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About Us
County Impact Statements - Pulaski County
Pulaski County Children Deserve "The Best Care"
Pulaski County children are the greatest treasure. These children will need
quality child care in order to reach their physical, social, emotional and
intellectual potential.
Helping to make quality child care available to Pulaski County families is a
current goal of the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas.
Quality child care gives single parents a chance to find and keep a job, allows
both mothers and fathers to contribute to family income and prepares children
for school. Quality child care is a critical resource that we must work together
to provide for the children and communities who depend on us. In response to
this growing need, Extension developed and delivers "The Best Care."
The Best Care is a training program for child care providers that is
delivered in Pulaski County. The Best Care classes fulfill the state requirement
that licensed child care providers must receive 10 hours of instruction each
year. The Best Care provides formal training on topics such as: child safety,
nutrition, infant and toddler neglect, effective discipline, working with
parents, record keeping and business management.
Quality child care is a critical resource for Pulaski County children, their
parents and our economy. Extension's Best Care program is one of the necessary
building blocks for our children's future. In 2000, a total of 542 individual
child care providers received training from the Extension Best Care program.
This child's provider was trained at "The Best Care" classes.
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Impacts
- Best Care provided child care training in Pulaski County with a total of
1,563 participants since 1999.
- 542 Pulaski County child care workers received The Best Care training in
FY2000.
- 100% of trainees surveyed report that they can now identify new
strategies for helping young children learn.
- 100% of trainees surveyed report that after attending The Best Care
classes, they now conduct regular safety checks at their child care
facilities and take corrective actions when necessary.
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