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Tips for Making Your Playground Safe
Supervision: Adults should be present and actively observing children on the playground. This includes making sure children's shoes and clothing offer protection and do not have loose strings. Be prepared for an emergency.
Age-Appropriate: Equipment and play areas should be safe-appropriate and in good repair. Playgrounds must be designed to include physically and visually challenged children.
Falls: Shock-absorbing surfacing under and around equipment is extremely important. Hard surfaces such as asphalt, concrete, dirt, and grass are unacceptable. Alternatives include wood products, pea gravel, sand, or rubber products.
For more information, contact the
National Program for Playground
Safety, University of Northern Iowa,
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0618.
T:800/554-PLAY
Financing Child Care
Financing drives the delivery of services for children and families. The financing of child care and early education services, along with proposals for financing of child care and early education services, along with proposals for financing reform, are the topics of The Future of Children: Financing Child Care, a publication of the david and Lucile Packard Foundation. The journal, which was published in the fall of 1996, begins with an article that contains the analysis and recommendations of the editorial staff of The Future of Children. Also included are four articles that describe and analyze child care services and financing in the United States, two articles that propose new policy alternatives, and commentaries evaluating the proposals. Journal appendices describe statewide financing initiatives and provide additional information on ways to finance child care resource and referral agencies and early childhood facilities. Free copies of The Future of Children: Financing Child Care are available upon written request to:
Circulation Department,
Center for the Future of Children,
David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
300 Second Street, Suite 102, Los Altos, CA 94022.
F:415/948-6498
E:CIRCULATION@ futureofcildren.org.
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