The State of Family Support on Long Island, A Pioneering Assessment of Where Families with Young Children Will Find Respect and Support
United Way of Long Island, Success By 6, took on the job of finding out how much family support exists on Long Island. It spent two years identifying the programs that support families with children six and under and determining the extent to which they embrace a specific set of family support principles and practices that respect and engage the family.

The Executive Summary and Report are posted in PDF format for your download convenience. The Appendices are separate PDF documents. The report is copyrighted so please request permission from United Way of Long Island if you plan to reproduce the report in any way. To request permission or for more information, contact Marlee Miller at mmiller@unitedwayli.org, and include details on quantity to be reproduced and purpose.

• Family Support Report Executive Summary
• Family Support Report

APPENDICIES
Appendix A: State of Family Support on Long Island Assessment Tools

• Family Support Program Survey
• Parent Survey
• Family Development Credential (FDC) Graduate Survey
• School District Survey
• Employer Survey

Appendix B: Listing of Family Support Programs that Responded to Survey (By Community)

Appendix C: Family Support in Long Island Health Care Services

Appendix D: A Local Perspective through Key Informants

Appendix E: Regulated Child Care on Long Island (By Community)

• Nassau County Regulated Child Care Programs and Their Capacities
• Suffolk County Regulated Child Care Programs and Their Capacities

Appendix F: NAEYC Accredited Programs on Long Island

Appendix G: School Districts with Family Support Initiatives

• Nassau School Districts and their Family Support Initiatives
• Suffolk School Districts and their Family Support Initiatives

Appendix H: Family Support at Long Island Libraries

Appendix I: Family Coursework in Higher Education

Appendix J: Glossary of Legislative Terms

Appendix K: Funding Sources

• Long Island Area Funders
• National Foundations / Foundation Center Locations
• New York State Initiatives

Appendix L: Employer-Supported Child Care Services on Long Island

Appendix M: Working Mother Magazine's 100 Best Companies, 1998-2003

MAPS WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS
Family Support Systems on Long Island - Self-reporting on survey as Health/Mental Health, Education, Family Service, Child Care, or Multiple depicting bus lines for public access

Family Support Sites on Long Island (Typology) - Self-reporting on survey as Stand Alone Family Support Center, Family Support Program Nested Within Larger Organization, Organization that Adopts and Works from Family Support Principles, Community Level System of Care, and Comprehensive Community Collaborative Structure

Family Support in Long Island Health Care Services - Map of Hospitals, Health Centers, Facilitated Enrollment Sites for Child Health Plus/ Family Health Plus depicting:

• Poverty levels
• Bus lines for public access

Family Support in Long Island Child Care Centers - Map of Licensed Child Care Centers Showing Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Head Start/Early Head Start , Programs Accepting County Subsidized Children, and Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies depicting:

• Communities
• Poverty levels
• Bus lines for public access
• NYS senatorial districts
• NYS assembly districts
• Nassau/Suffolk legislative districts

Family Support in Long Island Family and Group Family Child Care Programs including those accepting subsidized children depicting town boundaries

Family Support and Long Island Public Education Services for Young Children - Parent-Child Home Program, Experimental and Universal Pre-K, Even Start, Pre-K-Early Childhood Centers and Teacher Centers depicting school district boundaries

Family Support at Long Island Libraries - Library services for children and families highlighting Family Place Libraries and depicting school district boundaries