Useful Resources

Practitioner Core Competencies
Florida has adopted a new name for the professional development system -- Florida Steps to Success. Check out the set of competencies for what those who work with young children should know and be able to do.

Au Pair Contact List
When choosing child care, parents may select in-home care as the best fit for their family. This contact list identifies national and international au pair organizations to help parents locate the au pair service just right for their needs.

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.

Child Care Aware
Child Care Aware is a non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community. We do this by raising visibility for local child care resource and referral agencies nationwide and by connecting parents with the local agencies best equipped to serve their needs. To download information or learn more about NACCRRA click the link above or call 800-424-2246.

Healthy Child Care America
The Healthy Child Care America campaign is a collaborative effort of health professionals, child care professionals, families, and other services working in partnership to improve the health and well-being of children in child care settings. The goals of the program are to provide technical assistance to states, territories, tribes, and communities in developing and strengthening linkages between child care providers, health professionals, and families.

National Child Care Information Center
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information.

Teach More/Love More
TMLM strives to ensure that all children in Miami-Dade County have the community's attention, commitment and resources and, hence, the chance to develop intellectually, emotionally, socially and physically so that they are ready and eager to learn by the time they reach first grade.