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www.abcdca.org
Affordable Buildings for Children's
Development (ABCD) Initiative
ABCD is designed to build a comprehensive and
sustainable system for child care facility
financing and development in California.
www.afterschoolpartnership.org
California AfterSchool Partnership
A public-private partnership of the California
Department of Education, the Foundation
Consortium for California's Children &
Youth, and the Governor's Office of the
Secretary for Education.
www.bmsg.org
Berkeley Media Studies Group
BMSG helps organizations that want to change
policy or influence decision-makers develop a
media advocacy plan.
www.brookings.edu/es/ccf/ccf_hp.htm
Brookings Institution
Poverty research by the Washington D.C. think
tank.
www.buildingchildcare.org
Building Child Care (BCC)
The Building Child Care Project exists to
provide a centralized clearinghouse of
information and services designed to improve
child care providers' access to financial
resources for facilities development projects in
California.
www.dss.cahwnet.gov
California Department of Social
Services
Information on Child Welfare Systems, Child Care
Licensing.
www.caeyc.org
California Association for the Education of
Young Children
Information on professional development, public
policy, annual conference.
www.cbp.org
California Budget Project
CBP was founded in 1994 to provide a source of
timely, objective and accessible expertise on
state fiscal and economic policy issues.
www.rrnetwork.org
California Child Care Resource & Referral
Network
The network of Child Care Resource and Referral
(R&R) agencies that are located in every
county in California.
www.cde.ca.gov
California Department of Education
Includes information on the statewide
education system and specialized programs, which
includes local planning councils and child
development programs.
www.ca-headstart.org
California Head Start Association
The Association provides leadership and advocacy
for Head Start programs around the state.
www.ccrwf.org
California Center for Research on Women and
Families
The flagship project of the Center is the
CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project.
www.clasp.org
Center for Law and Social Policy
(CLASP)
www.iir.berkeley.edu/cscce/
The Center for the Study of Child Care
Employment
CSCCE focuses on issues relating to the several
million teachers and providers currently working
in center-based and home-based early care and
education settings in the United States.
www.childcareresearch.org
Child Care and Early Education Research
Connections
CCEERC promotes high quality research in child
care and early education and the use of that
research in policymaking.
www.childcarelaw.org
Child Care Law Center
CCLC is a national nonprofit legal services
organization that uses legal tools to make high
quality, affordable child care available to
every child, every family, and every
community.
www.childrennow.org
Children Now
Children Now is a research and action
organization dedicated to assuring that children
grow up in economically secure families.
www.citiesandschools.org
Cities and Schools - Facilities Focus
The Center for Cities and Schools works to
position high-quality education as a critical
component for broader city and metropolitan
policy-making.
www.ccfc.ca.gov
First Five California
The California Children and Families Commission
was founded in 1998 with the passage for
Proposition 10 to provide programs and services
for children 0 to 5.
www.aecf.org/kidscount
KIDS COUNT
A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a
national and state-by-state effort to track the
status of children in the U.S.
www.leginfo.ca.gov
Official California Legislative
Information
Provides information on current legislation and
activities.
www.naccrra.org
National Association of Resource & Referral
Agencies
The national network of R&R agencies.
www.naeyc.org
National Association for the Education of Young
Children
The National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC) is 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.
National
Association of Planning Councils
NAPC is a private, non-profit national
organization which promotes community planning
and supports its members as they provide
leadership for community-based human services
and health planning and action.
www.nieer.org
National Institute for Early Education
Research
NIEER supports early childhood education
initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan
information based on research.
www.nccic.org
The National Child Care Information
Center
NCCIC, a service of the federal Child Care
Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and
technical assistance center that links parents,
providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the
public to early care and education
information.
www.nedlc.org
The National Economic Development & Law
Center
Since 1969, NEDLC has offered a host of programs
and services to promote economic development in
low-income communities, including technical
assistance and community building.
www.nwlc.org/index.cfm
National Women's Law Center
The NWLC's mission is to protect and advance
the progress of women and girls at work, in
school, and in virtually every aspect of their
lives.
www.preschoolcalifornia.org
Preschool California
Preschool California is a broad-based,
multi-year, non-partisan advocacy campaign to
achieve voluntary preschool for all 4-year-olds
in California.
