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Child Care Related Websites
General Child Care Information
Child Care Advocate Program, California State Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Child Care Program:
Child Care Advocate Program
California Child Care Resource & Referral Network:
www.rrnetwork.org/
Regulation Search
www.cdss.ca.gov/ord/PG240.htm
Law Search
www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=hsc&codebody=&hits=20
Licensing Forms
Licensing Forms Page
Forms and Publications Translations:
www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/FormsandPu_274.htm
Evaluator Manual
ccl.dss.cahwnet.gov/PG395.htm
Kids Plates
www.kidsplates.org/
Search for a Facility
www.ccld.ca.gov/docs/ccld_search/ccld_search.aspx
Child Action, Inc.:
www.childaction.org/
Child Development Policy Institute:
www.cdpi.net/cs/cdpi/print/htdocs/home.htm
Child Care Aware:
www.childcareaware.org/en/
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC):
www.nafcc.org
National Child Care Information Center:
www.nccic.org/
Find Care Now:
www.findcarenow.com/
Health and Safety and Injury Prevention
Safe Kids USA
www.usa.safekids.org/
National Program for Playground Safety
www.playgroundsafety.org/about/index.htm
Shaken Baby Syndrome
http://ccl.dss.cahwnet.gov/PG550.htm
Megan's Law- Search for Local Sex Offenders
http://MegansLaw.ca.gov
California Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program:
www.californiasids.com/Universal/MainPage.cfm?p=10
Children and Family Services Division:
www.childsworld.ca.gov/
California Child Care Health Program (CCHP):
www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/
Center for Injury Prevention Policy & Practice (CIPPP):
www.cippp.org/
Safe Playgrounds Project:
www.safe2play.org
School Integrated Pest Management Program:
www.schoolipm.info/
Department of Pesticide Regulation:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/westnile/
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/asthma/chc_chk.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
www.cdc.gov/flu/
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
www.cpsc.gov/
Injury Prevention Literature Update (Safetylit):
www.safetylit.org/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Lead Program:
www.epa.gov/lead/
National Resource Center for Health & Safety in Child Care:
nrc.uchsc.edu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
www.cdc.gov/
National Resource Center for Health and Safety In Child Care:
nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/updates.htm
Environmental health Issues Impacting Children Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
www.oehha.ca.gov/public_info/public/kids/index.html
Fitness and Nutrition Links
Project SPARK (Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids)
www.sparkpe.org/index.jsp
Dairy Council of California-Nutrition Education for Healthy diets:
www.dairycouncilofca.org/
Mayo Clinic, Childhood Obesity: Parenting Advice; etc:
www.mayoclinic.com/
California Project Lean:
www.californiaprojectlean.org/
Government Nutrition Sites:
www.nutrition.gov
In addition, the American Dietetic Association recommends the following web sites:
American Dietetic Association:
www.eatright.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics:
www.aap.org/
American Academy of Family Physicians:
www.aafp.org/
American Medical Association:
www.ama-assn.org/
Centers for Disease Control:
www.cdc.gov/
Department of Agriculture, Team Nutrition:
www.fns.usda.gov/tn
Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Information Center:
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
Weight Control Information Network:
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm
ACTIVATE:
www.kidnetic.com/
Education/Training
National Child Care Association
www.nccanet.org/
California Association for the Education of Young Children:
www.caeyc.org/
"Family Child Care at its Best" Training (The Center for Human Services):
Family Child Care at Its Best Page
Family Child Care At It's Best--UC Davis Extension:
http://humanservices.ucdavis.edu/childdev/
Emergency Medical Services Authority:
www.emsa.ca.gov/emsdivision/child_care.asp
Funding, Grants, Public Assistance
California Department of Education:
www.cde.ca.gov/
Child Care Food Program Roundtable:
ccfproundtable.org/
CalWORKS Welfare to Work Program:
www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/PG141.htm
Employment Development Department:
www.edd.cahwnet.gov/employer.htm
National Head Start Association:
www.nhsa.org/
Flex Your Power, California's statewide energy efficiency marketing and outreach campaign:
www.fypower.com/
California State Department of Community Services and Development:
www.csd.ca.gov/
California Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC):
www.wicworks.ca.gov/
Building Child Care in California: www.buildingchildcare.org/
Legal Assistance and Information
Child Care Law Center:
www.childcarelaw.org
Public Counsel Law Center:
www.publiccounsel.org