Links

***Note this is not an inclusive or exclusive list but rather a list of commonly known resources to begin your search****

State Resources

Virginia Department of Education - www.pen.k12.va.us
Virginia Department of Social Services - www.dss.virginia.gov
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services - www.dmas.virginia.gov
Children’s health also under DMAS:
Health Insurance - Famis - www.dmas.virginia.gov/ch-home.htm
Smiles for Children - www.dmas.virginia.gov/dental-home.htm
Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services - www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov
Child and family services - www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/CFS-default.htm
Smart Beginnings - www.smartbeginnings.org
Governor’s Office
Governor - www.governor.virginia.gov

Data, Research, and Evaluation

Central Virginia Health Planning Agency - www.cvhpa.org
National Child Care Information Center: www.nccic.org/statedata/statepro/virginia.html
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research - www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu
UCLA Center for Healthier Children - www.healthychild.ucla.edu  
US Census Bureau - www.census.gov
Virginia Kids Count - www.vakids.org/work/kcdata.htm
Virginia Atlas of Community Health - www.vahealthycommunities.com

Early Care and Education

Child Care Bureau - www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb
Early Reading First - www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Children's Research Center - www.eric.ed.gov
Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC) - www.unitedweride.gov
National Association for the Education of Young Children - www.naeyc.org
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - www.naccrra.org
National Black Child Development Institute - www.nbcdi.org
National Head Start Association - www.nhsa.org
National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education - www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care-University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons - http://nrc.uchsc.edu
No Child Left Behind - www.nclb.gov
Office of Special Education Programs - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr
Reach out and Read Virginia - www.reachoutandread.org/cgi-bin/va.pl
Virginia Child Care Resource and Referral Network - www.vaccrrn.org

Family and Public Engagement

North Carolina Smart Start Initiative - www.ncsmartstart.org
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families - www.zerotothree.org

Health/Behavioral Health and Social Emotional Development

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov/nchs
Administration for Children and Families - www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Maternal and Child Health Bureau - www.mchb.hrsa.gov
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare - medicare.commission.gov/medicare/index.html
National Institutes of Health Child Behavior Disorders - health.nih.gov/result.asp/126/24 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - www.samhsa.gov

Policy and Leadership

Child Trends - www.childtrends.org
Children's Defense Fund - www.childrensdefense.org
National Center for Children in Poverty - www.nccp.org
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - www.ncemch.org
National Child Care Information Center - www.nccic.org
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center - www.nectac.org/default.asp
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - www.nichcy.org
National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants -www.sph.unc.edu/courses/childcare
UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities - www.healthychild.ucla.edu
Voices for Virginia’s Children - www.vakids.org

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