Selected Federally Funded Early Childhood Technical Assistance Programs
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Child Care Bureau |
U.S. Department of Education |
Office of Head Start |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Healthy Child Care America HCCA is a collaborative effort of health professionals and child care providers who work to improve the health and safety and early education of children in child care settings. |
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National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education (NRC) NRC promotes the health and safety of children in out-of-home child care settings throughout the country by providing resources for parents, providers, health care consultants, and regulators, including training curricula, national standards, and regulations. |
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National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health This program provides a broad range of training and technical assistance opportunities for States, Territories, Tribes, and communities to help them transform service delivery systems for children with mental health needs and their families. 202-687-5000; http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/index.html |
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Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHS NRC) EHS NRC promotes coordination efforts between the Early Head Start and Head Start community by sharing resources, disseminating information, and providing professional development opportunities. 202-638-1144; www.ehsnrc.org |
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National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative This initiative provides customized technical assistance to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and their partners to support quality enhancement in infant and toddler care settings. 202-857-2673 http://nitcci.nccic.acf.hhs.gov |
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Child Care Aware (CCA) |
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CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge CONNECT is working with the early childhood community to create Web-based, instructional resources for faculty and other professional development providers that focus on and respond to challenges faced each day by those working with young children with disabilities and their families. http://community.fpg.unc.edu/connect |
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Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) ECLKC provides a comprehensive collection of resources and publications about the needs of the early childhood community and Head Start. 866-763-6481; http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc |
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National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) NPDCI helps ensure that early childhood teachers are prepared to educate and care for young children with disabilities in settings with their typically developing peers. It brings State leaders together in order to provide professional development related to inclusion to child care providers, Head Start teachers, prekindergarten teachers, preschool disability specialists, higher education students, and family members. www.fpg.unc.edu/~npdci |
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Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) CELL promotes the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices for early childhood intervention practitioners, parents, and other caregivers of young children, birth to 5 years of age, with identified disabilities, developmental delays, and those at risk for poor outcomes. 828-255-0470; www.earlyliteracylearning.org |
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Child Care & Early Education Research Connections Child Care & Early Education Research Connections promotes high-quality research about child care and early education and the use of that research in policymaking. It offers research and data resources for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and others. 646-284-9600; www.childcareresearch.org |
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The Early Childhood Outcomes Center (ECO) ECO helps States implement high-quality outcome measurement systems for early intervention and preschool special education programs. www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/index.cfm |
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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) ERIC provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. ERIC provides access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve learning, teaching, educational decisionmaking, and research practices. 800-538-3742; www.eric.ed.gov |
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National Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood This project generates and disseminates robust evidence and new knowledge about program and systems strategies that contribute to child maltreatment prevention and optimal developmental outcomes for infants, young children, and their families. 202-371-1565; www.qic-ec.org |
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What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) WWC provides educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence about what works in education. WWC promotes informed education decision-making through a set of easily accessible databases and user-friendly reports that provide education consumers with ongoing, high-quality reviews of the effectiveness of replicable education interventions (e.g., programs, products, practices, and policies) that can help improve student outcomes. 866-503-6114; www.whatworks.ed.gov |
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Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) CSEFEL is a national resource center that disseminates research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country. CSEFEL focuses on promoting the social-emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. 866-433-1966; www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/ |
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Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) TACSEI continues and expands the work of the Center for Evidence-Based Practice (CEBP) by moving the extensive research that CEBP conducted and synthesized into actual, everyday practices. As a result, decisionmakers, caregivers, and service providers have an enhanced awareness and understanding of and ability to use evidence-based practices to improve the social-emotional outcomes for young children with or at risk for delays or disabilities. 813-974-9803; www.challengingbehavior.org |
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National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) NCCIC is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and technical assistance services to CCDF Administrators and other key stakeholders. 800-616-2242; http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov |
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National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) NECTAC is a national early childhood technical assistance center that helps strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through 5 years) and their families receive and benefit from high-quality, culturally appropriate, and family centered supports and services. 919-962-2001; www.nectac.org |
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National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) CBCAP offers knowledge and expertise in the implementation of child maltreatment prevention family support strategies in a variety of settings and for many purposes. Technical assistance topics include interagency collaboration, parent leadership, outcome accountability and evaluating programs, and promoting evidence-informed and evidence-based programs and practices. 919-490-5577, ext. 222; www.friendsnrc.org |
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Head Start Resource Center (HSRC) HSRC supports the Office of Head Start and Head Start children and families. Through the Training and Technical Assistance Network and other grantee networks, HSRC assists the Office of Head Start with the design, implementation, and coordination of program activity; the improvement of program operations and performance; and the development and realization of national program priorities and program improvement initiatives. 703-243-0495; www.headstartresourcecenter.org |
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Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center (TriTAC) TriTAC helps Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations enhance the quality, affordability, and availability of child care. TriTAC also helps Tribal communities coordinate early childhood delivery systems by promoting linkages between State, Tribal, and local early childhood education programs. 800-388-7670; http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/tribal |
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State Early Childhood Special Education Contacts CCDF Contacts Head Start State Collaboration Offices National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education State Early Care and Education Professional Development Contacts State Lead Agencies for CBCAP |
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July 2009