Resources & Related Links
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Acronyms & Abbreviations - a 21 KB pdf reference document for Wisconsin's child care acronyms and abbreviations.
Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics - a national nonprofit network of families whose desire is to overcome, not cope with, allergies and asthma.
American
American Lung Association - The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
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Birth to 3 Program - Wisconsin's early intervention program for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities and their families.
Bureau of Early Care Regulation (BECR) - Information on statewide licensure of Wisconsin’s child care facilities (including family child care, group child care and day camps). The purpose is to promote the health, safety and welfare of children in licensed child care.
Bureau of Early Childhood Education (BECE) - State law requires counties and tribes to certify providers who receive public funding but are exempt from the licensing law. Most counties have made certification available for all family child care providers, whether or not public funding is involved. DCF publicizes rules establishing standards for the certification of child care providers.
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Centers
for Disease Control and Protection -
CDC collaborates to create the expertise, information, and
tools that people and communities need to protect their health - through
health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and
preparedness for new health threats.
Center for the Child Care Workforce (CCW/AFTEF) - The mission of CCW is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensures the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and has a voice in their workplace.
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) - a national nonprofit organization that conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low income families with children.
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning - a national center focused on strengthening the capacity of child care and Head Start programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children.
Certification - Child Care - Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Childhood Education.
Child
Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP) -
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction, Community Nutrition Programs.
Child Care Certification - Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Childhood Education.
Child
Care Information Center (CCIC) -
a
mail-order lending library and information clearinghouse serving anyone in
Child Care Licensing - Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Care Regulation.
Child
Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R)
Children
and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program (CYSHCN)
Children's Trust Fund - provides family resource centers with best practice information and tools for collecting uniform data and outcome-based evaluation strategies to measure the effectiveness of prevention programs.
Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) - agencies provide leadership and coordination of services for school districts, including curriculum development assistance; school district management development; coordination of vocational education; and exceptional education, research, special student classes, human growth and development, data collection processing and dissemination, and in-service programs.
Council for Professional Recognition - The Council's mission is to emphasize the importance and increase the recognition of professionals who care for children from birth through five years of age in child care center, family child care homes, and as home visitors.
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Division of Early Care and Education (DECE) - The Department of Children and Families (DCF) aims to provide access to affordable, high-quality child care and early education experiences, to enhance our children's development and to support their families in work and parenting roles.
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Early
Childhood Career Guide - The intent of this Guide is to provide an overview of early
childhood career opportunities in
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Project (ECCS) - major statewide planning initiative, working toward better coordination of all services and programs that touch the lives of young children, birth through age five.
Early Childhood Special Education - special education services to children with identified disabilities, ages three to 21.
Early
Learning Coalition: Great Start
Email Subscription List - Includes email subscription lists for child care subsidy, certification, manual and provider updates.
Economic Policy Institute: The Keystone Research Center, "Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education" - a study which documents the decline in educational qualifications among early childhood education teachers.
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Food Program - Child and Adult Care
Food Program (CACFP) -
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction, Community Nutrition Programs.
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Grow in Quality Materials - This project was conducted to identify key indicators of child care quality and to begin the process of designing technical assistance specific to quality indicators.
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Healthy Kids, Healthy Care -
website is for parents of children who attend child care programs, included
on the website is a Parent's Guide to Choosing Safe and Healthy Child
Care, and also includes a Health and Safety Checklist.
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K
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Licensing - Child Care - Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Early Care Regulation.
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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - nation's largest professional association for early childhood educators, NAEYC works to raise the quality of programs for all children from birth through age eight.
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) - promotes high-quality family child care through accreditation, leadership training, technical assistance, public education, and policy initiatives.
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) - a national clearinghouse and technical assistance (TA) center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and other key stakeholders.
National Head Start Association (NHSA) - a private not-for profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to meeting the needs of Head Start children and their families.
National
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) - supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research.
National Network for Child Care (NNCC) - This web site sponsored by the Cooperative Extension System is an excellent source of practical information about children and child care.
National
National SIDS Resource Center - serves as a central source of information on sudden infant death and on promoting healthy outcomes for infants from the prenatal period through the first year of life and beyond.
National Women's Law Center
(NWLC) - Recently released "In Their Own Voices:
Parents and Providers Struggling with Child Care Cuts".
This powerful report is based on 200 in-depth interviews.
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Parents Plus, Inc. - established as a statewide Parent Information and Resource Center to bring parental education and assistance to families; it is a leader in Wisconsin's home visitation arena.
Pre-K Now - an advocacy and public education organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and other funders.
Prevent Child Abuse Wisconsin - Wisconsin's largest private, not-for-profit provider of child welfare services.
Professional Development Approval System (PDAS) - an approval process that has been developed to assure that instructors are qualified and competent in their areas of instruction and that the training has quality content.
Public School Kindergarten - All Public elementary schools include 5-year-old kindergarten and may include 4-year-old kindergarten programs.
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Quality Care for Quality Kids (QCQK) Materials - The Governor's "Quality Counts for Kids" proposal did not pass legislation during the Spring of 2005, however, the department is still committed to working on a system that will help parents make informed decisions about the care of their children.
