Provider Resources : Links

State and Local Community Resources

• Family Child Care Business and Tax Information
• National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• National Network for Child Care (Extension)
• Locate Your Local DHS Office
  
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Research and Information

• CHILD 2000 Project
• Center for Child Care workforce
• Children’s Foundation
• Parents Action for Children (I Am Your Child Foundation)
• North American Montessori Teachers Association
  
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Health and Safety

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Dental Association
• Bright Futures-health information
• Healthy Child-resource guide on health issues
• Healthy Child Care Iowa-iowa information
• Iowa Child Passenger Safety Network-car seat safety
• National Safe Kids Campaign-car seat safety
• National Women’s Health Information Center
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Nutrition

• Team Nutrition
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
• ISU Extension
  
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Special Care

• Picture Schedules
• American with Disabilities Act-pertaining to Child Care
• Brookes Publishing
  
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Curriculum and Learning

• TLC-Teaching Learning Caring Newsletter
• Creative Curriculum
• High Scope Curriculum
• Provider Resource and Idea Website
• Scholastic Books
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
• Children’s Television Workshop/Sesame Street
• Kaplan
• Environments
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Professional Organizations

• National AfterSchool Association
• National Association of Family Child Care
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencie
• Council for Early childhood Professional Recognition-CDA
  
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Parent Resources

• Child Care Aware