Links: Head Start State Collaboration Project
We've compiled a list of sites that provide a wealth of information on Head Start programs in North Dakota and other states, child development and early childhood education, teaching, parenting, child care, day care, and other topics of interest to parents, teachers, and families.
Alert Services
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What's New Alert; Federal Register Alert; IM/PI Alert; Digest Alert; and Links to Literacy - are designed to help you keep abreast of the most recent Head Start information. Subscribe and you'll get an immediate, automatic e-mail notification when new information is released to the Bureau, Regional Offices and Head Start Programs. Simply click on the links below to subscribe to the alert service/s of your choice.
- What's New Alert
- Subscribe at www.headstartinfo.org/cgi-bin/email/whatsnew.cfm
Prompt notice of new information posted to the HSB and HSIPC Web sites: Information Memorandums and Program Instructions, new Funding Opportunities, new publications, etc. - Federal Register Alert
- Subscribe at www.headstartinfo.org/cgi-bin/federal_register/federal_register.cfm
Proposed changes to regulations, final regulations, funding opportunities, meeting notices, etc. - IM/PI Alert
- Subscribe at www.headstartinfo.org/cgi-bin/Email/emails.cfm
Receive each new Information Memorandum and/or Program Instruction as soon as it is released. - Digest Alert
- Subscribe at www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/digest/digest.htm
A bi-monthly summary of news and information relevant to the Head Start community. - Links to Literacy
- Subscribe at www.headstartinfo.org/cgi-bin/Email/sub_links.cfm
A brief quarterly update of literacy resources found on the WWW.
Associations
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- www.ccsso.org
A listing is made available on this site of all state school officers who have information on public education across the United States. - National Association for Family Child Care
- www.nafcc.org
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- www.naeyc.org
NAEYC is America's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others in the community dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs. - National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
- www.naccrra.net
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and useful information to parents, child care professionals, NACCRRA members, and child care advocates. - National Child Care Association
- www.nccanet.org
- National Head Start Association (NHSA)
- www.nhsa.org
The National Head Start Association, a private, nonprofit membership organization devoted to concerns of the Head Start community, has a special section on partnerships on their home page which links to additional pages on Activities and Training and Technical Assistance. The Activities section lists brief synopses of activities and projects involving the NHSA Partnership Office and Head Start programs in collaboration with other organizations and corporations. The Training and Technical Assistance section contains an outline of proposed training objectives and benefits. - National Head Start Bureau:
- www.hsnrc.org/Content/index2.cfm
Head Start State Collaboration Offices Web Site. - National School Age Care Alliance
- www.nsaca.org
The National School Age Care Alliance (NSACA) provides an umbrella organization to link people who work with school-age children and youth in a wide variety of agencies and settings. - North Dakota Head Start Association
- www.ndheadstart.com/
The North Dakota Head Start Association advocates for quality programs for children and families. The association represents programs and communicates their challenges to those who can facilitate change in order to provide quality services to children and families. - International Family Day Care Organization
- www.swin.edu.au/famcom/ifdco.html
An international network of members involved in family child care. It publishes a newsletter and hosts international conferences.
Child Care
- Center for the Child Care Workforce
- www.ccw.org/
- Child Care Bureau
- www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/
The Child Care Bureau's website provides Child Care and Head Start collaboration eligibility determination information, such as ACYF-PIQ-CC-99-02, issued February 28, 1999. That issuance encourages State Lead Agencies to establish a different eligibility period for children in collaboratively funded slots. Information is available about the length of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) eligibility for children in slots that are collaboratively funded. - Healthy Child Care
- www.healthychild.net
Journal publishing useful articles on safety and health practices for children in child care. - Healthy Child Care America Newsletter
- www.nccic.org/hcca/nl.html
Newsletter aimed at caring for young children to demonstrate the provision of safe and interesting environments for children. - National Child Care Information Center
- www.nccic.org/
The National Child Care Information Center, an adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for Child Care sponsored by the Child Care Bureau (ACF/DHHS), disseminates child care information, provides outreach to ACF grantees, and publishes the Child Care Bulletin six times a year. In addition to providing information on child care organizations, funding resources, and state child care profiles, their web site contains several past issues of the Child Care Bulletin which have articles addressing the topic of child care partnerships: 1998, Issue 19: Federal Partners with Child Care, January/February 1997, Issue 13: Community Based Child Care Planning and May/June 1197, Issue 15: Linkages with Child Care. - National Network for Child Care
- www.nncc.org/child.dev
Part of the Cooperative Extension System's CYFERNET, the National Network for Child Care web site offers a menu of publications and resources on various child care topics, information on conferences, an e-mail discussion group KIDCARE, and links to other child care related web sites and resources. Of particular relevance to child care partnerships is a section on Community Involvement which includes How to Build Coalitions: Collaboration (requires Adobe Acrobat to view) and other resources. - National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
- nrc.uchsc.edu
Provide access to full set of United States National Health and Safety Performance Standards and links to various child care information resources. - North Dakota Child Care Resouce and Referral
- www.ndchildcare.org
- North Dakota Infant Toddler Enrichment Program
- www.nd4childcare.org
The Infant Toddler Training curriculum was developed by West Ed. Laboratories and is widely used to train those who work with very young children. The Infant Toddler Training Program offers a total of 40 hours of training, divided into four topic modules. Each module focuses on a specific aspect of caring for young children, from up the environment to working with families. Contact Kathy Johnson, the ITEP Coordinator, at (701) 530-2526 or (800) 223-1510. - Quality in Linking Together (QUILT)
- www.QUILT.org
"QUILT is a national training and technical assistance project funded by the Federal Head Start and Child Care Bureaus. Our purpose is to support full-day, full-year partnerships among child care, Head Start, prekindergarten, and other early education programs at the local, state, tribal, territorial, and regional levels." This new federal initiative plans to collect, develop and distribute information on partnership structures and collaborative strategies, develop training materials and publications on guidance and fiscal strategies, provides assistance to ACF staffs, T/TA providers, and other regional, state, tribal, territorial and local agencies to build local partnerships, and deliver on-site technical assistance to Head Start, child care, prekindergarten, and other early education providers through QUILT staff, expert consultants and existing T/TA systems. They will also conduct national and regional training sessions, forums, and meetings for early childhood education staff. Check their web site for new postings and information. - Soho Center - Child/2000 Project
- www.child2000.org
An organization that works to improve child care for large numbers of children in communities across America by piloting innovative, cost-effective outreach, networking and training strategies. Also develops materials that directly enhance children's literacy and school success with a primary focus on parents and child care providers.