Quality Improvement Initiatives - Help parents find and select child care, develop new child care services where needed, support and help sustain existing child care services, identify local child care needs and resources, and provide public information about child care.
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The Registry - a career level system which awards a certificate verifying that an individual has met all State of Wisconsin, Department of Children and Family Services entry level training and is qualified for the position that s/he holds.
R.E.W.A.R.D - Rewarding Education with Wages And Respect for Dedication - Stipend Program is a compensation and retention initiative for members of the early care and education workforce.
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Strengthening Families - an innovative, research-based strategy to prevent child maltreatment by building on the strong relationships that parents of young children typically have with their child care providers.
Supporting Families Together Association (SFTA) - support those groups that promote quality care, resources and education to enrich the lives of children.
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T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood WISCONSIN - Teacher Education And Compensation Helps - a statewide scholarship program designed to help child care center teaching staff, Head Start teachers, family child care providers, center directors and administrators meet their professional development goals while continuing their current employment in regulated early childhood and school age care settings.
Think Big. Start Small. - a highly successful public outreach campaign created to increase awareness of the importance of high quality early care & education for all children.
T-Net, the Wisconsin Training Network and Event Calendar - the statewide, profession-wide, free, web-based interactive training calendar for anyone in the field of child care and education in Wisconsin.
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UMOS Migrant Day Care - services enhance the overall development of children from migrant farm-worker parents through the consolidation and allocation of administration and social service migrant daycare funds.
US Consumer and Product Safety Commission - charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
US Department of Agriculture - Child and Adult Care Food Program - Through the Child and Adult Care Food Program, children in child care settings have access to healthy meals and snacks.
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Waisman Center - one of 14 national centers dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development and developmental disabilities through research and practice.
Wisconsin After School Association - mission is to be the leading voice of the after-school profession dedicated to the development, education, and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours.
Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health (WI-AIMH) - focused on promoting healthy social and emotional development of all Wisconsin children birth through age five.
Wisconsin Child Care Administrator's Association - founded in 1976 to help child care administrators in Wisconsin network with each other, spread the news about issues affecting them, take joint action on advocacy issues, and help administrators find out about classes and training specifically designed to meet their needs.
Wisconsin Child Care Improvement Project (WCCIP) - Under the umbrella of Supporting Families Together Association, the WCCIP provides a system of specialized support services to establish child care programs and to improve program quality and business practices.
Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together: AFSCME-CCPT - a group of family child care providers who advocate and work together on family child care issues. CCPT is supported by AFSCME, one of the nation's largest and most effective unions.
Wisconsin Child Care Research Partnership (WCCRP) Publications - a partnership with UW-Extension, the Department of Workforce Development, and the Wisconsin CCR&R Network.
Wisconsin Circuit Court Access - access to certain public records of the circuit courts of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families - Also Early Education Matters, a nonprofit, multi-issue child and family advocacy agency.
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection - agency is responsible for food safety, animal and plant health, protecting water and soil and monitoring fair and safe business practices.
Wisconsin
Department of Commerce - Safety and Building Division
- Safety and
Building Code information available in multiple formats, sorted by:
Safety and Building Programs, Safety and Building Topics, and
Safety and Building Code Chapter.
Wisconsin Division of Early Care and Education (DECE) - The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) aims to provide access to affordable, high-quality child care and early education experiences, to enhance our children's development and to support their families in work and parenting roles.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Project Learning Tree - Early Childhood Activity Guide and Music/Movement CD - Educational designed materials to teach kids how to think, not what to think, about environmental issues.
Wisconsin Division for Early Childhood (WDEC) - one of seventeen divisions of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
Wisconsin Early
Childhood Association (WECA) - a statewide, nonprofit organization serving as a professional association
whose members care for and educate Wisconsin's children, ages birth to
eight.
Wisconsin Early Childhood
Collaborating Partners - represents many public and private agencies, associations, and
individuals that care about our state's young children and their
families.
WI FACETS - Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training & Support, Inc. (WI FACETS) is a nonprofit organization serving Wisconsin children and adults with disabilities, their families and those who support them.
Wisconsin Family Child Care Association (WFCCA) - a statewide organization of family child care providers and their supporters formed to provide support, involvement, and communication with others in the profession.
Wisconsin Head Start Association (WHSA) - a private not for profit membership organization representing more than 16,000 children, upwards of 3,000 staff and 54 Head Start programs in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) -
operates two programs that benefit child care providers who are looking
for additional funding.
Wisconsin Immunization
Program
Wisconsin
Immunization Registry (WIR) -
a
computerized Internet database application that was developed to record
and track immunization dates of Wisconsin's children and adults, providing
assistance for keeping everyone on track for their recommended
immunizations.
Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS) - derived from research in all the domains of the child's early learning and development and apply to all settings in which children receive care and education.
Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program
Wisconsin Technical College System, Early Childhood Education - Two Year Associate Degree Program - Working with and understanding preschool children is the goal of the Child Care and Development program.
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) - an economic development corporation providing quality business education and access to capital for entrepreneurs.
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Zero to Three - a nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization that advances the mission to inform, educate and support adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.
Last Revised: April 03, 2009