Links
Head Start and Federal
The Office of Head Start/DHHS
The Head Start program has a long tradition of delivering comprehensive and high quality services designed to foster healthy development in low-income children.
ACF San Francisco Regional Office
The Office of the Regional Administrator (ORA) coordinates issues that may have significant regional or national impact and contributes to the development of ACF national policy based on knowledge of services in the region.
National Head Start Association
NHSA is a private, not-for-profit membership organization representing the 835,000 children, upwards of 170,000 staff and 2,057 Head Start programs in America.
Region IX Head Start Association
The Region IX Head Start Association (RHSA) is a not-for-profit membership organization established to address issues related to low-income families and to support and represent the interests of the Region IX Head Start programs.
National Indian Head Start Directors Association (NIHSDA)
The National Indian Head Start Directors Association promotes and supports quality, comprehensive early childhood development and family-centered services for American Indian and Alaska Native people in the United States and Canada
National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association
The National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association is an association of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Directors, Staff, Parents, and Friends that meets regularly to discuss issues and concerns unique to Migrant and Seasonal Head Start children and their families.
State & Regional Head Start Associations
In addition to our strong and vibrant national association, Head Start Associations are active in a variety of states and federal regions.
- U.S. Department of Education
- The U.S. Department of Education web site has information on educational resources, research and statistics, financial aid, policy and grants.
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California
- California Dept. of Education
- The Department's web site holds various links including, but not limited to, Teaching, Learning and Technology, State and School Finance, Research and Statistical Information, Healthy Children, Youth and Families, Special, Alternative and Continuing Education, Legal and Legislative Information and Grant Information
California Head Start State Collaborative Office
In 1990, the ACF funded the first "wave" of collaboration grants in 12 states. The program was expanded in 1992, 1996, and 1997 so that now, all states participate.
- Community Care Licensing Division
- It is our mission to promote the health, safety, and quality of life of each person in community care through the administration of an effective collaborative regulatory enforcement system.
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Community Resources
- Action Alliance for Children, publisher of the Children's Advocate
- Action Alliance for Children exists to inform, educate, and persuade a statewide constituency of people who work with and on behalf of children by providing the most reliable information on current issues, trends, and public policies that affect children and families.
- Building Child Care
- Building Child Care (BCC), a collaborative funded by the California Department of Education, is designed to help you navigate the process of financing and developing child care facilities in California.
- California Association for the Education of Young Children
The purpose of CAEYC is to serve and act on behalf of the needs and rights of young children with primary focus on the provision of educational services and resources to adults who work with and for children birth through age eight.
- California Child Care Health Program
- Dedicated to improving the quality of child care by promoting and facilitating the linkages between the health, safety and child care communities and the families they serve.
- California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
- The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network coordinates services that assist local child care resource and referral (R&R) agencies in providing child care information and services to parents, child care providers, policy makers, and business and community leaders in every county in the State.
- California Child Development Administrators Association
- CCDAA is an independent professional organization for administrators of publicly funded Child Development Programs. Our long standing record of advocating quality early education dates back to 1943.
- California Children & Families Commission
- The California Children and Families Act of 1998 is designed to provide, on a community-by-community basis, all children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services.
- California Dental Association
- Resources to help you learn more about our industry and good dental care practices, press releases that will keep you abreast of the latest dental news, a job-bank to make job seekers aware of dental positions available in their area, and even a utility to put you in touch with a local dental society for help in locating just the right dentist for you.
- Children's Defense Fund California
- 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.
- Child Trends DataBank
- Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a focus on children, youth, and families. The group conducts its own research and communicates relevant research findings to decision makers and the general public.
- Community Action Partnership
- The Partnership’s mission is to be a national forum for policy on poverty and to strengthen, promote, represent and serve its network of member agencies to assure that the issues of the poor are effectively heard and addressed.
- Dental Health Foundation
- The foundation works to bring the latest findings in dental research to the general public, educators, and health practitioners - thereby bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and its application at the community level.
- Legislative Analyst's Office
LAO has been providing fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature for more than 55 years. It is known for its fiscal and programmatic expertise and nonpartisan analyses of the state's budget.
National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all young children.
- National Child Care Information Center Online Library
- There are thousands of child care-related documents waiting to be downloaded and read at this cyber library. The database includes summaries and availability information for publications of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, families, researchers and other members of the child care community.
- The National Institute for Early Education Research
- A resource for policy makers, journalists, researchers, educators, and anyone else interested in learning how to ensure quality early education for three and four-year olds. Housed at Rutgers University, the institute "supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research."
- On the Capitol Doorstep
- Located in Sacramento, California, OTCD has been providing information on California and federal legislation affecting young children since 1971. Focusing on child care and development programs, OTCD also follows current legislative efforts relative to child protection, child safety, education, health, mental health and disabilities, nutrition and public assistance.
- Preschool California
- Preschool California is a broad-based, multi-year advocacy campaign to achieve voluntary preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds in California.
- Zero to Three
- Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the healthy development of babies and young children.
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MISSION
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The California
Head Start
Association is the
unified voice
providing
leadership and
advocacy for the
Head Start
community.
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The California
Head Start
Association will
be an important
strategic partner
representing Head
Start interests in
California and the
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