Early Education and Child Care Partners

Afterschool Investments Project
The Afterschool Investments project provides technical assistance to Child Care and Development Fund grantees and other State and local leaders supporting afterschool efforts.

American Academy of Pediatrics Children's Health Topics Page
From asthma to immunization, find out more about what AAP recommends for your children's health.

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) offers information on evidence-based practices related to promoting children's social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors on its website.

Child Care Aware
Child Care Aware is a non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community. Parents and others seeking local child care programs can search by zip code on this site and find licensed child care programs in their area.

Child Care Bureau
The Child Care Bureau is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and availability of child care for all families. The Child Care Bureau administers federal funds to states, territories, and tribes to assist low-income families in accessing quality child care for children when the parents work or participate in education or training.

Child Care Research Collaboration and Archive
The Child Care Research Collaboration and Archive (CCRCA) is a two-and-a-half year contract to create an infrastructure for collaborative research and analysis and information sharing among researchers, policy makers, and other key stakeholders. It will serve as a repository of child care research and data through a web-based archive; develop and disseminate materials designed to improve child care policy research; and synthesize findings for policy makers.

Civitas
Using the latest research in early childhood development, Civitas produces and distributes practical, easy-to-use tools that assist adults in making the best possible decisions on behalf of children. Search this website for research articles and materials for parents, caregivers, and other professionals.

Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS)
The purpose of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Initiative is to support States to plan, develop and implement collaborations and partnerships to support families and communities in their development of children who are healthy and ready to learn at school entry. In 2003, 48 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Republic of Palau were awarded grants to develop Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems-building plans. Grantees are now in the process of completing plans and beginning implementation activities.

First Candle/SIDS Alliance
First Candle/SIDS Alliance is dedicated to increasing awareness of SIDS and other causes of unexpected infant deaths. First Candle supplies comprehensive, up-to-date
information on infant health and survival to expectant parents and child care
providers. They also provide technical assistance to state professional
programs and childcare providers on safe sleep and risk reduction education.

Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center (NSC)
The Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center (NSC), funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in August 2005, will support the goals of Healthy Child Care America and the state Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems by strengthening statewide networks of Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs). The NSC, led by the Center for Children & Families at Education Development Center, Inc., with its partner, the CHT Resource Group, is developing a website that will feature a national CCHC Registry, as well as information and resources for state health and child care leaders, local child care providers, and others interested in child care health consulting.

Maternal and Child Health Bureau
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) seeks a nation where there is equal access for all to quality health care in a supportive, culturally competent, family and community setting. The MCHB continually supports this effort through funding of many national programs.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 100,000 members, a national network of over 300 local, state, and regional Affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded organizations. Membership is open to all individuals who share a desire to serve and act on behalf of the needs and rights of all young children.

National Assocation for Family Child Care
NAFCC is one of the largest professional support systems for family child care and early care and education advocates, and is dedicated to strengthening the profession of family child care by promoting high quality, professional early care and education and strengthening communities where providers live and work.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
NACCRRA provides technical consultation and resources to member child care resource and referral agencies. Child care resource and referral agencies are an excellent source child care information. You can search this site to find the resource and referral agency closest to you.

National Child Care Information Center
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services. Search this site if you are looking for information about government funding, Head Start, licensing, and more.

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care is dedicated to promoting the health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation through publications such as Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, Second Edition, and Healthy Kids, Healthy Care: an easy-to-use website for parents and caregivers with information about health and safety in child care.

National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants
The National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants supports the health and safety of young children in child care settings through the development of a national child care health consultant training program.

Talaris Research Institute
Talaris Research Institute works to improve the social, emotional and cognitive development of children from the prenatal period through age five by providing parents with tools to raise their children effectively. Look here for short informational video clips, books, and more.

ZERO TO THREE
ZERO TO THREE is a national non-profit dedicated to advancing current knowledge; promoting beneficial policies and practices; communicating research and best practices to a wide variety of audiences; and providing training, technical assistance, and leadership development to promote the healthy development of our nation's infants and toddlers.