Choosing Child Care
Other Places To Get Help
Organizations
| American Academy of Pediatrics: Healthy Child Care America | |
| 141 Northwest Point Boulevard | |
| Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-227-5409 |
| Fax: | (847) 228-7320 |
| Email: | childcare@aap.org |
| Web Address: | www.healthychildcare.org |
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This American Academy of Pediatrics website offers tips about how to improve early education and health and safety of children in out-of-home child care. |
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| Child Care Aware | |
| 1515 North Courthouse Road | |
| 11th Floor | |
| Arlington, VA 22201 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-424-2246 |
| Fax: | (703) 341-4101 |
| TDD: | 1-866-278-9428 toll-free |
| Web Address: | www.childcareaware.org |
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This nonprofit organization helps parents locate quality child care and child care resources in their community by increasing the visibility of local child care resource and referral agencies nationwide. The website has information about how to choose quality child care. |
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| National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) | |
| 1473 West Alexander Street | |
| Salt Lake City, UT 84119 | |
| Phone: | (801) 886-2322 |
| Fax: | (801) 886-2325 |
| Email: | nafcc@nafcc.org |
| Web Address: | www.NAFCC.org |
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This organization accredits family child care programs and provides resource materials. The NAFCC also organizes conferences for people with family child care programs. |
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| National Network for Child Care | |
| Web Address: | www.nncc.org |
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The National Network for Child Care (NNCC) offers newsletters, an e-mail group, and regional support and assistance for issues about family child care, center-based child care, and school-age child care. The Web site has many publications and resources about child care issues. |
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| National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education | |
| P.O. Box 6511 | |
| Aurora, CO 80045 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-598-KIDS (1-800-598-5437) |
| Fax: | (303) 724-0960 |
| Email: | info@nrckids.org |
| Web Address: | http://nrckids.org |
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This website has detailed information about child care licensing requirements in the United States. Each state's requirements are listed. There is also information about cleanliness, emotional health, healthy habits, illnesses, special needs, and safety. |
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| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference September 14, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics
Reference John Pope, MD - Pediatrics |
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