• AACAP Facts for Families -- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Administration for Children and Families -- of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Afterschool.gov
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Best Information on the Net: Early Childhood Education -- from St. Ambrose University's O'Keefe Library
• Child Care Aware -- "America's most trusted child care resource"
• Children's Defense Fund
• Children's Mental Health Matters Campaign
• Childstats.gov: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
• Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting
• CMC/EBSS Webliography: Early Childhood Education
• Connect for Kids
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Early Childhood Education Online (ECEOL-L) -- from the University of Maine
• Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
• Educator's Reference Desk -- from the Information Institute of Syracuse; includes 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question- answer sessions.
• Edutopia
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• Families and Work Institute
• FINE -- Family Involvement Network of Educators at the Harvard Family Research Project
• Future of Children -- promotes effective policies and programs for children.
• I Am Your Child
• International Montessori Index
• National Association for Family Child Care
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Child Care Information Center
• National Center for Early Development & Learning
• National Institute for Early Education Research- supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research
• National Network for Child Care
• Northern Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children
• Smart Beginnings --  statewide collaboration to share information and efforts about making the most of the early years for Virginia’s children
• Teaching Tolerance
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Education Center
• Yahoo: Child Care
• Yahoo: Early Childhood Education

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