Websites for Residents and Policymakers
Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind and 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.
Early Childhood Research and Practice -- A Bilingual Internet Journal
http://www.ecrp.uiuc.edu
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed electronic journal, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related research and development, and on issues related to practice, parent participation, and policy. ECRP also includes articles and essays that present opinions and reflections, and letters to the editor.
Families and Work Institute
http://www.familiesandwork.org/
Families and Work Institute (FWI) is a nonprofit center for research that provides data to inform decision-making on the changing workforce, changing family and changing community.
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
http://www.fightcrime.org/
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is a national, bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors. Fight Crime promotes the notion that "high-quality early education programs that give kids the right start in life are among the powerful weapons we have in the fight against crime."
Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
The Future of Children seeks to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.
Indiana 2-1-1
http://www.in211.org/
Indiana 211 Partnership is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the 2-1-1 system for Indiana. IN211 is actively working to implement 2-1-1 service to serve all Hoosiers through linked IN211 Centers.
Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.iaeyc.org/
The mission of the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC) is to promote and support quality care and education for all young children birth through age eight in Indiana.
Indiana Partnerships Center
http://www.fscp.org/
The Indiana Partnerships Center works to empower parents about their rights and responsibilities pertaining to their children’s education.
Learn More Resource Center
http://www.learnmoreindiana.org/
Learn More Resource Center is Indiana's Pre-K to College Connection - the state's strategic communication effort to support improving student achievement and increase the educational attainment of all Hoosiers.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is 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.
National Institute for Early Education Research
http://www.nieer.org/
The National Institute for Early Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research.
United Way of America Success By 6
http://national.unitedway.org/sb6
United Way Success By 6© is the nation’s largest network of early childhood coalitions, focused on improving school readiness through community change.