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    J. A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation — Family foundation committed and striving to be a catalyst for positive educational change, reform and improvement in Idaho. Among other information, the site contains information on applying for grants and special project funding.
 
    National Association for the Education of Young Children — Nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.
 
  National Child Care Information Center — Established to complement, enhance, and promote child care and linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families.
National Network for Child Care — Unites expertise of many leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. Their goal is to share knowledge about children and child care from vast resources of landgrant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public. The site provides practical information and resources that will be useful to everyday work with children.
 
  Soho Center, Home of the Child/2000 Project — Multi-part, national-level initiative to get valuable products, services, and information directly to parents and to organizations and individuals working with and on behalf of America's children. CHILD/2000 includes a special focus on family child care providers, child care associations, literacy, and other child care-related organizations.
 
   
  ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care — Centers of Disease Control online handbook for child care providers. Includes articles on preventing common childhood infectious diseases.
 
    Beansprout Child Care Network — Created by child care leaders to help make technology more accessible to the child care community. The Beansprout Child Care Network, a public service of Beansprout Networks, is available to child care organizations and parents at no cost.

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Monday, March 02, 2009

Links

       
Idaho CareLine: In Idaho, Dial 2-1-1 or 800-926-2588

 

Food and Nutrition Resource List for Child Care and Preschool Staff — Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) of USDA’s National Agricultural Library (NAL). Along with many new materials, you will also find ordering information and a suggested target audience. Topics included in this list are: Curriculums and Learning Activities for Teaching Children, Food Sets, Models and Posters, Resources for Staff Training, (such as), Nutrition, Learning, and Health, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Teaching Nutrition and Physical Activity to Young Children, Education for Parents, Food Safety, Food Service, Quality Child Care Environments CACFP Training Resource Checklist, and Cultural Considerations.  

Cooperative Extension's National Network for Child Care — Strengthening child care by linking the education, technology, and research resources of 105 Land Grant Universities, NNCC includes an extensive database of articles and publications on all kinds of topics relating to children.

Families and Work Institute — Nonprofit organization that addresses the changing nature of work and family life. We are committed to finding research-based strategies that foster mutually supportive connections among workplaces, families, and communities.
 
Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children — State affiliate of the National AEYC. They work to fulfill their mission of improving the quality of life for Idaho's young children and their families by (1) improving professional practice in early care and education, (2) building public understanding and support, and (3) building and maintaining a strong, diverse and inclusive organization.