GETTING TO KNOW YOUR INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

Website information: http://www.childhoodpoverty.org

As I read about the poverty issue that exist in China, I was given an opportunity to gain more insight on the issue at hand.

China is a country that has made tremendous strides against poverty. According to the website, www.childhoodpoverty.org, the decline in poverty is "due to far-reaching processes of economics and social transition. Although a globalised market economy has helped to reduce poverty it has created new forms of poverty.

It was also interesting to gain more insight on the impact that poverty has on children. The website revealed a clear understanding of the definition on urban childhood poverty. Urban childhood poverty is the lack of basic human needs such as education, nutrition, and etc. The lack of human needs exist because of the family's inability to afford them.

There were also recommendations made to reduce poverty. The recommendation that stands out in my mind is "improving migrant families’ access to government and community assistance by granting them equal access to urban services as long-term urban residents; making it easier to apply for urban registration would contribute to this"(childhood poverty research and policy center).

SHARING WEB RESOURCES

The information on the Zero to three website that is particularly relevant to me is Infant and Toddler Policy issues. As an great aunt of a 7 month old. I like to stay current on Issues pertaining to health and nutrition. This issue on the impact of child nutrition programs and provides policy recommendations for the reauthorization of the Federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACHP) make me view this a new way. I've had experience in both programs and it is interesting to learn the recommendations to better serve families.

                                                        Policy Recommendation


1. Revise CACFP are eligibility to allow more food insecure families with infants and toddler particularly those living rural areas, to receive access to nutritious food.

2. Increase CACFP reimbursements to reflect the actual cost of providing food.

3. Eliminate administrative barriers to participating in children nutrition programs.

4. Increases efficient use of resources by requiring collaboration between WIC agencies and early care and educations programs such as Early Head start.

Through this website, I've learned politicians and neuroscientists add to website by research. For instance, there is a section Public Policy where there are different topics were politicians and neuroscientists expertise are added to the information.

In exploring the website, I've learned there is link for state and community policy. This link is for policy decisions made at the state and community levels directly impact the lives of infants, toddlers, and their families.

ESTABLISHING PROFESSIONALS CONTACTS/EXPANDING RESOURCES

I tried to establish contact with three agencies outside the United States for professional contacts. I contacted individuals from Phillippines, Singapore, and Spain. One of my emails came back as undelivered. I'm waiting on a response from each individuals to learn more about what they do in the Early Childhood setting. The websites that I'm interesting in are the Center for Early Childhood Care & Development, Association for Early Childhood Educators, and World Association of Early Childhood Educators. Part 2 of the assignment Expanding Resources I chose National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. However, I chose this because they help to ensure to that al families in the United States have access to quality, affordable child care.