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 Redleaf
National Institute--Redleaf National Institute is a division of
Resources for Child Caring, a nonprofit organization located in St.
Paul, Minnesota. We work closely with
Redleaf Press, another division of Resources for Child Caring,
which publishes business resources and other materials for child care
professionals. |
 Resources
for Child Caring Resources for Child Caring is a nationally
recognized non-profit (50lc3) organization specializing in issues
related to child care. Our mission is to improve the lives of children
by strengthening and supporting the people who care for them. Carol
Rohde is the executive director. Three key values drive our mission:
quality, diversity, and accessibility. Today we offer a variety of
services and programs that support child care professionals, parents,
and diverse communities in nuturing young children. We have also
remained a consistent voice in support of a functional child care
system in Minnesota and the nation. Redleaf National Institute is a
division of Resources for Child Caring. |
National Association
of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies 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 US. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and
communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child
care. Since 1987, NACCRRA has been working to improve the system of
early learning for children by: Providing training, resources, and
best practices standards to local and state CCR&Rs that support high
quality, accountable services; and promoting national policies and
partnerships that facilitate universal access to quality child care. |
 The
Children's Defense Fund and
Children's Defense
Fund Minnesota. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all
the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for
themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and
minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation
about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment
before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer
family breakdown. |
 The
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. Founded in 1926, NAEYC is the world's largest
organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 100,000
members, a national network of over 300 local, state, and regional
Affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded
organizations. |
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 ACEI--The
Association for Childhood Education International The Mission
of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) is to
promote and support in the global community the optimal education and
development of children, from birth through early adolescence, and to
influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of
others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing
society. |
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 The
Children, Youth, and Families Education Research Network If
you're a professional serving children, youth and families or a parent
with your own children, you know that finding reliable, high quality,
research-based information on the Web can be a major challenge. That's
where CYFERnet can help you. CYFERnet's Web site brings together the
best, children, youth and family resources of all the public
land-grant universities in the country. Materials are carefully
reviewed by college and university faculty. Through CYFERnet you can
also interact with your colleagues and share your work nationally.
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 The
Minnesota Center for
Professional Development recognizes and supports the providers in
the field of early childhood and school age education throughout the
state. The Center is designed for
everyone who has a stake in the future of Minnesota's children. If you
are working in a child care center, a Head Start program or are a
family provider, this center is for you. If you are a trainer, a
member of the ECFE staff, or work in an after- school program, this
center is for you. If you are a neighbor or family member caring for
someone else's child or a college instructor teaching early childhood
courses, this center is for you!
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The Center
for Inclusive Child Care (formerly Project Exceptional) is a
statewide network for promoting and supporting inclusive early
childhood and school-age programs and providers in Minnesota. This
network provides leadership, administrative support, training and
consultation to early care and education providers, school-age care
providers, parents and the professionals who support providers and
parents of children with special needs. |
 The
Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network works to provide
information and support for quality child care that is affordable and
accessible for all Minnesota families. A wide variety of information,
support, and services are available on a statewide basis through the
Network offices located in St. Paul, and are available locally
throughout Minnesota through the twenty-two CCR&R network member
sites. |
 Eager-to-Learn,
a program of the Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network, is
designed to provide high quality, affordable in-service training
opportunities using electronic or E-Learning technologies and
experienced, well-trained instructors. |
 Thirteen
of Minnesota's Community and Technical Colleges are working together
for you through
E-LECT (e-learning
for early childhood teachers), offering high quality credit-based
child development courses, certificate, diploma, and A.A.S. degree
on-line. Take courses anytime, anywhere. With E-LECT,
a college education is as close as your computer. |
 Action
4 Kids is an e-advocacy network bringing together over 35,000
voices to ensure that every Minnesota child has the best possible
start in life.
Together the network will take action to impact decisions in these
three key areas: 1. Child Care 2. School Readiness and 3. Child
Poverty and Fiscal/Health Policy |
 Ready
4 K Minnesota Ready 4 K
seeks to unite parents, communities, organizations and policymakers to
act and advocate for school readiness. In cooperation with many
leaders in the early care and education fields, Ready4K has developed
policy proposals that integrate the early childhood system, enhance
parent education, and improve professional early care and education. |
 The
Child Care WORKS coalition, established in 1983, brings together
parents, caregivers and advocates across Minnesota to improve child
care services for all families. This is an exceptional source of
current legislative information and policies on all issues regarding
children. |
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 National
Association for Family Child Care
NAFCC is dedicated to
strengthening the profession of family child care by promoting high
quality, professional early care and education and strengthening
communities where providers live and work. |
 The
Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association
A professional family child care
organization of licensed family child care providers serving children
and family child care providers. With a mission to To support the
highest standard of care for children in licensed family child care
homes through education, resources, recognition, and advocacy; while
acknowledging the diversity of licensed family child care providers.
