Resources
School Age Child Care & Youth
American Youth Policy Forum
http://www.aypf.org
American Youth Policy Forum for information that will help you in your work with young people and youth serving organizations.
Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. CDF pays particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.
National Child Care Information Center
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/nccic/
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
National Network for Childcare
http://www.nncc.org/
The National Network for Child Care (NNCC) unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. NNCC's goal is to share knowledge about children and child care from the vast resources of the land-grant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public. NNCC networks with committed individuals around the country to bring you practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday work with children.
National School-Age Care Alliance (NSACA)
http://www.nsaca.org
NSACA is a national membership organization whose mission is to support quality programs for school-age children and youth in their out-of-school hours. It is an umbrella organization to link people who work with school-age children and youth in a wide variety of agencies and settings.
Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org
Search Institute is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the well-being of adolescents and children. A national initiative, "Healthy Communities-Healthy Youth," has gained recognition on building developmental assets in communities.
