A Guide to Good Start, Grow Smart In Child Care
Good Start, Grow Smart Partners
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| With which programs should State Child Care Administrators coordinate? |
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SGS encourages States and Territories to coordinate funding and/or administration of at least four early childhood programs. A coordinated system of early care and education may include CCDF, Head Start, TANF, and public pre-k programs. Other early childhood programs also may be included, such as Tribal early childhood programs, faith-based early care and education programs, and before and after-school programs. |
Federal Contacts
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Child Care Bureau
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/
- Head Start Bureau
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/
- National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov
U.S. Department of Education
- Institute for Education Sciences
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/index.html
- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.html
- Office of Special Education Programs
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
- National Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov
- State Child Care and Development Fund Contacts
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/statedata/dirs/display.cfm?title=ccdf
- Head Start State Collaboration Offices
http://www.nccic.org/poptopics/ece_structure.html
- National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
http://naecs.crc.uiuc.edu/
- State Early Childhood Special Education Contacts
http://www.nectac.org/contact/contact.asp
- State Early Care and Education Professional Development Web Sites
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/topics/topic/index.cfm?topicId=10