| • | 4C-ne.com - A free information and referral service to assist families in finding quality licensed child care in Northeast Michigan. |
| • | A Child Care Directory - A childcare resource site for parents and providers in Texas. Tips on how to start a daycare business. |
| • | About Daycare - Offers program and curriculum information for daycare providers, teachers, and childcare staff. Also provides tips for choosing a care facility. |
| • | About.com: UK Daycare - Resources, lesson plans, seasonal ideas, book reviews, colouring pages, contests, and links that will be of interest to educators, parents, and students. |
| • | Affordable Licensed Home Child Care - Lists daycare providers and offers resources for parents and providers. Includes a calendar of events and training. |
| • | Ahrens Family Day Care - Former daycare owner provides sample daycare business forms, schedules, and calendars. |
| • | America Taking Action - A national directory of licensed/registered family daycare providers, childcare centers, nursery schools and kids' camps. |
| • | Answered Prayer Childcare Directory - Free site for parents to search for childcare in any area. Providers can list their daycare and provide links as well. |
| • | Anxious Parents - For working parents trying to find, and keep, the best childcare for their children. Offering articles, book excerpts and links. |
| • | Arizona Child Care Resource and Referral - A community service which matches parents seeking child care with child care resources. Also provides training and technical assistance to child care providers. |
| • | Babysitters.com - Childcare referral company focused on helping parents find the type of babysitters that matches best with the needs of their children. Includes babysitting guide and information for parents. |
| • | Babysitting Coop - A "how-to" in setting up a babysitting coop. Complete with bylaws and all the forms needed to get started. |
| • | Bananas Inc. - Provides free childcare, daycare and babysitting referrals for parents in Alameda County, California. Also provides free parenting workshops and information on subsidized childcare in multiple languages. |
| • | Berry Family Child Care Network - Designed to assist family home childcare providers in utilizing the online community for knowledge, purchasing and networking. |
| • | bestbear.co.uk - An independent service listing recommended childcare agencies throughout the UK. |
| • | Better Baby Care Campaign - Resource for parents and childcare workers for finding and providing quality childcare. |
| • | Cabell-Wayne Educare - Offers services to improve the quality, linkages and accessibility in child care programs in Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia. |
| • | California Childcare Health Program - Works to enhance the quality of child care by initiating and strengthening linkages among the health, safety and child care communities and the families they serve. |
| • | CallforSitters.com - Childcare referral company focused on helping parents find babysitters. The website includes tools and discussion boards that help parents and babysitters communicate. |
| • | Canadian Childcare - A resource site for Canadian childcare providers offering tips, ideas, menus and other information. |
| • | Child Care Choices, Inc. - Search and screening for families seeking nannies, babysitters, daycare, preschools and camps in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. |
| • | Child Care Circuit - A nonprofit agency that assists parents in finding childcare north east of Boston, MA. |
| • | Child Care Networks - Provides child care resource and referral services for Chatham County, NC. |
| • | Child Care Parent Provider Information Network - CCPPIN is for family child care professionals and parents. Child care directory, forums. |
| • | Child Care Providers Of Minnesota - Listing site for child care providers in MN. |
| • | Child Care Resource and Referral ~ Metro - Childcare referrals and provider training for Salt Lake and Tooele Counties in Utah. |
| • | Child Care Resource Center - A comprehensive agency offers referrals to child care in Tulsa, Creek and Wagoner counties, and support services to child care providers, including Success by 6, Toy Lending Library, CACFP. |
| • | Child Care Resource Center - Child care resource and referral agency for Lorain, Erie, Huron, Sandusky and Seneca counties in Ohio. The center is a private non-profit agency that is part of the statewide system of child care resource and referral funded by the Ohio Department of Huma |
| • | Child Care Resources Consultation and Training - Offers a variety of resources including workshop materials, training services and curriculum resources. |
| • | Child Care Systems of America, Inc. - Offering an array of solutions to employer's child care needs nationwide. |
| • | Child Care Works - A non-profit child care resource and referral program dedicated to improving the system of early education and care for children in the New Bedford, MA area. |
| • | Child-Daycare-Directory.com - A national directory of accredited child daycare centers and in-home providers. Includes information about accreditation as well as children's products for parents and daycare providers. |
| • | Child-Minding.net - Resources for parents, providers, and individuals wishing to start a childcare business in the UK. Includes daycare management software and relevant links to childcare organizations and services. |
| • | Childcare Index - Directory serving the UK, allowing access to childcare providers in the area. |
