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Child Care License Program

Sites	What They're About
2-1-1 (Pinellas Helpline)	2-1-1 is Pinellas County's only 24-hour program that provides information and referrals on local health/human services, volunteer opportunities, donation referrals, and crisis intervention/problem-solving counseling for individuals. (Cell Phone users must dial 727-210-4211). 2-1-1 is now accessible to all-languages and TDD/TTY machines for the hearing impaired.
ACEI	The Association of Childhood Education International - promotes and supports the global community the optimal education and development of children, from birth through early adolescence, and works to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society.
Child Care Standards and Improvements Work Group	Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary George H. Sheldon established a work group to ensure that Florida has the highest quality child care for our children. The work group will assess and make recommendations for legislative, administrative rule, process, or procedural enhancements to Florida’s standards relating to: Licensure requirements Health and safety regulations Quality of care to promote child readiness and well-being Higher quality standards and quality improvement efforts Efficiencies of services between governmental agencies Adult-to-child ratios Staff training requirements Parental communication
Coordinated Child Care of Pinellas, Inc.	Services Provided by CCC: Out of School Time: Serves children 9-14 years by providing quality educational and personal enrichment activities that promote school success 21 Century Community Learning Centers: Provides academic and personal enrichment activities to academically/behaviorally challenged middle school students. Community Compact: Provides additional support services to students and their families attending Boca Ciega and Gibbs High Schools. Special Services: Developmental screening/assessments, intervention, provider training, and case management. Food & Nutrition Services: Sponsor for USDA Child Care Nutrition Program Live Scan Fingerprinting Management System: Provides electronic live scan fingerprinting/level II background screening for early childhood and school-age programs. Administers child care scholarships services (eligibility & provider reimbursement) for the Juvenile Welfare Board-Entitled program, Pinellas County School Board - Teen Parent Program and the Department of Children & Families Refugee Program.
DCF - http://www.dcf. state.fl.us/programs/ childcare	The Department of Children and Families, Child Care Services Program Office, is statutorily responsible for the administration of child care licensing and training throughout Florida. The purpose of this program is to ensure that children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive and educational environment by trained, qualified child care staff.
ELC - http://elcpinellas.net/	The Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County is a not for profit planning and funding agency focused on early care and education. The goal of the Early Learning Coalition is to prepare all children to enter kindergarten ready to succeed. Additionally, the Coalition supports school age children in continuing academic achievement.
Juvenile Welfare Board	The Juvenile Welfare Board supports the healthy development of all children and their families in Pinellas County through advocacy, research, planning, training, communications, coordinating of resources and funding.
Inspection Reports	Pinellas County License Board monitors children’s centers and family day care homes in Pinellas for compliance with Licensing Regulations. Only routine and renewal inspections are placed on the website for public review. The complete public file can be reviewed in our office by appointment.
NAEYC	National Association for the Education of Young Children 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.
NCCIC	National Child Care Information Center - the National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
NECTAC	The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center supports the implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Their mission is to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through five) and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate, and family-centered supports and services.
NAFCC	The focus of NAFCC is to provide technical assistance to family child care associations. This assistance is provided through developing leadership and professionalism, addressing issues of diversity, and by promoting quality and professionalism through NAFCC's Family Child Care Accreditation.
NICHCY	The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - provides information for families, educators and other professionals.
NIECDE	National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education part of the U.S. Department of Education, was created to carry out a comprehensive program of research, development, and dissemination to improve early childhood development and learning.
Parent Education Resources	Provides educational resources for parents and caregivers. (From the Cooperative Extension Service Web Site)
Pinellas County Health Department	Provides you with links to the different Divisions of the Pinellas County Health Department including Community Health, Dental Health, Communicable Disease Control, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health, Family Health Services, Management Information Systems, Pharmacy, the Office of Minority Health, WIC and Nutrition, and the proposed Chronic Disease Prevention Office.
Pinellas County Schools	The School System of Pinellas County
Ready, Set, Read	Language activities for children birth to five - a joint project of the Corporation for National Service, the US Department of Education, and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Sunbiz	The Florida Division of Corporations’ online information, research, and electronic processing service center. Here you can directly access the Division’s business entity, lien information, and image databases. You can also download and print copies of filed documents and forms to use when filing for a corporation or fictitious name.
The Future of Children	Promotes effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.
USDA	The United States Department of Agriculture is committed to helping America's farmers and ranchers and also leads the Federal anti-hunger effort with the Food Stamp, School Lunch, School Breakfast, and the WIC Programs, is the steward of our nation's 192 million acres of national forests and rangelands, is the country's largest conservation agency, brings housing, modern telecommunications, and safe drinking water to rural America, is responsible for the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products, is a research leader and helps ensure open markets for US agricultural products and provides food aid to needy people overseas.
USDA for Kids	United States Department of Agriculture's site includes links to sites about the weather, animals, kid's science and many more.
Zero to Three	National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, disseminates key developmental information, trains providers, promotes model approaches and standards of practice and works to increase public awareness about the significance of the first three years of life.

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