Directory of Teen Parenting and Child Care Programs "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS U S OEPAb(TMENT OF EDUCATION MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE ONLY Qo'Sed`:.,rfo. HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ECL, CAT;c4.At., PESOURCES1%0OR',ATION CehTER IER ta.e^"K.cC...caci as X o' c,ca- ^ 4 ^a' -4 / ra.o. tek, 14a "r sCac, TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES w C:. ,a55'd'.Cn to c: "..t'ese,1 cl0c a' INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).' CEP Wellesley College Center for Research on Women , LEARNING TOGETHER A National Directory of Teen Parenting and Child Care Programs Judith Francis and Fern Marx Wellesley College Center for Research on Women Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181 1989 t.1 The Wellesley College Center for Research on Women The Center for Research on Women vs as founded in 19;4 in the belief that research on and increased understanding of vs omen's lives would lead to nes\ possibilities for both vs omen and men. Today, it is one of the largest, as %yell as one of the oldest, centers for research on vv omen in the country. Researchers are funded by grants from federal, state and pm ate agencies to work on a wide range of issued such as _hill care, adolescent girls' development, the economic condition of black %%omen, stress in the lives of %%omen and men, and curriculum revision. The purpose of Center research is to expand the body of knowledge about %%omen in order to improve the range and quality of life opportunities for both vs omen and men. The Center maintains an achy e publications program to make certain the results of research studies reach policy makers in government, industry, education and private life. The Women's Review of Books is published at the Center. Design and production by Sheila Walsh. This publication was made possible by a grant from the NYNEX Foundation. Copyright 1989 by the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. Requests for permission to reprint should be addressed to: Fern Marx, Project Director Wellesley College Center for Research on Women Wellesley, MA 02181 Additional copies may be obtained from the Center's Publications Department at $20.00 per copy. Five or more copies may be obtained for $16.00 apiece. E: CONTENTS Preface Map of Regions Introduction PROGRAMS Region 1 Northeast 1 Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Region 2 South 45 District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia Region 3 Great Lakes 71 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin Region 4 Plains 91 Iowa, Kansas, Minnisota, Missouri, Nebraska Region 5 South Central 103 Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas Region 6 Northwest 113 Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington Region 7 Southwest 133 Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,Nevada, New Mexico, Utah Appendices A State Coalitions/Task Forces/Key State Contacts 177 B National Resource Organizations 181 C Selected Bibliography: Program Development and Evaluation 185 Index of Programs 189 A Message from William Burns, President of NYNEX Foundation NYNEX Foundation is pleased to have supported Wellesley College Center for Research on Women in its compilation and distribution of this national Directory. The Directory's goal is to assist and encourage our nation's often neglected teen-age mothers in obtaining the additional education and training both they and their youngsters need to be contributing members of the communities in which they live. NYNEX Foundation, a corporate foundation sponsored by NYNEX, seeks to foster and build partnerships for understanding and progress through a carefully con- sidered funding program. The Foundation's principal priontyimproving the quality of education, especial- ly for children at riskis well served by the goal of this Directory. W. G. Bums, President NYNEX Foundation L: PREFACE This directory is the first attempt to identify and profile teen parenting and child care programs on a national scale. The directory is designed for use by national, state and local policy makers in both the public and priv ate sectors as they consider new options for pros iding services for teen parents and their children. In the proces, of assembling the directory over 1,000 indiv 'duals, state agencies, coalitions acid committees w ere contacted over a two year penod. We believe that the programs responding to our survey and profiled in the following pages represent the majority of programs of this type in the United States. The criteria for selection for inclusion in the directory went beyond the pros ision of child care services for teen parents. Programs were expected to provide parenting education and other support ben ices such as health, social services, and education or v ocational programs. Both research findings and successful practice indicate the importance of support say ices in the postpartum period to enable teen parer-band their children to lead meaningful and productiv e lives. Some programs prov ide these services directly, others through linkage with community-based programs. Programs in the directory are found in public schools, private community-based agencies or in settings which combine the resources of both. We are grateful for the time and patience of program directors and other staff in rev levying profiles and answering requests for additional information and clanfication. We regret that space limitations prohibited us from using all the information w e received. The dev elopment of the directory w as guided by a small %N ork group that included Sharon Rodine, Director of the National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting (NOAPP), Ann Wilson, NOAPP Board Member and Executive Director of the New Jersey Task Force on Adolescent Pregnancy, Margaret Dunkle, Executive Director of the Equality Center, and Susan Bailey, Senior Consultant to the project and Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. Elizabeth McGee of the Academy for Educational Dev elopment kindly gave us permission to build on their resource lists. Judith Francis had major responsibility for the development, editing and production of the directory. The volume could not have been developed without her and its high quality is in large measure due to her meticulous and dedicated IA ork. We were fortunate to have the following Wellesley College students participate in the directory project. Chnstrne Jacobson IA orked on all phases of the project, Susan Greenfield worked with Chnstme wntmg most of the ongmal draft profiles, Thea Milder, Tara Kelly, Robin Runge, Suzy Nguyen, and Allison Towne assisted in manuscript preparation. The national directory is part of a larger project funded by the NYNEX Foundation, ncreasing Educational Opportunities for Young Parents and Their Children. Together with the National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting (NOAPP), the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women has initiated a technical assistance network to provide expert consultation to new and existing programs interested in providing parenting and child care services for teen parents. Additional information on the netw ork can be obtained from Sharon Rodine