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• ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care. Online handbook for child care providers.
• CareGuide. National provider database and parent resource.
• Census Bureau has statistics on Child Care
• Child Care Information from the Department of Social Services
• Child Care Parent Provider Information Network. Info for family child care providers.
• Child Care Primer for Parents. From the Child Care Action Campaign
• Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc: Keeping Children on the Path to School Success: How is Connecticut Doing? Highlights (April 2004), Full Report (September 2004) These publications shed light on how Connecticut's young children (birth to age 6) are progressing toward school success by looking at key factors influencing child health and development like physical health, social and emotional well being, access to quality child care, family stability and more. The Highlights brief is an abridged document with statewide data on several key indicators of child well being, while the full report provides both statewide and local data and more in-depth analysis. The full report can also be downloaded in sections.
• Connecticut KidsLink
• Hartford Area Child Care Collaborative
• Healthy Child Care Magazine
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE)
• National Black Child Development Institute
• National Child Care Information Center. Lots of resources and links, as well as the Child Care Bulletin.
• National Association of Child Care Professionals
• National Network for Child Care. From Cooperative Extension.
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
• National Institute on Out-Of-School Time at Wellesley College

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