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All children enrolled in licensed child care facilities are required to meet the immunization standards set forth by the State of Hawaii – Department of Health.
http://www.hawaii.gov/doh/immunization/school_health/index.html
The Search Institute provides a list of developmental assets that serve as a guide to predict a child’s future success in life.
http://www.search-institute.org/
The agency, People Attentive to Children (PATCH), offers Resource and Referral Services to families and training to child care providers.
http://www.patchHawaii.org/
The Good Beginnings Alliance is an advocacy organization that focuses on improving the child care system to insure that Hawaii’s children are safe, healthy, and ready to succeed.
http://www.goodbeginnings.org/index.htm
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
http://nccic.org/
All child care subsidies and child care quality efforts are provided by the United States Administration for Children and Families through the Child Care Bureau.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/index.htm
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an Independent Federal Regulatory Agency. CPSC works to save lives and keep families safe by reducing the risk of injuries and deaths associated with consumer products.
http://www.cpsc.gov/
The National Association for Regulatory Administration’s purpose is to promote excellence in human care and service regulation through leadership, education, collaboration, and service.
http://www.nara-licensing.org/
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade.
http://www.naeyc.org/
The Hawai'i Association for the Education of Young Children (HAEYC) is a non-profit, voluntary membership organization composed of teachers, family childcare providers, caregivers, directors, advocates and those committed to quality early childhood programs for children birth to eight.
http://www.hiaeyc.org/index.htm
The mission of the Center on the Family is to enhance interdisciplinary research, service, and education that supports and strengthens families. Most often, our work focuses on the multicultural families of Hawai`i. Families are critical to the development of children, the well-being of individuals, and the strength of society. For these reasons, our programs and activities are preventive in nature and aimed at building strong and resilient families.
http://www.uhfamily.hawaii.edu/index.asp
The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care provides a guide entitled, “Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs” (Second Edition) which is available on the web.
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/
The National Resource Center is located at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado, and is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, HRSA. NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/index.html#TOP
The National Resource Center provides a “child care hot links” which is a list of selected web sites providing health and safety tips and information applicable to child care settings.
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/list.htm
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) provides links to all state’s child care home pages.
http://www.nccic.org/dirs/statehp.html#nc
The National Institute for Early Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research.
http://nieer.org/news/