Child Development and Early Childhood Education
- American Montessori Consulting Newsletter
- hometown.aol.com/amonco/amonco.html
Computer software reviews, book reviews, and other educational resource information that might be of interest to parents and teachers is reviewed. - Bismarck Early Childhood Education Program
- www.bismarck.k12.nd.us/bps/becep/
The BECEP program objective is to meet the developmental needs of children through an individualized curriculum; involve parents in the program and reinforce their position as the primary educator of their child. The Bismarck Early Childhood Education Program, BECEP, consists of five main components: Head Start, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, Even Start, and Right Track. - Community Action Region VIII Head Start Program
- www.dickinson.k12.nd.us
The Head Start program of Community Action Region VIII, which serve the counties of Adams, Bowman, Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, and Stark. - Early Childhood Care and Development
- www.ecdgroup.com
Consultative group on Early Childhood Care and Development is an international consortium of donor organizations, foundations and non-government organizations addressing needs of children from birth to age 8 and their families. - Early Childhood Education On Line
- www.ume.maine.edu/~cofed/eceol/welcome.shtml
Provides information on a range of topics including developmental guidelines, observation and assessment, curriculum and advocacy for children. Sponsors ECEOL discussion group. - Early Childhood News
- www.earlychildhoodnews.com
Early Childhood Research and Practice publishes articles which cover emerging practice, research, policy, care and education of children from birth to age 8. - Early Childhood Research and Practice
- ecrp.uiuc.edu/index.html
Listing of early childhood research and practice articles covering emerging practice, research, policy, care and education of children from birth to eight years of age. - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
- www.udel.edu/ecrq
Articles are included that present significant research on all topics related to the care and education of children from birth to 8 years of age. - Earlychildhood.com
- www.earlychildhood.com
Features advice from experts in the early childhood field, information on activities, and a forum for idea sharing. - Future of Children
- www.futureofchildren.org
Information on critical issues related to children's well-being. Emphasis on providing objective analysis and evaluation, translating existing knowledge into effective programs and policies and encouraging constructive change in institutions. - Minot Public School Head Start and Early Head Start
- www.minot.k12.nd.us/headstart/
The Minot Head Start provides comprehensive child development, health nutrition, and family services to enrolled children in a center based preschool program. The Minot Head Start provides a combination home based and center based program including child development, health, and nutrition to enrolled families. - Reggio at NAEYC
- www.nauticom.net/www/cokids/reggio.html
Summary of workshops presented at the NAEYC conference on the Regiio Emilia approach to Early Childhood Education. - Reggio Emilia
- ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/eece/reggio.html
Contains information and resources related to the approach to Early Childhood Education developed in the preschools of Reggio Emilio, Italy. One of the world's premiere Early Childhood Education Programs. - SouthEastern North Dakota Community Action Agency
- www.sendcaa.org
The Head Start and Early Head Start programs of SENDCAA, which serves the counties of Cass, Richland, Ransom, and Sargent. - Three Affiliated Tribes Head Start Program
- www.geocities.com/tatheadstart/index.html
Three Affiliated Tribes Head Start program with 8 centers in the surrounding area and administrative offices located in New Town, North Dakota. - Utah Head Start
- www.utahheadstart.org
Provides information on Utah Head Start Programs, the Utah Head Start Association, and the Utah Head Start State Collaboration Project. - Young Children
- www.naeyc.org/yc/yc_index.html
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) provides a forum for discussion of major issues and ideas.
Child Health and Health Care
- Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
- academyhealth.org/about/index.htm
The Academy serves as a professional home and technical assistance resource for researchers and policy professionals. It is committed to the vision of improving health and health care by generating new knowledge and moving knowledge into action. - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- www.aap.org
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a national organization of pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. This web site contains information relevant to infant, child, and adolescent health, including news briefs, American Academy of Pediatrics policy statements, and sections on child health advocacy and research, as well as on patient and professional education materials.
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