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State and National Links for Child Care Providers
State and National Links for Child Care Providers
Advocate for children! Stay current on child care issues by connecting with child care provider organizations in the state and at the national level.
National Accreditation and Credentialing Programs
- COA - Council on Accreditation - Early Childhood
- NAC - National Accreditation Commision for Early Care & Education Programs (NAC)
- NAFCC - National Association of Family Child Care Accreditation
- NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation
- NECPA - National Early Childhood Program Accreditation
- AdvancEd Accreditation - Early Learning
- AMS - American Montessori Society
- CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential- Council for Professional Recognition
- CCP (Child Care Professional) Creditional and NAC (National Administrator Credential)- National Child Care Association
State Credentialing Program
Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Credentials:
- ECE- Illinois Early Childhood Education Credential Levels 1-6
- IDC- Illinois Directors Credential Levels 1-3
- ITC- Infant Toddler Credential Levels 1-6
- SAYD - School-Age and Youth Development Level 1-5
- FCC - Family Child Care Credential Level 1-5
- FSC - Family Specialist Credential Levels 2-5
State of Illinois
Providers wanting information about the state initiative "Preschool For All" can find information on the Illinois State Board of Education or the Illinois Early Learning Council at the link below.
Preschool for All - Preschool For All, food programs, other resources
Early Childhood Education Division
100 N. First
Springfield, IL 62777
217/524-4835
Gateways to Opportunity - registry, credentials, trainings, financial, support and more
1226 Towanda Plaza
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: 888-548-8080
Email: info@ilgateways.com
PSO/Illinois Child Care Association - a child care association to help everyone
310 East Adams
Springfield, Illinois 62701
1(877)912-ICCA (4222)
Federal/National Issues
National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC)
1743 W. Alexander St.
Suite 201
Salt Lake City, Utah 64119
Phone: 1-801-886-2322
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1313 L St., NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20090
1-800-424-2460
Association for Early Learning Leaders
P.O. Box 90723
1250 S. Capial of Texas Highway Building 3 Ste #400
Austin, TX 78746
(800) 537-1118
(512) 301-5080 FAX
email: info@earlylearningleaders.org
website: www.naccp.org
National Child Care Association
1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
800-543-7161
Email: info@nccanet.org
Website: www.nccanet.org
Worldwide Advocacy
Child Welfare League of America
The
Child Welfare League (CWLA) advocates on behalf of the nation's
most vulnerable children and families to ensure their voices are
heard in the White House and in the halls of Congress. www.cwla.org
National
Association of Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
NACCRRA
provides national leadership to building quality child care systems,
community by community and neighborhood by neighborhood. www.naccrra.org
Stand
for Children
Stand
for Children is a nonpartisan national organization whose members,
chapters, and staff are working to ensure that all children have
the opportunity to grown up healthy, educated and safe. www.stand.org
Teaching
Strategies
Site
offers hundreds of pages of free materials for educators, recommended
links, articles by prominent authors, and resources. www.TeachingStrategies.com
Zero
to Three
The
nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. www.zerotothree.org
Worthy
Wages for Early Childhood Educators (AFT - A Union of Professionals)
The
Worthy Wage Network is a broad-based, easy-to-join "mobilization"
of teachers, providers, directors, parents, and allies of all
kinds, calling for a major investment of public funds that is
directly targeted to improving child care jobs. Site is working
to be the premiere source of information on child care workforce
Mathematica
Policy Research
Site
offers the latest research on new policy briefs, reports, journal
articles and other work. www.mathematica-mpr.com
National
Black Child Development Institute
The
National Black Child Development Institute is a major initiative
to build diverse leadership in the early care and education field. www.nbcdi.org
Civitas
Initiative
Civitas
transforms leading edge research into practical information for
parents, caregivers and frontline professionals. www.civitas.org
Children's
Defense Fund
The
mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind.
It provides a strong voice for all the children of America who
cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. www.childrensdefense.org
Voices
for Illinois Children
Voices
for Illinois Children is an advocacy group for children. They
have had many ads on radio and TV lately for better wages and
training for child care providers and the importance of early
learning. www.voices4kids.org
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
This
site offers several links about school violence and efforts to
prevent youth violence and delinquency. www.fightcrime.org
INCCRRA
(Illinois
Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies)
Helps
locate resource and referral agencies that serve other counties
in Illinois, supplies information to both parents and the public
regarding child care, and provides information on training opportunities
for providers .http://www.inccrra.org