| • | Childcare Seekers Inc. - Referrals for parents, free advertising for child care businesses, child care software, products and services available to families, providers and centers. |
| • | ChildFirst - A customer satisfaction feedback company for the childcare industry. Replaces traditional mailed surveys with person-to-person interviews. Assists childcare providers in customer retention, marketing, quality assurance, and employee recognition. |
| • | Childminder.net - Designed for parents and childminders in the borough of Poole, Dorset, UK. Includes information on child care and resources freely available in the area. |
| • | Children's Information Service - Provides information about childcare to parents, as well as resources for childcare providers. |
| • | ChildrenFirst - Information on backup childcare, with sections for parents and clients. |
| • | Childworks - Directory aimed at child-care professionals. Searchable by subject and locality. |
| • | Colorado Child Care Association - Non-profit state association for privately-owned, licensed child care and early childhood education centers in Colorado; child care referrals by ZIP code; training opportunities for child care professionals. |
| • | Contra Costa Child Care Council - Source for parents, providers and advocates seeking child care services and resources in Contra Costa County, California. |
| • | Cortland Area Child Care Council - CACCC provides referrals of family daycare providers and day care centers in Cortland NY, as well as training and support to family daycare providers. |
| • | Creative Child Care Choices - Parents seeking childcare can obtain a list of providers in the greater Chicagoland area. |
| • | Daycare Provider's Beginner Page - This site has information on daycare, starting a daycare, and daycare products such as software, forms, equipment, supplies, and books. |
| • | Daycare.com - State by state listings, licensing requirements, products and news articles. |
| • | Douglas County Child Care Association - A child care referral service for licensed child care providers in Douglas County, Colorado. |
| • | East Bay Preschool Directory - Includes listings of preschools in the Contra Costa and Tri-Valley Areas of California, articles, and informational resources for parents. |
| • | Empower Kids to Excel - A resource for teaching children life skills and stress control strategies through the Feeling Great Lifeskills Program. |
| • | Family Child Care of Douglas County - Provides articles, links and educational information for family child care providers and parents in the Lawrence/Douglas County area of Kansas. |
| • | Family Education - Educational ideas for teachers, parents and providers. There is a vast amount of information and resources to help teachers, parents and day care providers. |
| • | Find Care Now - A childcare resource and referral site for parents seeking information and referrals for childcare, in-home care, nannies, au pairs, and elderly care. Includes resources for providers. |
| • | FreeDaycareInfo - Offers a directory of state licensing agencies. |
| • | GRCMA Early Childhood Directions - A private, non-profit agency that provides information, referral services and training programs for child care providers and parents. |
| • | Hampton Roads Childcare - Offering a free list to families seeking child care, parents resource, providers resource and advertisement. |
| • | Her Child Care - A site for professional child care providers. Provides information regarding all aspects of running a daycare center. |
| • | Hull Childminding Network - A local network supporting local childminders ensuring a high quality childcare service within the city of Hull, England. |
| • | Infant and Toddler Day Care - Important information on choosing infant day care which is not usually available in the mainstream media. |
| • | K Grace Childcare - A provider of qualified childcare professionals to Chicago's downtown and near north side. |
| • | Kidcare.web.ph - An online resource for developmental child care information. |
| • | Kids New World - Day care Search - Comprehensive parents resource for daycare and preschool centers search and reviews. |
| • | Knowsley Sure Start - Provides information and links to organizations and services for parents, childcare providers, employers, and individuals interested in working in childcare in Knowsley. Includes links to local programs. |
| • | Ladybug Crossing Home Day Care - This site is for providers and parents of small children. It offers a preschool curriculum, crafts, and printables. |
| • | Lynnfield, Reading & North Reading Partnership For Children - Child care resources for parents in the communities of Lynnfield, Reading and North Reading, MA. Also offers child care scholarships, free training and events in these communities. |
| • | Manchester's Early Years Partnership - Offers information on all aspects of childcare, including grants, news, jobs, training and links. |
| • | Marin Child Care Council - Linking parents with childcare options in Marin County, California. |
| • | Marin Family Childcare Association - A non-profic association created to educate, support, and advocate for licensed family childcare providers. Includes referral service of members for parents seeking family childcare. |
| • | Maryland Committee for Children - A network of local child care resource centers that works with parents, child care providers, advocates, employers, and policymakers to expand and enhance the early childhood education and child care. |
| • | Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services - The official Massachusetts state agency site. Of use to both providers of child care as well as parents who have questions about child care in Massachusetts. |
| • | Mills Consulting Group, Inc. - Specializes in developing high quality child care, work-life initiatives and conducting research projects related to child care for child care centers, corporations, and state governments. |
| • | Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network - Coordinates the efforts of the eight resource and referral agencies in Missouri. Services are provided to parents, child care providers, employers and community leaders. |
| • | Naples Alliance for Children - Mission is to take a leadership role in advocating for the improvement of the quality of life for Collier County, Florida's children, youth and their families. |
| • | NeedChildCare.com - A childcare referral service which includes state by state listings, financial assistance resources, and a daycare checklist. |
| • | North Carolina Child Care - Searchable database of licensed child care providers across the state. Includes child care centers, family child care homes, and day camps. |
| • | North Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Network - Offers child care referrals to families, technical assistance and support for providers, development of child care resources and advocacy. |
| • | North West Childcare - Provide childcare recruitment services, including nursery nurses, nannies, baby sitters and home help. |
| • | Northwestern State University Child and Family Network - Provides referrals for parents seeking child care centers or family child care homes in LA. |
| • | Nurturing Nannies Inc - A referral service for parents seeking in-home nanny care. |
| • | Options - Agency providing a network of early care and education services for children and families living in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County. |
| • | Options for Working Parents - Offers childcare resource and referral services and a childcare assistance program. Located in Providence, RI. |
| • | Oregon Cares - Childcare resources sorted by age group, as well as resources specific to Oregon. |
| • | Oregon Child Care Resource and Referral Network - Site includes an online search for child care providers, information on quality child care for parents, training information for providers and data about child care in Oregon. |
| • | Provider Watch - A nationwide credit reporting service for childcare professionals. |
| • | Questions and Answers about Choosing the Best Daycare - Former daycare operator offers advise and consulting on choosing or starting a daycare. |
| • | Resources for Child Care and Early Childhood Education - Daycare programming ideas, themes and links. |
| • | Satellite Family Child Care - Provides quality standards, accreditation, training, referrals and other support to accredited childcare providers in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| • | Simply Childcare - Publication bringing together parents looking for childcare providers and providers advertising their services. |
| • | Springfield Early Care and Education Partnership - Supports the continued development of a comprehensive early learning system, which combines high quality early care and education with related services to meet the needs of Springfield's families. |
| • | The Daycare Resource Connection - Resource for parents and providers including listings, lesson plan curriculum, parent and daycare information. |
| • | The Daycare Resource Connection - A resource for parents and providers including state by state daycare listings, free preschool and daycare printables and teacher resources. |
| • | The Dublin Childcare Recruitment Agency - International childcare recruitment consultants for the childcare industry. |
| • | The Family and Workplace Connection - Linking working parents and other employees with dependent care services. Assure availability of high quality, affordable, dependent care services. |
| • | The Sefton Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership - An organisation which supports the development of early years and childcare provision in the borough. Includes resources for parents and caregivers. |
| • | TheraCare - A healthcare and education organization which provides developmental, educational, and evaluation services for children in New Jersey. Includes a local daycare provider search. |
| • | Tiny Jewels Child Care Directory - Family home childcare providers listed by location in the U.S. |
| • | TLC Child Care Locators - Resources for finding a child care through a national search. Free to parents. |
| • | Triplets and More Referral Service - A referral service specifically for parents of multiples. Provide a qualified, reliable child development specialist with experience with multiples to assist parents in caring for their babies. |
| • | West Kootney Family and Child Care Society - Provides resources, referrals and support to parents, children and caregivers of Nelson to Kaslo, Salmo, South Slocan to Nakusp. |
| • | Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre - A non-profit society that provides information, services and support to the child care community in British Columbia, Canada. |
| • | Wisconsin Child Care Directory - Provides free access to Wisconsin child care providers and Wisconsin babysitters. |
| • | Wisconsin PBS Kids - Provides child care and parenting tips, resources and workshops supported by Wisconsin PBS Kids programming. |