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 International
Family Day Care Organisation
The IFDCO was organized to to facilitate an international exchange of
information, ideas and methods for the development of Family Day Care
through a quarterly newsletter, email and web page and to establish an
international network of members involved in Family Day Care. |
Minnesota Association
for the Education of the Young Child and the Institute for
Professional Development
The Minnesota Association for the
Education of Young Children is a nonprofit association of over 1,500
professionals in Early Childhood Education and related fields working
together on behalf of young children and their families. |
 Minnesota
Autism Center (MAC) provides early intervention services for
children with autism up to age 6 (approximately) and educational
programs for people providing care for autistic children. |
 The
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
(NCSBS) is the only worldwide
organization that is dedicated solely to the prevention of this form
of child abuse. The National Center has been providing leadership in
the development of prevention programs, training courses and public
education campaigns. |
 The
Child Care Nutrition Resource System
provides you with recipes, resources, and information on preparing
nutritious meals and food safety. This is a great tool for providers
who participate in USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
and receive reimbursement for meals served. |
 Kids
Count is a national and state-by-state
effort to track the status of children in the U.S. 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. This
great resource includes the
Kids
Count Data Book online,
CLIKS
with county, city, and community level information,
Census
Data and more. |
![Home to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. [Link to the Home Page.]](members/images/dhs.gif) The
Minnesota Department of Human Services has much information about
child care programs. You can even
view current listings of licensed child are providers sorted by
county. |
 The
U.S. Department of Education contains a wealth of information and
the ability to order publications online. |
 A
Great Resource...
The WebGuide
is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to
hundreds of sites containing child development research and
practical advice. Topics are selected on the basis of parent
recommendations; they cover all ages, from early child development
through adolescence and much more.
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 Minnesota
School-Age Care Alliance MNSACA
is an association of 700 child/youth focused professionals who provide
care to school-age children and youth in school, park, home and agency
settings during out-of-school hours. |
 The
Better Kid Care Satellite Trainings are available for viewing
on your computer with the
Real Media Basic Player,
which you can download for free. After you have installed and
configured RealPlayer, click the links below to view the videos. |
 Caring
for Kids
are four page information sheets on a
variety of topics. The files are in PDF format, so you will need to
have Adobe Reader installed and working on your computer to open
these. |
 These
are two page information sheets from
Penn State. The files are in PDF format, so you will need to
have Adobe Reader installed and working on your computer to open
these. |
Minnesota STREAMS
to Quality
Minnesota STREAMS to Quality is a tool designed to serve people who
care for children by offering educational opportunities, grants, and
financial incentives. This website is for: family child care
providers, child care center staff, Head Start, school-age/out of
school time program staff, parent educators, parents, and all others
interested in the health and development of children. |
 University
of Minnesota Extension Service--Information on searching for
quality child care and other issues. Also able to access INFO U at
this address. |
 CAPI--The
Center for Asians and Pacific Islanders--The Centre for Asians
and Pacific Islanders is a direct service and informational agency
that assists Southeast Asian families to contribute to the economic
and social fabric of Minnesota while maintaining their unique cultural
heritage and values. |
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 Council
for Professional Recognition--The governing body for CDA
(Child Development Associate) credential. |
 Minnesota
Association for Family & Early Education... The professional
organization for administrators, providers and supporters of high
quality family and early childhood education for all families with
young children throughout the State of Minnesota.
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 The
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of
the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a national resource
that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote
the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children
and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services |
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 NNCC--The
National Network for Child Care--The web site of cooperative
Extension Services (includes links to issues of Family Child Care
Connections) |
 The
ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care cover many issues
including health and safety issues for providers, but this
fact sheet on childhood diseases can be extremely helpful. |
 Child
Care Resources
is a leader, advocating for quality child care and the needs of both
families and child care professionals. As in other fields, we can use
technology as a training tool, enabling child care professionals to
access high quality, interactive training at their convenience. This
web site is specifically for that purpose. |
 ChildCareExchange
is a place to find some of the best Internet resources for
providers, directors, teachers and parents. |
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 USA
Child Care is an organization for child care providers who
believe that all children deserve high quality care. Their
mission is to bring the voice of direct services providers to national
and state policy dialogue. |
 Born
Learning is an innovative public engagement
campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality
early learning opportunities for young children. This public service
campaign will raise greater awareness of the importance of quality
early learning and increase parent knowledge and skills by
recommending simple actions parents can take to help their children be
ready for school. The website has a huge amount of resources. |
 United
Way is a leader in early childhood education with programs like
Success by 6 and support for early learning activities. Some
background and research information on their website. |
 Stop It
Now! Minnesota is a campaign to prevent child sexual abuse. Their
online information and resources, here to help adults like you prevent
the sexual abuse of children before a child is harmed and before an
adult, youth, or child acts in a sexually inappropriate way toward a
child. |
 Family
Communications, producers of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood has a
website with resources for families, educators, and early education
and child care. |
The Sesame
Workshop--A link to our Sesame Street friends. Sesame
Workshop is a nonprofit educational organization making a meaningful
difference in the lives of children worldwide by addressing their
critical developmental needs. The Workshop is committed to the
principle that all children deserve a chance to learn and grow; to be
prepared for school; to better understand the world and each other; to
think, dream and discover; to reach their highest potential.
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US Consumer Product Safety Commission--Check
out product recalls on items you may have in your child care home.
Also has Kid Site
with lessons on safety and fun games to play while learning. |
 PBS
TeacherSource
For more than 30 years, teachers have trusted PBS's quality
programming and educational services. Maintaining that trust is the
foundation of PBS's mission to serve educators and learners. |
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