Quality, professional childcare for children of all ages, needs and abilities.
563-886-3143, email: Mrs.V@TiptonAdaptiveDaycare.com
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC has a variety of parenting resource books, magazines and pamphlets available for daycare parents to borrow.
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC is now on Facebook. Become a Fan and enjoy more child care resources and information.
Health and Safety in Child Care
and Early Education
http://nrckids.org/RESOURCES/list.htm#Consultants
This link contains a continuously evolving list of selected web sites providing
health and safety tips and information applicable to child care settings
We have created a legacy wall in our lower level play room with the heading, "These Hands Have Touched Our Home and Touched Our Hearts." We invite anyone that has ever attended Tipton Adaptive Daycare or volunteered here to come leave a hand print on our wall. This wall serves to give the children a sense of ownership and belonging and gives us a visual reminder of how many children have come into our lives. We hope that years from now the children will come back to visit us and find thier hand prints still here.
www.nichcy.org
NICHCY is very pleased to offer you a wealth of information on disabilities! NICHCY stands for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We serve the nation as a central source of information on:
- disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth,
- IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education,
- No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and
- research-based information on effective educational practices.
The
Arc of East Central Iowa is excited to announce Sibshop! Sibshops are
opportunities for brothers and sisters of children with disabilities to
obtain peer support and education within a recreational context. That
means FUN- and a lot of it! Sibshops are not therapy, although their
effect may be therapeutic for some children. Sibshops are for 1st - 5th grade brothers and sisters of children who have special needs. Sibshops acknowledge the
special and important roles brothers and sisters of people with
disabilities have in the present and in the future. Fall Sibshops are
being organized and more information will follow soon!
Contact Jonni Kolosick at 319.365.0487 x1027 or jkolosick@arceci.org with questions.
SHARE
"Save Money - Shop Smart"
Serving Iowa, Eastern Nebraska, Northern Missouri & South Dakota
www.shareiowa.org email: shareiowa@mahaska.org
Would you like to save money on groceries? Do you know someone who could benefit from stretching his or her food dollars? SHARE can offer you up to a 50% savings on nutritious food packages for just 2 hours of *volunteer service each month. To find out more about SHARE; check out our web site, email us, or call 1-800-344-1107.SHARE Iowa offers tasty, nutritious grocery packages at half the retail cost in exchange for 2 hours of volunteer service in your community. Choosing where you volunteer is up to you - any good deed qualifies.
Our Best Value Package (like the sample pictured) includes a wide assortment of frozen meats, fresh fruits and vegetables and convenience foods - just like you see in major grocery stores. And at a savings of up to 50% off retail prices! Additional packages, including meat packages are also available. You can pay for your SHARE packages with cash or EBT/food stamps.
SHARE Iowa partners with places of worship, schools, and other organizations to create neighborhood "host sites" to make picking up your SHARE packages fun and convenient. For information on who to contact in your area call SHARE Iowa at 1-800-344-1107.
Give SHARE a try this month. It's as easy as 1,2,3
1. Contact your local SHARE site or SHARE Iowa for more information on placing your order.
2. Complete your volunteer service during the month.
3. Pick up your SHARE package at your local host site (United Church of Christ by the Tipton High School) later in the month - usually the third of fourth Saturday.
Tipton SHARE Host Site:
First United Church of Christ
602 Mulberry Street
Tipton, IA 52772
563-886-6361
The food pantry is located inside the Calvary Foresquare Church,
1100 N. Hwy 38 P.O. Box 347, Tipton
(Just north of Wal-Mart)
Church: (563) 886-6418.
Food Boxes are handed out the third Saturday of each month.
FREE Child Care if you qualify for DHS Child Care Assistance
https://ccmis.dhs.state.ia.us/MainPortal/Welcome.aspx
Below is the information on child care assistance from the Iowa DHS website. You can use the online calculator at https://ccmis.dhs.state.ia.us/ClientPortal/Prequalification.aspx to determine if you qualify. Links to the sources of this information are included below. Families with incomes near the income limits will have to pay a small daily copay as determined by DHS. DHS does not pay for additional fees, such as enrollment fees, late fees and after hours care fees. Income guidelines are adjusted annually.
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Child Care Assistance (CCA) is available to the children of income-eligible parents who are absent for a portion of the day due to employment or participation in academic or vocational training or PROMISE JOBS activities. Assistance may also be available for a limited period of time to the children of a parent looking for employment or when the parent who normally cares for the child is unable to do so due to hospitalization, or outpatient treatment for physical or mental illness.
