Information about Hartford Area Child Care Collaborative

• The Collaborative at a Glance
• What We Do

Anything You Want to Know About Early Childhood

• National Child Care Information Center
• The Early Childhood Education Cost Estimate Tool -- The Tool is an interactive cost model that estimates the costs of center- and school-based early care and education. The Tool does not endorse any program model or staffing design. Instead, it compares operating costs across many different center-based program models, based on pre-configured scenarios or user-defined inputs.

Research and Journals

• National Association for the Education of Young Children -- Position papers, resources for parents, teachers, advocates  
• National Institute for Early Education Research -- Research 
• Child Care Information Exchange -- Director information
• National Black Child Institute
• National Latino Children's Institute
• FPG Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina -- Additional Notes for Clarification of ECERS-R
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics -- National Math Standards
• International Reading Association-- lanuage and literacy--beginnning reading
• Ready, Set, Grow CT Kids -  resources and reports  for teachers, families and policy makers
• Child Health and Development Institute of CT-- early  childhood data
• Center for Social Emotional Foundation for Learning -- social & emotional curriculum and other resources

State Agencies

• CT State Department of Education -- State Department of Education Early Childhood Division
• CT Department of Public Health -- CT licensing regulations
• CT Department of Social Services
• Care-4-Kids-- helps low to moderate income families in Connecticut pay for child care costs. 

State Early Childhood Policies

• Early Childhood Cabinet
  Established in law in 2005; has identified a set of agenda items to promote the development of all the state's young children
• Early Childhood Policy and Research Council
  Created to develop a multi-year plan to shape Connecticut's investment to imporve school readiness for all children

Health Resources

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Training Opportunities

• Great Kids CT -- Statewide calendar of events
• SERC - Early childhood training opportunities
• The Creative Curriculum(R) Training Options at the Collaborative

Director Resources

• Leadership Bibliography

Teacher Resources - Classroom Supplies

• Gryphon House -- Children's and teachers' resources
• Red Leaf Press -- Children's and teachers' resources
• Hatch Technology & Toys -- Technology and other supplies for early childhood classrooms 
• HACCC Library -- Resource List

Teacher Resources - Curriculum

• Teaching Strategies, Inc. -- The Creative Curriculum - Curriculum, assessment and related materials 
• High Scope Educational Research Foundation -- Curriculum, assessment and related materials 
• The Perpetual Preschool -- Teacher resources
• Connecticut Preschool Curriculum Framework Labels
• Connecticut Preschool Curriculum Framework and The Creative Curriculum(R) Goals and Objectives lables
• Instructions for using the CT Preschool Curriculum Framework and The Creative Curriculum(R) Goals and Objectives labels

Family Resources

• National Institute on Out-of-School Time
  Information about high-quality programs, activities and opportunities during non-school hours
• 2-1-1 Infoline
  Telephone based information, referral and crisis intervention service available throughout the state.

Resources in Spanish

• National Child Care Information Center  (NCCIC) - Selected Resources in Spanish
  
  Child Development
• Buen Comienzo, Buen Future: Su Recien Nacido (Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Newborn)(August 20, 2002), by Department of Education, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Buen Comienzo, Buen Future: El Bebe de Un Mes (Healthy Start, Grow Start: Your One-Month-Old) (September 4, 2002), by Department of Education, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
  Literacy
• Como ayudar a su hijo a ser un buen lector: Con actividades para los ninos desde el nacimiento hasta los 6 anos (Helping Your Child Become a Reader: With Activities for Children from Infancy Through Age 6) (October 2002), by the U. S. Department of Education, Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs