Excellent resources about child care and child protection are available on the internet. We've listed a sampling below for you in several categories:

Advocacy Groups
Child Care Law Center
Children's Defense Fund
Children Now
Packard Foundation "The Future of Children"
Stand for Children

Government Web Sites
California Department of Education: Child Development Division
California Department of Social Services
California State Assembly
California State Senate
Community Care Licensing
Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for
  Children and Families
Child Care Bureau
United States Congress

Child Care Resource and Referral Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
California Early Childhood Mentor Program
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral
  Agencies (NACCRRA)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Child Care Information Center
San Francisco Early Childhood Information System

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