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ABOUT.COM 
1440 Broadway
New York, NY, 10018
212-204-4000
About.com
The About network consists of over 700 Guide sites neatly organized into 36 channels.  The sites cover more than 50,000 subjects with over 1 million links to the best resources on the Net and the fastest-growing archive of high quality original content.  Topics range from pregnancy to cars, palm pilots to painting, weight loss to video game strategies. No one has greater depth and breadth than About.
C A R E - O U T www.care-out.org Communities Addressing Retention of Early Childhood Educators --
Organizing for Underpaid Teachers
CCRWF
California Center for Research on Women & Families
www.ccrwf.org
CCCRRN
California Child Care Resource & Referral Network
Phone   (415) 882-0234
Fax        (410) 882-6233
www.rrnetwork.org
111 New Montgomery Street, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
CCW
Center for the Child Care Workforce
www.ccw.org
800-UR-WORTHY               202-737-7700

Fax  202-737-0370

733  15th Street, NW  Suite 1037
Washington, DC 20005-2112
CCAC
Child Care Action Campaign
(212) 239-0138
Fax       (212) 268-6515
www.childcareaction.org
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
CCA
Child Care Aware
www.childcareaware.org NACCRRA Program - Child Care Aware is a nonprofit initiative whose mission is to ensure that every parent has access to good information about finding quality child care and resources in their community, through national consumer marketing and by raising visibility for local child care resource and referral agencies.
CDF
Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787

www.childrensdefense.org

California
510-663-3224
323-874-8787
Ohio
614-221-2244
www.cdfohio.org
Ohio
513-751-2332
www.cdfcinti.org
Minnesota
651-227-6121
www.cdf-mn.org
Colorado
303-604-1392
Mississippi
601-355-1213
South Carolina
843-479-0605
Tennessee
865-457-6466
New York
212-697-2323
www.cdfny.org
Texas
713-273-3291
956-664-0707


CDTC
Child Development Training Consortium
209-572-6087
www.childdevelopment.org
The Child Development Training Consortium serves all of California with the following services: 1) reimbursing the cost of college coursework that leads to a Child Development Permit; 2) paying the fees to obtain a Child Development Permit; 3) training professional growth advisors to work with permit holders; 4) maintaining a registry of professional growth advisors; and 5) conducting Administrator Institutes throughout California.



CHILD CARE SEEKERS www.childcareseekers.com Child care referral listing
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Elementary and 
Early Childhood Education

www.accesseric.org


Children's Research Lab
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7469

Phone        (800) 583-4135
Fax            (217) 333-3767

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth  (415) 239-0161
Fax   (415) 239-0584

www.colemanadvocates.org

Joe Wilson, Associate Director
459 Vienna Street
San Francisco, CA 94112 
FAMILY VILLAGE
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2280
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.

It includes informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability related media and literature, and more! 

Infant Development Association of California 916-453-8801
Fax 916-453-0627

www.idaofcal.org

P.O. Box 189550
Sacramento, CA 95818
NACA
National Association of Child Advocates
202-289-0777
Fax  202-289-0776

www.childadvocacy.org

 1522 K Street, NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005-1202
NACCRRA
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
1319 F. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1106

Phone            (202) 393-5501
Fax                (202) 393-1109
www.naccrra.org

NACCRRA is the national network of community based child care resource and referral agencies.  Our organization is a common-ground where families, child care providers, and communities can share information about quality child care.
NCCIC
National Child Care Information Center 
Phone        (800) 616-2242
Fax             (800) 716-2242
TTY            (800) 516-2242
www.nccic.org
243 Church Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Vienna, VA 22180
NHSA
National Head Start Association
 1651 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone       (703) 739-9875
Fax            (703) 739-0878

www.nhsa.org


NHSA provides a national forum for the continued enhancement of Head Start services for poor children ages 0 to 5, and their families.  It is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to the concerns of the Head Start community. 
NPIN
National Parent Information Network
Phone        (800) 583-4135
Fax            (217) 333-3767

www.npin.org

Children's Research Lab
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7469
NRCHSC
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care 
Phone    (800) 598-5437
Fax         (303) 724-0960

nrc.uchsc.edu

Campus Mail Stop  F541
PO Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508
PROVIDER APPRECIATION DAY Phone      (888) 3-FIRST-1

www.providersfirst.com

Child Care Organizations nationwide have joined together to declare the Friday before Mothers Day as Provider Appreciation Day.   This day of recognition to be celebrated annually on the Friday before Mother's Day was spearheaded by a group of volunteers in New Jersey in 1996.
PACE
Policy Analysis for California Education 
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pace.berkeley.edu
 

University of California, Berkeley
3653 Tolman Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
Phone            (510) 642-7223

Stanford University School of Education
485 Lasuen Hall
Stanford, CA 94305-3096
Phone            (650) 725-1235
Fax                (650) 725-7412

Sacramento Office
801 12th Street, Suite 260
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone            (916) 441-5062
Fax                (916) 441-1866


PACE is an independent policy research center whose primary aim is to enrich education policy debates with sound analysis and hard evidence.  From issues around preschooling and child development, to K-12 school finance, to higher education outreach, PACE is dedicated to defining issues thoughtfully and assessing the relative effectiveness of alternative policies and programs.  PACE provide analysis and assistance to California policy makers, education professionals, and the general public.
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