Organizations and Agencies
Child Care Resource & Referral
The Arizona Child Care Resource and Referral provides assistance to families seeking child care and to child care providers.
State of Arizona Resources & Programs
State of Arizona Government Agencies that provide assistance, resources, guidelines, and information relating to child care and providers of child care.
- Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Child Care
- Arizona Department of Education, Early Childhood Unit
- Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards
- Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing
- Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health
- Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)
- Arizona’s Infant and Toddler Developmental Guidelines
- AZ FIND
- AZ Transfer
- Department of Child Safety
- First Things First
- Infant Toddler Mental Health Coalition of Arizona
- New Directions Institute
- Quality First
- Read On Arizona
State & National Professional Organizations
Find and join organizations that offer guidance, resources, and support for early childhood professionals.
Arizona
National
- Alliance for Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care (AFFNCC)
- Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
- Families and Work Institute
- National Afterschool Association (NAA)
- National Association for Child Care Professionals (NACCP)
- National Association for Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
- National Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
- National Network for Child Care
- National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
- National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
- National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL)
- National Child Care Association
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Head Start Association (NHSA)
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
Arizona Community-Based Resources & Programs
Local organizations that provide information, assistance, and support to their local communities.
Other Resources
Additional resources such as Better Brains for Babies, Build Initiative, Center for the Developing Child, Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, Child Care Exchange, and more.
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- ASD Toddler Initiative
- Better Brains for Babies
- Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!
- Build Initiative – Arizona
- The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
- Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL)
- The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy)
- Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)
- The Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO)
- Center on the Developing Child
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
- Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
- Child Care Exchange
- Collaborative for Children
- Consortium of State IDEA 619 Coordinators
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
- Early Childhood Personnel Center (ECPC)
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Early Educator Central (for Infant/Toddler Professionals)
- Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), (CDC)
- Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance (ELCTA)
- Families and Work Institute
- Head Start
- The IDEA Data Center (IDC)
- IDEA Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA)
- Learn the Signs. Act Early. (CDC)
- National Academy of Sciences
- The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
- National Center on Family Literacy (NCFL)
- National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI)
- National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE)
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Pinnacle Presbyterian Preschool’s Inspire Training Series
- Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) for Young Children
- The Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC)
- Zero To Three