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American Academy of Pediatrics - an organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Center for Child Care Workforce - mission is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensure the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and a voice in their workplace.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.
Child Care Aware - non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community. Child Care Aware does this by raising visibility for local child care resource and referral agencies nationwide, and by connecting parents with the local agencies best equipped to serve their needs.
Children Now - independent voice for children, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action.
Children's Defense Fund - advocates interested in issues affecting early childhood and school-aged children. The Children's Defense Fund provides updates and information on key federal and state developments, winning advocacy strategies, new research, and other resources to help you help children.
ChildStats - offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
The Future of Children - disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being, with special emphasis on providing objective analysis and evaluation, translating existing knowledge into effective programs and policies, and promoting constructive institutional change.
High/Scope Foundation - mission is to seek, apply, and disseminate knowledge about education and human development, especially as it relates to the High/Scope educational approach to literacy. View Position Papers on How to Teach Young Children to Read as well as sample pre-application for the Early Reading First initiative that can be copied and used by interested organizations and individuals.
Kids Count Census Data Online - has compiled indicators of child well-being from the 2000 US Census and created an interactive online database that uses a simple, yet powerful, interface to help you quickly and easily create, view, and print reports.
Kids in Danger - non-profit organization dedicated to protecting children by improving children's product safety.
National Association for Family Child Care - organization 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) - national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the US. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care.
National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. NAEYC is committed to becoming an increasingly high performing and inclusive organization.
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) - a project of the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 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.
National Center for Children in Poverty - places a special emphasis on preventing or alleviating poverty among children under age six because young child poverty poses particularly serious risks to children's healthy growth and development.
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - provides national leadership to the maternal and child health community in three key areas--program development, policy analysis and education, and state-of-the-art knowledge--to improve the health and well-being of the nation's children and families.
National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) - fuels life improvement for the nation’s most disadvantaged children and parents. More than 1 million families throughout the country have made positive educational and economic gains as a result of NCFL’s work.
National Institute of Health - help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone.
Parents As Teachers - provides a broad inventory of educational and support programs for parents, training for family service providers, and publications for parents and those who work with them. These services and products help parents set goals and make decisions for their education, work and family life that increase their self-confidence, self-sufficiency and ability to successfully manage a family.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - protects the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from different types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.
US Department of Education - combined offices from several federal agencies, agency ensures equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation.
Voices for South Carolina’s Children- independent, nonprofit child advocacy organization that works to improve the lives of children in the Palmetto State by providing information and resources to families, child advocates, lawmakers and concerned citizens on current children’s issues.
Zero To Three - More than half the infants and toddlers in the United States spend time in child care each week. The Better Baby Care Campaign is a nationwide effort to improve the quality of care for children under age three.
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