Who Can Get Help?
You may get help from the Child Care Assistance program if you:
* Have a child who needs care who is under the age of 13 (or under the age of 19 if the child has special needs).
* Are a member of a Family Investment Program (FIP) participant household.
If you're not a Family Investment Program participant, you may qualify for the CCA program if you:
* Have a child who needs care who is under the age of 13 (or under the age of 19 if the child has special needs) and have income under the program's limits and work an average of 28 hours per week; or
* Attend an approvable training or education program full-time; or
* Are looking for work; or
* Are unable to provide care because of an approved medical reason.
- Families with a child with protective needs.
- Participants in PROMISE JOBS-approved activities.
- Recipients of FIP (Family Investment Program), or people whose income was considered in determining the needs of a FIP recipient.
There are many things we do as parents to invest in our families’ futures. One of those ways might be to invest in a savings program at work with our employers matching the money we contribute to the plan. It is important to also invest in your child’s present needs to ensure he or she has a strong future. The best way we can provide for our children’s present and future needs is to learn good parenting skills. What we do as parents will have a greater impact on our children’s lives than anyone else involved with our children. We can learn how to be better parents through books, magazines, classes, and the guidance of family and friends.
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC would like to match the time you invest in parenting classes. For every hour of classes you attend, you will be given one unit of credit for free child care for one child. Each two hours of classes attended will equal a full-day credit for one child. For families using third-party payers, the time can be used for a little time to yourself that your payer might not reimburse. Credits can also be used for after hours care by appointment. To receive your credits, you will need a certificate of attendance or a statement signed by the class instructor stating the title of the class and the numbers of hours attended. This offer is for children currently enrolled at Tipton Adaptive Daycare.
Are You a Parent and a Student?
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC would like to reward your hard work and efforts to build a secure future for your children. If you currently have a child enrolled in our daycare, bring in your most recent college or high school report card, and you will receive one unit of credit for free child care for one child for each ‘A’ you received in the previous reporting period. Two A’s will equal a full day of free child care for one child. For families using third-party payers, the time can be used for a little time to yourself that your payer might not reimburse. Credits can also be used for after hours care by appointment.
Do you need training to get a better job?
training programs to help you get the skills you need to get a job quickly.
We’ll help pay training, transportation and child care costs.
Training is open to Iowa residents who meet income eligibility guidelines
For more information call Helen @ 563-324-3239, extension 1373.
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National Guard, Reserve and Active Duty military families returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom for two weeks of R&R may receive a minimum of four hours of free child care. Contact your local Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) agency to see if child care providers are participating in your area. This is a joint initiative between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC is participating in Operation Child Care. You do not need to be enrolled in our daycare to participate, but you will need to fill out our daycare enrollment forms. There is no enrollment fee to take advantage of this program. For more information go to: http://www.childcareaware.org/en/operationchildcare/ or contact Community Action of Eastern Iowa at 800-369-3778.
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC is donating unused child care spaces to the Heroes to Hometowns program
The American Legion exists for veterans and their families. We honor and support all veterans who have served our country. Within this section pertinent information focused on veterans’ assistance along with our family support network are covered. Additionally, a wealth of information is provided on our Heroes To Hometown initiative and other highlighted Veterans Administration announcements and bulletins.
Tipton Adaptive Daycare, LLC is offering available daycare spaces to injured service members while they attend medical or therapy appointments.
More information about this program can be found at: http://www.legion.org/veterans/h2h/about
"Welcoming home severely injured service members"
"Heroes to Hometowns" is a transition program for severely injured service members returning home from OEF/OIF. "Heroes to Hometowns" establishes a support network and coordinates resources for severely injured service members returning home. If you are a service member, veteran or family member of a service member or veteran who has been severely injured, please fill out the Heroes to Hometowns request form.
Contact Heroes to Hometowns:
For more information, contact:
The American Legion - Heroes To Hometowns
Military Severely Injured Center (Pentagon Detachment)
Phone: 202 631-9924
Daycare Family Activities
We will be planning activities several times each year to give our daycare families a chance to get to know our family and each other better. These gatherings help all of us to develop a sense of community, especially for families that are new to Tipton. All household members are invited to attend. Extended family may attend when space is available.
