ECE Resources and Links
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Nevada Sites of Interest
Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) - Child Care Licensing Unit
(formerly the Bureau of Services for Child Care)
To ensure the health, safety and proper treatment of children receiving out-of-home care, the Child Care Licensing Unit has the responsibility for initial licensing, continued monitoring and providing technical assistance to child care facilities caring for five or more children not licensed by local entities. Access more information about Child Care Licensing in Nevada.
Division of Welfare & Supportive Services
The mission of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services is to provide quality, timely and temporary services enabling Nevada families, the disabled and elderly to achieve their highest levels of self-sufficiency. (775) 684-0500 (telephone), (775) 684-0646 (fax). Address: 1470 College Parkway, Carson City, Nevada 89706.
Family Care Contract Network
The UNR Family Care Contract Network is a quality enhancement program providing support and technical assistance to licensed family child care providers in Northern Nevada. For more information, contact Campus Child Care Connections at (775) 784-4400.
Fit First Nevada is a clearinghouse for Nevada programs and general information that will enrich the health and well being of the citizens of Nevada. Risk factor control, nutrition and exercise are the three factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) are professionals trained to work directly with early childhood providers. They offer consulting services and community resource information and referral. The Healthy Child Care Nevada website is designed to help both professionals and families improve their response to the health and safety needs of children in their care.
Affordable, nutritiously-balanced meal programs for families with young children.
Nevada Association for the Education of Young Children
NevAEYC is a state affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) striving to bring high-quality early learning opportunities to all children from birth through age eight. Click here to view NevAEYC's Early Childhood Education Policy Position for Nevada - 2008.
Nevada Department of Education
A non-profit organization committed to enhancing the lives of Nevada's low-income children and families.
Nevada Head Start State Collaboration Project
A grant program that is federally-funded through the Administration of Children and Families, Head Start Bureau. The Collaboration Office is mandated to fulfill its mission through work across eight initiative areas that each Head Start direct services grantee must address in its work with children and families.
Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy (NICRP)
The Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy (NICRP) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving the lives of children through research, advocacy and other specialized services.
The Nevada KIDS COUNT project is a statewide, collaborative effort that brings together a wide range of organizations and agencies involved with children and families in Nevada. By providing policymakers and citizens with the best available data on the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of all children in our state, Nevada KIDS COUNT seeks to improve the lives and the futures of all our children.
Office of Early Care and Education
The umbrella agency for programs funded under the Federal Child Care Development Block Grants.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Nevada
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ® Nevada is part of Nevada's early childhood professional development system and is designed to address the lack of early childhood specialization, inadequate compensation, high turn-over rate, and the lack of professional recognition for early childhood professionals in Nevada. T.E.A.C.H. provides scholarships for Home Care Providers, Teachers, Teacher Aides, and Center Directors/Owners who work in a licensed early childhood facility at least 19 clock hours a week and would like to pursue a degree or certification in Early Childhood Education.
T.E.A.C.H. scholarships are available when working towards a Nevada Child Care Apprenticeship Certificate, an ECE Certificate of Achievement, an ECE Associate of Science degree, an ECE Associate of Arts degree, or a Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education. Scholarships are available for any of the above listed degrees from: The College of Southern Nevada, Great Basin College, Truckee Meadows Community College, Western Nevada College, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and The University of Nevada, Reno.
For more information and an individual consultation please call (775) 448-5203 or (800) 259-1907 for Northern and Rural Nevada and (702) 486-1476 for Southern Nevada.
The Children’s Cabinet Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) Department is a Nationally Accredited CCR&R agency that is Quality Assured by Child Care Aware. The CCR&R Department provides a range of programs in our community to support families with child care through subsidy assistance, respite care, consumer education, resource and referral, literacy and parenting; to support providers with training, services like Addressing Behaviors Challenges and Caregiver Support Network, mini grants for improving quality and starting a child care business; and to support communities by disseminating vital child care information and data to encourage regional planning and financial support for the child care industry.
University of Nevada, Reno - Cooperative Extension
Gain access to a wide range of resources and publications focusing on children, youth and families.
National Sites of Interest
Center for the Child Care Workforce
CCW/AFTEF’s mission is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensure the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and a voice in their workplace.
Center for Early Childhood Education at Northampton Community College
Prepare for the CDA Credential by enrolling in the credit-bearing, innovative eCDA program offered by Northampton Community College! Learn more about the program.
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 communities.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Council for Professional Recognition
Promotes improved performance and recognition of professionals in Early Childhood Care and Education. In keeping with its goal to meet the growing need for qualified child care staff, the Council administers the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program. The CDA Program is designed to assess and credential Early Childhood Care and Education professionals based on performance. Review the eligibility requirements for obtaining a CDA.
Every Child Matters is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19. The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, and achieve economic well-being.
A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
Organization works with more than 800 state and local Child Care Resource & Referral agencies to ensure that families in every local community have access to high-quality, affordable child care. To achieve their mission, they lead projects that increase the quality and availability of child care, offer comprehensive training to child care professionals, undertake groundbreaking research, and advocate child care policies that positively impact the lives of children and families.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
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. NAEYC is committed to becoming an increasingly high performing and inclusive organization.
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
A service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public to Early Care and Education information.
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC)
The NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.
Provider Appreciation Day is a special day to recognize child care providers, teachers and educators of young children everywhere.
Redleaf National Institute - Resources for Child Caring
A division of Resources for Child Caring, a nonprofit organization that works closely with Redleaf Press, another division of Resources for Child Caring, which publishes business resources and other materials for child care professionals. RNI is committed to improving the quality of family child care by helping providers successfully manage their businesses by offering support to trainers of providers, tax preparers, and organizations (CCR&R agencies, family child care associations, food program sponsors, military bases, and state and national child care organizations) who assist providers with their business.
The Right Choice for Kids is NAEYC’s campaign to promote NAEYC Accreditation of Programs for Young Children to families and the public.
Worthy Wage Day is a day for child care workers and families to rally with others concerned about the poverty-wages paid to child care workers.
Related Sites of Interest
Nevada Administrative Code: Services and Facilities for Care of Children
Nevada MicroEnterprise Initiative - Child Care Business Initiative & Small Business Loans
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