Archived: Sources of Assistance and Information

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Help Children Get Off to a Strong and Healthy Start and Send Them to School Ready to Learn

Sources of Assistance and Information

The National PTA 330 North Wabash Avenue Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60611-3690 312-670-6782 http://www.pta.org	National Head Start Association 1651 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 703-739-7564 https://www.nhsa.org/index.htm
Administration on Children Youth, and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20204 http://www.acf.hhs.gov	National Association for the Education of Young Children 1509 16^th Street, NW Washington, DC 200361-800-424-2460 http://www.naeyc.org/

WHERE CAN I GO FOR MORE INFORMATION?

For a free copy of the America Reads Challenge: READY SET READ early childhood learning kit or Helping Your Child Get Ready for School, please call the U.S. Department of Education at 1-800-USA-LEARN.

You may want to learn more about the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which provide a comprehensive model based on education, health, family involvement, and social services (consult ACYF, HHS, above for more information).

Launched in connection with the White House Conference on Early Childhood Development and with an ABC prime time special, the I Am Your Child Campaign is a grassroots public awareness and community mobilization effort (1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20007, 202-338-4385, http://www.iamyourchild.org). The Families and Work Institute has published Rethinking the Brain, which discusses, in lay terms, recent research on early brain development and its implications for families and educators (Families and Work Institute, 330 Seventh Avenue, 14^th Floor, New York, NY 10001, 212-465-2044, http://www.familiesandworkinst.org).

To find information on specific topics or to read the latest research, you can search the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, which also links to the National Parent Information Network, at http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu . The World Bank’s Early Childhood Development Web site is another great source at http://www.worldbank.org/children/.

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