National Association for Sick Child Daycare conference will be held in Las Vegas, NV September 6, thru September 8. For information on how to attend click here. There is a huge unmet need for sick child care. Each day more than 350,000 children younger than 14 years of age with both parents working are too sick to attend school or child care. Working mothers are absent from their jobs from 5 to 29 days per year caring for ill children.
Obstacles exist that hamper the development of needed sick child care programs.
There is an absence of providers largely due to lack of information, lack of licensing procedures for sick child care, difficulty getting insurance, and funding challenges. Providers, parents, child care professionals and employers need information about sick child care. Providers need an information clearinghouse and a referral network of other providers, organizations and resources that can help them. Parents and child care professionals need information on sick child care resources in their communities and on ways to promote the creation of new services. Employers need information on how their support of sick child care services can help reduce their absenteeism costs.