Links & Organizations

Advocacy Organizations

PreK Nowwww.preknow.org
Preschool Californiawww.preschoolcalifornia.org
Children Nowwww.childrennow.org
California Child Care Resource and Referral Networkwww.rrnetwork.org
Child Development Policy Institute (CDPI)www.cdpi.net
Californians for the Support of Early Education (CSEE)www.supportearlyed.org
Advancement Project Water Coolerwww.advancementprojectca.org/index.php?q=/c/resource/sc/ap_water_cooler
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)www.childcareandearlyed.clap.org

Public Agencies and Committees

Early Learning Quality Improvement System (ELQIS) Advisory Committeewww.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/sb1629committee.asp
Child Development Division of the California Department of Education (CDD-CDE)www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd
Office of Head Startwww.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs
First 5 Californiawww.ccfc.ca.gov
County First 5’swww.ccfc.ca.gov/county/county_map.asp

Professional and Provider Organizations

Professional Association for Childhood Education (PACE)www.pacenet.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)www.naeyc.org
California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)www.caeyc.org
California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA)www.cappaonline.com
First 5 Association of Californiawww.f5ac.org
California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA)www.ccsesa.org
California Head Start Associationwww.caheadstart.org

Resources for Parents Preschool

Parent Voiceswww.parentvoices.org
California Preschool Learning Foundations from CDDwww.plan4preschool.org/docs/single/california-preschool-learning-foundations
Local Child Care Resource and Referral Agency list www.rrnetwork.org/resources-and-links/california-map.html
First 5 California Parents Page www.ccfc.ca.gov/parents
Plan 4 Preschool Curriculum Resourceswww.plan4preschool.org/curriculum

Teacher and Higher Education Student Resources

California Commission on Teacher Credentialingwww.ctc.ca.gov
Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Child Development Permitswww.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/CREDS/child-dev-permits.html
Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC)www.childdevelopment.org
Plan 4 Preschool ECE Higher Education Databasehttp://www.plan4preschool.org/ece-data
California Early Childhood Mentor Programwww.ecementor.org
CAREScares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/query/q/2595

Data Resources

Center for the Study of Child Care Employmentwww.irle.berkeley.edu/cscce
2007 California Child Care Portfoliowww.rrnetwork.org/our-research/child-care-portfolio.html
Early Learning Systemswww.earlylearningsystems.org
RAND Child Policywww.rand.org/research_areas/children
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Child Care Researchwww.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/project/childCareProjects.jsp