Early Childhood Resources

Professional Organizations

• Family Support America
• Florida Children's Forum
• Head Start
• National Association for Family Child Care
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• National Black Child Development Institute
• National Head Start Association
• Ounce of Prevention (Florida)
• Success by Six (Florida)
• Teach More Love More
• USA Child Care
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families

Early Childhood Research Websites

• Early Childhood Research and Practice: An Internet Journal
• National Center for Early Development and Learning
• National Child Care Information Center
• National Institute for Early Education Research
• Promising Practices Network
• Rand Child Policy Project
• Welfare Information Network: Research Related to Child Care

Data on How Children are Faring

• Annie E. Casey Foundation - Kids Count data
• Children's Defense Fund
• National Association of Childcare Resource and Referral Agencies
• University of Chicago: The Chapin Hall Center for Children

Other Policy Resources

• Alliance on Early Childhood Finance
• The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
• Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
• Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
• Center for Policy Alternatives
• Child Care Law Center
• Education Commission of the States: Early Childhood Issues
• Families and Work Institute
• Financing Child Care in the United States: An Illustrative Catalog of Current Strategies
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
• National Women's Law Center
• Human Services Policy Center
• The Future of Children (Journal - available on line)

Other Advocacy Resources

• Better Baby Care Campaign
• Center for the Childcare Workforce
• Child Care Advocate.org
• Connect for Kids
• Fight Crime, Invest in Kids
• National Association of Child Advocates
• Stand for Children