Vermont Resources

Bright Futures Information System
http://www.brightfuturesinfo.org
The Child Development Division’s website for parents and child care providers to get answers to questions about child care, preschool, afterschool care, and the services available to help ensure that high quality child care is available to every child in Vermont who needs it.

Bright Futures Information System - Course Calendar
http://www.brightfuturesinfo.org
Find a list of early childhood courses and workshops available around the State. Click on "Resources" then click on "Course Calendar."

Child Development Division
http://www.dcf.state.vt.us/cdd
The Child Development Division's goal is to increase accessibility to high-quality child development services. We do this by working with programs within communities to coordinate and deliver services that meet families' needs.

Kids Are Priority One Coalition
http://www.kidsarepriorityone.org
Kids Are Priority One is a statewide coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals who are committed to ensuring that Vermont's children get the best possible start. By means of constant public education, tireless grassroots organizing, skillful advocacy and ongoing leadership development activities, Kids Are Priority One is working to: Empower people to speak out on behalf of children; Strengthen policies that make our early childhood system work better for children and families; Ensure that key decision-makers make children's health, care, and education a top priority.

Northern Lights Career Development Center
http://www.northernlightscdc.org
Vermont Northern Lights Career Development Center is the place to get help with professional development for early childhood and afterschool staff across the state. Call 802-241-4661 or visit our website for more information.

Screen Door
http://www.screendoor.vermont.gov/
The Vermont Agency of Human Services has a wonderful Screening Tool that is quick, anonymous and confidential. In a moment you can identify public resources that may be available for you and your children.

The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.vaeyc.org
The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VAEYC) is the state affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation’s largest membership organization of early childhood professionals. In the early 1970’s, the Vermont affiliate was formed through a grass-roots effort. Membership includes anyone who cares about the education and well being of young children. We are primarily early childhood practitioners including but not limited to: Teachers, directors, family home care providers, elementary school teachers, administrators, special educators, Head Start staff, representatives of post-secondary education, government agency representatives, parents and members of the medical profession.

Vermont Organizations

Vermont Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
http://www.vermontchildcare.org
There are twelve child care resource and referral (R&R) agencies located throughout Vermont's fourteen counties. Each of these agencies is a member of VACCRRA, Vermont's child care resource and referral network. VACCRRA member agencies share a common commitment to the development and support of quality child care options for Vermont children and their families.

Voices for Vermont's Children
http://www.voicesforvtkids.org/
The mission of the Voices for Vermont’s Children is to promote public policy that enhances the lives of children and youth in Vermont. Voices addresses the full spectrum of child, youth and family issues - from child care and access to health care coverage for children and youth to juvenile justice and child welfare.

National Organizations

KIDS COUNT Data Center
http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/
New data is available on the KIDS COUNT Data Center, a powerful, user-friendly online database of more than 100 indicators of child well-being.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
http://www.naccrra.net
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and useful information to parents seeking child care, child care professionals, and child care advocates.

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
http://www.nccic.org
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and other key stakeholders.

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
http://nrckids.org
The Resource Center seeks to enhance the quality of child care by supporting state and local health departments, child care regulatory agencies, child care providers and parents in their efforts to promote health and safety in child care.

The Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
The Children's Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and community.

The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (NSCDC)
http://developingchild.net/
The NSCDC is a multi-disciplinary collaboration comprising leading scholars in neuroscience, early childhood development, pediatrics and economics.

Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer
ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.