Resources for Child Care Providers
Alliance for Child Care Professionals
www.earlychildpro.org

Early Childhood Family Initiative – Minnesota Children, Families, & Learning
Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) provides early childhood screening, early childhood special education, and school readiness for infants & toddlers with disabilities.
children.state.mn.us/ecfi

Early Childhood Training Registry - Children, Youth, & Family Consortium
Provides training opportunities for child care providers in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
www.cyfc.umn.edu/Ectrain

Hennepin County Child Care Licensing Home Page
www.co.hennepin.mn.us/cfs/ccl/cclhomepage.htm

Hennepin County’s links and resources for families and providers
www.co.hennepin.mn.us/cca/Links/ccaresourceslinks.htm

Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children aeyc-mn.org

MN Child Care Resource & Referral Network
www.mnchildcare.org

Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association
www.MLFCCA.org

NAFCC – National Association for Family Child Care
Information for child care centers on accreditation
www.nafcc.org

NACCRRA – National Association Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
www.NACCRRA.org

Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition
Information on earning a CDA Credential
www.cdacouncil.org

MN State Licensing Rule II
for Family Child Care Providers
www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/9502

Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov

First Children's Finance
First Children's Finance is the financial institution for the childcare industry in Minnesota. They offer business loans at below market rates for childcare businesses to cover a number of different expenses from expansion to repairs to start-up costs.
www.dcc-corner.com/fcf.html 

Department of Human Services (DHS)
www.dhs.state.mn.us

Find out what accreditation means for child care programs and which programs are accredited
For family child care providers: www.nafcc.org
For child care centers: www.naeyc.org

Information on finding child care, paying for child care, and other resources for families in Hennepin County
www.co.hennepin.mn.us/cca/ccawelcome.htm

Information for families through the Minnesota CCR&R Network
www.mnchildcare.org

Moving and need to find child care in your new area?
Child Care Aware is a national network of child care resource & referral agencies.
www.childcareaware.org

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
www.sidsalliance.org

Resources for Child Advocacy
Child Care Works
www.childcareworks.org

Congregations Concerned for Children Advocacy Network
http://www.ccccan.org

Children’s Defense Fund - Minnesota
www.cdf-mn.org

Children’s Defense Fund - National
www.childrensdefense.org

Radio Child Care
hwww.radiochildcare.org

CAPI (Center for Asian Pacific Islanders)
www.capiusa.org

NdCAD (Network for the Development of Children of African Decent)
www.ndcad.org

Lutheran Social Services
www.lssmn.org

GMDCA
www.gmdca.org

Community Solutions Fund
www.solutionsfund.org

African American AIDS Task Force
www.aidstaskforce.org

Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals
www.earlychildpro.org

Community Action of Minneapolis
www.campls.org

Resources for Child Caring
www.resourcesforchildcare.org

Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
www.ycb.org/schooolreadiness.asp

Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC)
www.mnaeyc.org

Minnesota Early Childhood & School-Age Trainers Association (MECSATA)
www.mecsata.org

MECSATA is an organization committed to promoting and supporting early childhood and school age trainers in the areas of professional growth and development, leadership, and advocacy for the field. This organization shall make every active effort to be inclusive of the personal, cultural, and professional diversity of people desiring membership and leadership within MECSATA. MECSATA will provide opportunities to network and develop contacts within the field. MECSATA will encourage the professional development of trainers through conferences, meetings, speakers, newsletters, and any other activities agreed upon by the Board of Directors.

Resources for Child Development
Kindergarten Readiness Checklist www.pcsb.k12.fl.us/prek/readiness.htm

National Parent Information Network
www.spedschools.com/napsec

Zero to three
www.zerotothree.org 

  
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