Child Care Bureau
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/
Child Care Resources
http://www.childcare.org/
Child Trends
Human Services Policy Center
http://hspc.org/publications/educating_caring.aspx
National Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
http://www.naccrra.org/
National Center for Children in Poverty
http://www.nccp.org/
National Child Care Information Center, Resources and Organizations
www.nccic.org
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
http://www.developingchild.net/
Research Connections
www.childcareresearch.org
Sparking Connections
http://www.familiesandwork.org/sparking/home.htm
Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org
First 5 California Informal Child Caregiver Support Project
http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/ffn/
National Latino Children's Institute: "Words for the Future"
http://www.nlci.org/kits/Words%20intro.htm
Parents as Teachers National Center
www.patnc.org/
Family Guidance Center of Alabama, Kith and Kin Program
http://www.familyguidancecenter.org/index.php?story=erl.kids
Association for Supportive Child Care, Arizona Kith and Kin Project
http://www.asccaz.org/1_kith.html
Hawaii's Good Beginnings, Play Groups
www.goodbeginnings.org
The Food Research Action Center, Child and Adult Care Food Program
http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/cacfp.html
Crystal Stairs, Inc.
http://www.crystalstairs.org/
National Child Care Information Center, Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care: State and Local Strategies
http://www.nccic.org/poptopics/stateandlocal.html
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