General Resources
Connect for Kids provides information to adults about the status of children in communities, states, and the nation.
www.connectforkids.org

The Finance Project develops and disseminates information about improved policies, programs, and financing strategies that benefit children and families.
www.financeproject.org

The Future of Children is a research journal published by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It disseminates timely information on major issues related to the well-being of children. Many journal issues - including the most recent one, Caring for Infants and Toddlers - focus on topics that affect young children.
www.futureofchildren.org

The National Child Care Information Center is a project of the U.S. Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system.
www.nccic.org

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families administers federal child care and Head Start programs.
www.acf.dhhs.gov

The U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, established by Congress in 1920, is the only federal agency mandated to represent the needs of wage-earning women in the public policy process.
www.dol.gov/dol/wb

The Welfare Information network of the Finance Project is a clearinghouse for information, policy analysis, and technical assistance on welfare reform. WIN includes sites on both child care and early childhood development.
www.welfareinfo.org

Research

Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analysis.
www.childtrends.org

The Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families on topics including population and family characteristics; economic security; health, behavior, and social environment; and education.
www.childstats.gov

Kids Count is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being. Kids Count seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children.
www.aicf.org/kidscount

The National Academy of Sciences, Board on Children, Youth, and Families addresses a variety of policy-relevant issues related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. It does so by convening experts to weight in on matters from the perspective of the behavioral, social, and health sciences.
www4.nationalacademies.org/cbsse/bocyfweb.nsf

That National Center on Children and Poverty identifies and promotes strategies that preven poverty among young children int eh United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children under age six who are growing up poor.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/index.html

The Urban Institute is a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization. The Urban Institute focuses on children's policy as it intersects with welfare reform and other issues affecting low-income families.
www.urban.org

Advocacy and Public Policy Groups
The Cato Institue is a nonpartisan public Policy research foundation that seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of more options that are consistent with traditional U.S. principles of limited government, individual liberty and peace. The Cato Institute has an education and child care policy division.
www.cato.org

The Child Care Action Campaign advocates for quality, affordable child care for all families.
www.childcareaction.org

The Children's Defense Fund educates the nation about the needs of children and advocates to "leave no child behind." Much of the CDF's work is centered on improving the supply, quality, and affordability of child care.
www.childrensdefensefund.org

The Families and Work Institute is committed to finding research-based strategies to foster mutually supportive connections among workplaces, families, and communities.
www.familiesandwork.org

Your Child is a national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a top priority for our nation.
www.iamyourchild.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children is the nation's largest organization of early childhood education and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade. NAEYC works to improve professional practice and working conditions in early childhood education and to build public support for high-quality early childhood programs.
www.naeyc.org

The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies provides vision, leadership, and support to community child care resource and referral agencies. NACCRRA also promotes national policies and partnerships committed tot he development and learning of all children.
www.naccrra.net

The National Head Start Association provides a national forum for the continued enhancement of Head Start services for poor children ages newborn through five and for their families.
www.nhsa.org

National Women's Law Center has worked since its inception in 1972 to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.
www.nwlc.org

Zero To Three aims to strengthen and support families, practitioners, and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.


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