Annotated Bibliography

Interview of Lacey Moss

I plan on using this interview to give the readers a summary of what I spend money on. I receive help from my mother so I plan on using her information to also help me. We pay for tuition, food, clothes, and diapers. Since this is my public sphere I feel that the reader would want to know why I am so involved in this subject. I am a reliable source because I’m a college mother myself. Even though I live at home I still experience the high cost of taking care of a child.

Interview of Allesha Moss

Allesha is my sister and she is also a college mother. Her interview is also going to be very important because she lives on her own. In her interview she will provide her cost of living and how much she spends a month. A lot of college mothers are a couple years older than me and they live on their own so providing the audience with an additional source that they might closely relate to will help get more support.

Information from Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper is the program that I go through for my daycare assistance. I plan on interviewing my caseworker so she can provide more information for the other college mothers. I know this plan isn’t going to happen overnight so I want to help other mothers with the assistance that they need now. This source is very reliable because it’s a current assistance program. It will also provide information about how long the current waiting list is.

Information from Workone

Workone is the biggest daycare assistance program. Many times the length of their waiting list changes due to the increasing demand of assistance. The recession has encouraged a lot more people to go back to work or school. Most stay at home moms are now seeking assistance for daycare so that they can go back to school or work. I will obtain information about how long their current waiting list is and what the yearly average income cutoff was. This assistance is provided longer than a year if you continue to be eligible.

Daycare Price Information

Whenever I discussed daycare price information with my other classmates during a peer review they were surprised at home much we as mothers had to pay. This is the information I plan to use to reel in the non-parents. It’s hard to get people involved if the subject doesn’t have anything to do with them so I plan using the high prices of daycare. These are prices are up-to-date so they will be very useful.

Census Information

I’m going to display the cost of living and the average cost of tuition. This information will be helpful because it shows just how much we are paying to go to school and helps them imagine what it would be like to have to add on the cost of daycare. This information will be just a couple years behind but it’s the most recent one that is available at the time.

Inside Higher Ed

This website discusses the issue of a new study about the increasing rate of college mother dropouts. This is also very important because young mothers want to better themselves and it’s hard to do so with the continuous problems with the economy. Every college student emphasizes with the next person about finances so this would really help to also get more support. Most of the problems with college dropouts are with finances especially when they have kids.

Information from 4C of Southern Indiana

This is a program the helps low income families seek help with daycare. I believe they also help provide assistance with paying for the daycare too. I know they do give out lists of daycares and prices and information on the daycares. They also give out referrals for child cares. They educate the families on what is best for the developing child.

Evansville Daycare Finder, Internet Source

This website gives out information about different daycares throughout the city. Some charge by the week and some by the hour. It also tells you what vouchers and assistance programs are accepted there. This site provides contact information for further information. This is helpful for those parents looking for daycare in their area.

Evansville ARC

This information is helpful because they provide temporary daycare. I will provide information on what requirements are to be met to qualify and how long a person can use this daycare. This is helpful because it can provide temporary relief for a parent who is trying to go back to school or work and needs daycare until they can save money to afford one or is accepted on a voucher program.