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Overview Child Care -Licensing Standards Definitions - Five Steps to Choosing Quality Child Care - Can My Child Stay Home Alone? - Child Care Contracts - Ten Common Courtesies Child Care Providers Appreciate from Families - Using a Relative for Child Care - Accreditation - A Sign of Quality - Every Child Deserves the Best - Child Care for Children with Special Needs - Assistance for Children with Disabilaties - Head Start - Preschool For All - Illinois State Board of Education Health and Safety - Clinics and Health Departments - Immunization Schedule - Women, Infants & Children - Poison Control - Lead Screening and Health Risks - Child Passenger Protection Update - Sex Offender Registration - Back To Sleep - Make Sure No One Shakes Your Baby - Your Child’s Safety Comes First - Tips from A to Z Money Matters - Child Care Assistance Program (Subsidy) - Using Tax Credits to Help Pay for Child and Dependent Care - Insurance for Kids - Put Children First Growth and Development - Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Should I be Concerned? - Read to Your Children - Children Play... Children Learn - Family Fun Activities Resources - CCCC Highlights - CCR&R Program Services - Child Care Nurse Consultant Program - Parent Help Line, St. John’s Hospital - Electronic Connections - Register and Vote - Whom to Call Community Child  Care Connection, Inc. 1004 North Milton Avenue Springfield, IL 62702-4430 Directions Local:  (217) 525-2805 Toll Free:  1-800-676-2805 Fax:  (217) 525-5859 Office Hours: M: T: W: Th: F: 9:00 AM to 4:30PM 8:00 AM to 4:30PM 8:00 AM to 4:30PM 8:00 AM to 6:30PM 8:00 AM to 4:30PM	Your Child’s Safety Comes First Never leave a child alone in a car or unattended. Remember, someone with experience can break into your car in less than thirty seconds. Listen when your child tells you he or she does not want to be with someone. Direct questioning may reveal something you should know about them. Be involved in your child’s activities. Know your child’s friends. Pay attention when someone shows greater than normal interest in your child. Find out why. Be doubly cautious in this situation. Don’t allow opportunities for that adult to have your child alone. Be sensitive to changes in your child’s behavior or attitudes. Be especially alert for any portraying premature sexual understanding. Never belittle any fear or concern on the part of your children. Be prepared to describe your children accurately, including clothing, visible identifying marks, or social characteristics. Think of those items now and write them down. It may be more difficult to concentrate in a time of extreme stress. Develop a set procedure should you and your child become separated while away from home. (Example: both may call a trusted friend and leave an address and telephone number to call back. Then wait at the phone until reunited.) Do not buy items which visibly display your child’s name. It could give an abductor the advantage of seeming to know your child. (“Hey Billy, your Mom’s been in an accident. We need to rush to the hospital. Jump in the car!”) Take a photograph of your child each year (4 times each year if under age 2). Have several copies on hand in case your child becomes missing. Be sure your child’s school or child care provider will not release him/her to anyone other than you or someone you officially designate. Instruct the school to contact you immediately if your child is absent, or if someone other than you arrives to pick him/her up without advance notice from you. Reprinted from: Your Child’s Safety Always Comes First, United Way of Greater St. Louis, Success by 6

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