The following organizations may be of interest to Early Care Professionals, Parents and Children's Advocates. Childcare Resources does not control and cannot guarantee the quality, content, relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of information contained in the websites owned by these organizations. It is the responsibility of the web user to evaluate the content and usefulness of information obtained from these sites.
| Alabama Association of Licensed Early Care and Education (AALECE)
is a network of volunteer members and represents the interests of early child care and education in Alabama. |
| Alabama Association of Nonprofits (AAN) is a membership based organization formed to serve the needs of Alabama’s growing nonprofit sector. The organization offers professional development programming and addresses public policy and advocacy on a local, state and federal level . Membership in the Association is open to any emerging, new or existing nonprofit organization, including volunteers, board members and students interested in the nonprofit sector. |
Alabama Association for Young Children (AAYC) is dedicated to improving educational opportunities for children, birth through eight years, by offering professional development and training to the early childhood community. AAYC serves Alabama at large members and its local affiliate (TV-AEYC). AAYC is affiliated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). |
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) is a global community of educators and advocates who unite knowledge, experience, and perspectives in order to exchange information, explore innovation and advocate for children.
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| Alabama Early Intervention (AEI) , a service of Children’s Rehabilitation Service, is a statewide organization of skilled professionals providing quality medical, rehabilitative, coordination and support services for children with special health care needs and their families. Any child or adolescent younger than 21 years of age who is a resident of Alabama and has a special health care need is eligible for Children’s Rehabilitation Service. Individuals with hemophilia are eligible beyond 21 years of age. |
| Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) state agency the oversees the following services for families: adult protective services, child protective services, food assistance, child support, adoption, foster care, family assistance, family services and child care. |
| Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) works closely with the community to preserve and protect the public’s health, to provide caring, quality services and serve the people of Alabama by assuring conditions in which they can be healthy. Contains information on ALLKids, CHIP, WIC, Immunizations & other health topics. |
| Alabama Partnership for Children - is a non-profit organization created to develop, design and implement a unified approach for improving outcomes of children from birth to age five in Alabama. Smart Start – Alabama Partnership for Children manages the TEACH scholarship program for child care providers. |
Alabama Pathways is designed to assist individuals who work in various early childhood and school-age care settings identify appropriate professional preparation and ongoing professional development that is specific to child development and early childhood education. The early childhood and school-age care professionals who benefit from participating in Alabama Pathways care for and teach children in programs that are required to be licensed and those that are exempt from being licensed.
The Alabama Pathways Professional Development Lattice is a system that provides early care and education professionals with a tool to track their professional development. Each individual can identify her/his current place on the Alabama Pathways Professional Development Lattice, as well as the progressive path to enhanced training and education within the field of early care and education.
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| Alabama Public Television (APT) has programs and resources for parents and caregivers of young children. |
Center for the Child Care Work Force (CCW) mission is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensure the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and a voice in their workplace.
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| Child Abuse and/or Neglect Numbers to report possible child abuse and/or neglect call you local county DHR office. |
Child Care Aware (CCA) (800-424-2246), a program of the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), has information for parents and providers and links to local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&R). CCA is funded in part by the Office of Child Care, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Child and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
| First Children's Finance (FCF) provides financing tools and resources to child care centers and family childcare providers. |
| Council for Processional Recognition(Child development Associate Credentialing Program – CDA) promotes improved performance and recognition of professionals in the early childhood education of children aged birth to 5 years old. |
| Eleanor's E-Tree is an advocacy tool for women's issues in Alabama and around the world. |
| Federation of Child Care Center’s of Alabama (FOCAL) advocates for changes in child care policy that benefit and protect all of Alabama’s children. |
| National Association of Child Care Professionals (NACCP) is committed to strengthen the skills of owners, directors, administrators, emerging leaders and other professionals who are dedicated to early care and education. Is a national accreditation agency for child care centers. |
| National After School Association (NAA) is the leading voice of the afterschool profession dedicated to the development, education and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours. |
| National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) is our nation's leading voice for child care. It works with more than 700 state andlocal Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide. It leads projects that increase the quality and availability of child care professionals, undertakes research, and advocates child care policies that positively impact the lives of children and families. |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the leading membership association for those working with and on behalf of children from birth through age 8. The NAEYC Academy sets and monitors standards for high-quality early childhood education programs and accredits programs that meet these standards. |
| National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care; it is a national accreditation agency for family day care home providers. |
| National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) works to improve and protect the quality of life for children of color and their families by giving every child a change. The institute focuses on early child childhood education, child welfare, elementary and secondary education, and health. |
| National Child Care Association (NCCA) works to promote the growth and safeguard the interest of quality early childhood care and education focusing on licensed, private providers of these services. |
| National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) delivers training and services related to outdoor play and safety. |
| Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) is committed to improving the quality of care and education for young children and their families through advocacy and professional development. |
| United Way of Central Alabama (UWCA) mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community. UWCA serves Blount, Jefferson, Walker, Shelby and St. Clair counties. |
| Urban Institute The well-being of children and youth is a central Urban Institute research topic. The work spans child development at the youngest ages to the needs of teenagers aging out of foster care. Topics of study include child care, child welfare, juvenile justice, and children's health and education. |
| VOICES for Alabama's Children is Alabama's leader of child advocacy. The goal of the organization is to ensure that all Alabama children have the best chance to succeed in life. VOICES focus is on the health, safety, education and economic security of children and families. |
