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• Reference: Education: Early Childhood: Organizations and Clearinghouses  (41)

ABC Childcare Association Plano Texas - - Offers free childcare referrals for professional in-home, state registered, licensed or listed childcare providers located in Plano, Texas.

Alaska Family Child Care Association - - Promotes and develops quality, professional home based child care.

Birmingham Childminding Association - - Offers quality support to all registered childminders and parents involved in early years childcare.

California Association for Family Child Care - - Contains links to resources that are beneficial to child care providers and their business.

California Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools - - A non-profit council of preschools in the state of California. Links include resources for parents and educators, listings of preschools and nursery schools.

California-Association of Professional Child Care Educators of Alameda County-Fremont - - Mission is to train, educate, support and mentor child care providers to a higher level of expertise and to share this knowledge throughout our diverse community.

California-Long Beach Lakewood Childcare Association - - A nonprofit California organization for family childcare professionals.

California-Monterey County Family Child Care Association - - MCFCCA is a group of licensed family child care providers who have joined together to promote and support quality child care.

California-San Francisco Family Child Care Association - - To help a diverse membership maintain a high degree of professionalism in the care and education of young children and to promote family child care as a vital and necessary service to the community.

California-San Mateo County Family Child Care Association - - A non-profit organization providing quality training, support, referrals and resources for Family Child Care Providers and parents.

California-Santa Clarita Valley Family Day Care Association - - Serves families needing childcare, as well as support for childcare providers.

Center for Excellence - - Provides research, training, publications, and resources to enhance programs and services available for early childhood development in Ventura County, CA.

Child Care Providers Coalition Of Kansas - - Family child care providers find support with CCPC. Promoting professional achievement, education and quality.

Childcare Providers TX Association - - Provides a network for child care providers. Located in Garland, Texas.

Chino Valley T.Y.K.E.S. Program - - Provides programs and services for children ages' birth to five years old and their families. Chino, CA. area.

Colorado Association of Family Child Care - - Provides resources and referrals for providers and parents. Lists county affiliates, meetings and workshops, educational opportunities, and child care related links.

Colorado Child Care Information - - Promotion of social welfare through the organization and education of family child care providers and society as a whole will be benefitted.

Colorado Office of Resource and Referral Agencies - - A private non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing child care in Colorado. Provides comprehensive resources for families, providers, and employers including contact information for local child care resource and referral agencies.

Colorado-Arapahoe County Family Child Care Association - - Provides working parents with information regarding quality child care. Provides a network for child care providers. Located in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

Colorado-Denver Association of Family Child Care - - An organization that works with parents, child care providers, businesses and community organizations to help promote the availability of quality child care.

Community Child Care - - A non profit organization which operates as a training, resource, advisory and advocacy body for children's services in Victoria.

Del Norte Child Care Council - - Working to expand quality child care and social services available to children and families in Del Norte County, CA area.

EEZofMinders - - Backup childcare service providing emergency, temporary, and corporate childcare services and information to members throughout the United Kingdom.

Hampton Alliance For Lifelong Learning - - A community organization providing resources for parents and caregivers with children 0-8 in Hampton New Brunswick and surrounding area.

HAPPY: Helping Association for Professional Providers of Young Children - - Child care association of Trumbull County, Ohio. Support and resources for providers and information and child care referrals for parents.

Illinoie Head Start Association - - The official Illinois Head Start Association web site.

Kids 'n Caregivers - - A childcare association made up of registered in-home providers located in The Colony, Texas.

Leighton Buzzard Childminding Association - - A support group for those working as registered childminders in Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding area.

Lennox and Addington Resources for Children - - Non-profit organization committed to quality childcare, daycare, before and after school programs, children's and parent resources, and other areas of teaching.

Manitoba Child Care Association - - Advocates for a quality system of child care and advance early childhood education as a profession. Information on workshops, membership and contact details.

Maryland - Baltimore County Family Child Care Association - - (BCFCCA). Professional association of child care providers licensed and operating in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Mid-Cities Professional Child Care Association - - Provides quality family home child care in Bedford, Colleyville, Euless, Fort Worth, Hurst, Grapevine, and North Richland Hills.

Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association - - A professional organization of licensed family child care providers in Minnesota.

National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) - - The mission is to strengthen the profession of family child care.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - - Non-profit organization dedicated to providing child care information to parents, professionals, and advocates.

National Child Care Information Center (U.S.) - - Provides information and resources on child care.

New York State Family Child Care Association - - To act as a united voice to promote and strengthen the professionalism of providers thereby promoting the quality of family child care.

Northern Virginia Family Child-Care Association - - Mt. Vernon chapter. Site includes meeting schedules and members lists.

Northwest Community Action Programs of Wyoming, Inc. - - Helps low income families with children become self sufficient. Programs include Head Start, disabilities services and TEFAP. Located in Worland, Wyoming.

Palo Alto Community Child Care - - Non-profit organization specializing in advocating for and providing child care services for families in the greater Palo Alto, CA area. Offers assistance to low-income families and those with children with special needs.

Punky's Child Care Organization - - Organization of child care professionals who share ideas, problems, and early childhood development.

Redleaf National Institute - - Addresses all of the business issues of professional family child care including record keeping, taxes, insurance, contracts and marketing.

Rehoboth Family Childcare Association - - An association of childcare and daycare providers in the Southeastern Massachusetts area.

Richardson and Garland Child Care Association - - Provide free child care referrals for parents in Garland and Richardson.

Saskatchewan Association of Child Care Homes Inc. - - Establishing a high standard of care for children in licensed family child care homes and their families. Included is on-site membership, programming and resources.

Scottish Childminding Association - - Informs childminders, parents, employers, local authorities and central government about what constitutes good practice in childminding.

Sonoma County Child Care Association - - Assists in developing professional growth, education, and support to people working in the child care profession. Sonoma County, CA.

Start, and Run, A Successful Home Child Daycare. - - Start and run a successful in home child daycare; or choose the right provider for your family.

Starting Point - - Non-profit organization in Northeastern Ohio that helps low-income families with childcare and educational issues.

Step By Step Childcare - - Preschool theme curriculum, daycare forms, information for new providers.

Texas- Association - South Plains Day Home - - A non-profit organization formed in 1994 to serve Lubbock and the surrounding counties.

Texas-Sunshine Providers Childcare Association - - A support group for childcare providers and parents who are looking for quality child care. Located in Rowlett, Texas. Features purpose, members, contact information, and meetings.

United Home Child Care Association - - A non-profit organization designed to enhance childcare quality and offer support and training for providers and professionals in the Austin, TX area.

Utah Professional Family Child Care Association - - Committed to the professional development of family child care providers in pursuit of quality care for all children.

Virginia Alliance of Family Child Care Associations - - We are family child care professionals dedicated to the promotion of quality child care.

Virginia Independent Child Care Homes Association - - A free child care referral service and also a training, resources and support service for the providers.

Virginia-Professional Family Child Care And Early Education Association - - An organization of family childcare providers in the Chesapeake area.

Washington-Child Care Action Council - - Local child care Resource and Referral for Thurston, Mason and Lewis counties. Located in Olympia Washingto.

Wheaton/Glen Ellyn Child Care Association, Inc. - - Located in Wheaton, Illinois. Includes member news and a calendar of events.

Wisconsin Family Childcare - - A statewide organization of family childcare providers formed to provide support, involvement, and communication with others in the profession.

Yukon Child Care Association - - Working for the development of an expanded improved child care system.