Links To Other Organizations : Research and Education

• Center for Law and Social Policy
  CLASP is a national non-profit who conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low-income families and children.
  
  
• Center for the Child Care Workforce
  CCW documents the child care workforce; their compensation and working conditions; and the quality of child care settings in the United States. Research, statistics, and data on Child Care Salaries, benefits, and working conditions are available through their website.
  
  
• Children's Defense Fund
  Since 1973, CDF has worked toward, and made great progress in, reducing the numbers of neglected, sick, uneducated, and poor children in the United States.
  
  
• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
  ERIC, a national clearinghouse for US educators, contains child-development, management and training information plus school lists. The early education resource center provides documents and journal articles for elementary and early childhood education.
  
  
• Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
  Founded in 1996, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is a bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization led by more than 2,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, victims of violence and leaders of police officer associations.
  
  
• National Center for Children in Poverty
  National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) Columbia University School of Public Health The Center provides demographic statistics about child poverty and scientific research on the serious impact of poverty on young children, as well as disseminating information about early childhood care and education (research on quality care and formal and informal care), child health, and family and community support.
  
  
• National Child Care Information Center - RESEARCH
  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. The research link lists research publications and available on this site.
  
  
• Public Policy Institute of California
  PPIC is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to independent, objective, nonpartisan research on economic, social, and political issues that affect the lives of Californians.
  
  
• Urban Institute
  The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers to help them address these challenges and strives to raise citizen understanding of the issues and tradeoffs in policy making.
  
  
• Zero to Three
  ZERO TO THREE's mission is to promote the healthy development of our nation's infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening families, communities, and those who work on their behalf.