This project was created through a collaborative arrangement with the Birmingham City School System and the University of Alabama in Birmingham and was funded by the Alabama Power Foundation Children's Trust Fund, Greater Birmingham Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation and the Birmingham Public Schools, with funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The materials were designed to tell parents how to choose quality child care, and to encourage them to seek providers with programs that meet the recommended guidelines. I'm Watching Your Kids. The materials were distributed to caregivers participating in the child care subsidy program, as well as child care resource and referral agencies and child care licensing field offices. Each caregiver received a canvas bag with posters, parent brochures on choosing and maintaining quality care, and stickers inside.
Many government agencies participate to educate child care consumers in Arizona .
Emphasis is placed on reaching the parents of infants, children with special needs and parents needing child care for their children before and after school, with different messages for each group. Consumer education and support for families needs is carried out on the local level in Illinois . Several initiatives in Maryland are increasing parental knowledge about quality child care. In local communities, teen parents can receive training and technical assistance on choosing child care. Special curriculums which include workbooks and other materials have been developed to help adolescent parents identify and choose quality child care.