Resource Links

 

General Child Care Links

• Child Care Aware®
• National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
• Washington State Child Care Resource & Referral Network
• Kindergarten Readiness Early Learning Toolkit
• 211 - An easy-to-remember phone number for people to call for health and human service information and referrals and other assistance to meet their needs. Call from anywhere in the country to receive referrals to local agencies who can help with everything from food, housing, to pet sitters.
• The Search Institute has lots of good information about raising responsible, caring, resilient children.
• Foundation for Early Learning - This site has information about the values of early learning
• Your local library has children’s’ story hours, summer reading programs, videos, CDs, tapes and much more for children of all ages.
• The Early Learning Benchmarks is a guide to young children’s development.
• The United Way is a wonderful source of information about human service agencies in communities. Here are links to local agencies:
  • United Way of Clallam County
  • United Good Neighbors of Jefferson County
  • United Way of Kitsap County
• Thrive By Five
• Lutheran Community Services Northwest

Child Care Provider Links

• Chilcare subsidy information
• Update your provider profile
• Washington scholarships

Advocacy

Lutheran Community Services NW, child care providers, parents and other entities all work together to advocate for families, children and communities. To join that effort, please contact your local policy makers to bring awareness to your own family concerns and challenges.

• Lutheran Public Policy
• Contact your local officials
• National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies Public Policy

Business Community

• How employers can benefit from quality early learning and school age childcare.

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