InsightCCED.org - Links and Resources

Business Resources for Family Child Care Providers is a website published by Resources for Child Caring with detailed guides and materials related to Record Keeping & Taxes, Contracts & Policies, Legal & Insurance, Marketing, and Money Management & Retirement.
Child Care Business Basics is a curriculum created by the Center for Self-Help, an organization with expertise in the business side of child care in North Carolina. Worksheets for ECE providers in the start-up phase of business are available online.
Linking Economic Development and Child Care is a project of Cornell University, Smart Start’s National Technical Assistance Center, the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance, and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. It aims to better identify the economic linkages of child care from a regional economy perspective. The project provides Venture Grants to organizations and projects that link child care and economic development.
National Network for Child Care provides online access to articles and resources related to various aspects of Child Care Business Management. Topics include Board of Directors, Budget & Finance, Business Plans & Goals, Fundraising & Grants, Marketing, Parent-Provider Relations, Personnel Policies & Benefits, and Policies & Contracts.
Redleaf Press publishes quality resources on the business of family child care, curriculum books and music, and more. Order online or call 1-800-423-8309.
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. 2009.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -California Department of Education 2009.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -Illinois Department of Education 2009.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -New York State Department of Education 2009.
Making Use of Economic Recovery Funds: Child Care Policy Options for States. 2009. National Women's Law Center
Massachusetts Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. 2009. Office of the Governor
Senator Kennedy's Office on the Final Passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
State of Ohio Federal Stimulus Initiative. 2009.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 and it's Impact on New Jersey. ACNJ
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- 2009 Maine's Office of the Governor.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Early Childhood Provisions. 2009. The National Women's Law Center.
The Science of Early Childhood Development. 2009. NGA Center for Best Practices, National Conference of State Legislatures and Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.
Valuing Benefits in Benefit-Cost Studies of Social Programs. 2008. Lynn A. Karoly. Rand Corporation
Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return presentation by Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, in February 2008 at the You're It business breakfast.
The Act 259 website is an interesting example of using technology to solicit input from community stakeholders.
Affordable Buildings for Children's Development (ABCD) is a California-wide child care initiative. Through the ABCD Initiative, the Low Income Investment Fund works with a variety of partners to promote and support the development of quality child care facilities throughout California.
Agency for Workforce Innovation, Department of Early Learning website provides program information including the pre-k program and information on the early learning coalitions.
Alliance for Early Childhood Finance is dedicated to seeking more rational financing of early care and education in America through inquiry, analysis and communication among early care and education policy activists. The Alliance website contains resources on a variety of topics related to early care and education finance.
America's Edge is a national non-profit organization established in 2007 to help engage leaders of the business community more extensively in support of local, state, and national efforts to improve the quality of public education.
The Association for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) provides research and advocacy for New Jersey's children. Over the years, ACNJ's issues have expanded from child welfare and juvenile justice to include early care and education, health and support for low-income families.

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