This practicum designed and implemented a program to assist child care centers in acquiring substitute staff on a consistent basis. The steps to develop a pool of trained substitute staff and establish a network between the participating centers were: (1) collecting information by way of a questionnaire; (2) obtaining funds; (3) discovering which centers were in need of this type of service and were willing to participate; (4) hiring and training the prospective substitutes, and (5) developing a contract. At the end of the project, it could not be determined how effective the pool system was for the participating centers. However, one goal achieved was that of networking among the participating center directors. (Seven appendices include sample evaluations, job descriptions of the substitutes, the contract for participating centers, and the 10-week project calendar.) (BAC)