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Advocacy

Childrens Defense Fund
Children's Defense Fund is committed to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Winning Beginning New York

Early Childhood Education and Development

Council For Professional Recognition
Information on the CDA Credential.
CYFERnet: Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
A national network of Land Grant university faculty and county Extension educators working to support community-based educational programs for children, youth, parents and families.
Early Childhood Today
Educational Resources Information Center Clearing House on Early Childhood Education
The Educator’s Reference Desk
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
An online reference source which includes Early Childhood Focus, information on the latest early childhood news throughout the country and an online library of child health resources: NREx.org provides a forum for exchanging ideas, models, and materials.
National Child Care Information Network
NYC Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
Quality New York
Quality New York (QNY) assists New York City early care and education programs in improving teaching and administrative practices in order to reach the high-quality national standards established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
SUNY Educational Incentive Program
Teaching K–8

Families

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
Center for Work and Families
Resource which helps organizations to create effective workplaces that support and develop healthy and productive employees.
Child Health Alert
The Child Health Alert is an organization committed to the health and well-being of all kids, by helping parents, teachers and health professionals understand and make sense of health news which affects children.
Dr. Greene's House Calls
Dr. Greene is the Chief Medical Officer of A.D.A.M., the Founder & CEO of DrGreene.com, and the Pediatric Expert for AmericanBaby.com. He is on the Clinical Faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine where he sees patients and teaches residents.
FamilyFun.go.com
Under the Disney online umbrellas the Web site for Family Fun magazine.
Find an Early Childhood Program (day care facility)
Immunization Action Center
Source for childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and hepatitis B educational materials—camera ready and copyright free! Comprehensive information about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases can be found on our sister Web site, www.vaccineinformation.org
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
An online reference source which includes Early Childhood Focus, information on the latest early childhood news throughout the country and an online library of child health resources: NREx.org provides a forum for exchanging ideas, models and materials.
The National Parenting Center
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
Parent Center
Parent and Child
Parents League of New York
Vaccine Information
Comprehensive information about a specific disease and the vaccine that prevents it.

Government Agencies

Professional Organizatons

Scholarships