Collection of Resources for Early Childhood

List of Early Childhood Organizations 

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• http://www.naeyc.org/
  
• The Division for Early Childhood
  http://www.dec-sped.org/
  
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  http://www.zerotothree.org/
  
• WESTED
  http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
  
• Harvard Education Letter
  http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
  
• FPG Child Development Institute
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
  
• Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conference
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
  
• HighScope
  http://www.highscope.org/
  
• Children’s Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org/
  
• Center for Child Care Workforce
  http://www.ccw.org/
  
• Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
  
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
  
• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
  http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
  
• National Child Care Association
  http://www.nccanet.org/
  
• National Institute for Early Education Research
  http://nieer.org/
  
• Pre[K]Now
  http://www.preknow.org/
  
• Voices for America’s Children
  http://www.voices.org/
  
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/
     

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) - NACCRRA is the national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the nation. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care. http://www.naccrra.org (opens in a new window)
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) - NBCDI is a national organization dedicated to improve and protect the quality of life of African American children and their families.http://www.nbcdi.org
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) - NAFCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care.http://www.nafcc.org
National Head Start Association (NHSA) - NHSA is the national organization dedicated exclusively to meeting the needs of Head Start children and their families. http://www.nhsa.org/
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - ACF is the federal agency that funds head start programs and the NYS Head Start Collaboration Project. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/index.html/ 


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