OCFS

The Office of Children and Family Services is the regulatory agency for child care programs in New York State.

http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us

Child Care Aware of America

Child Care Aware of America (formerly NACCRRA) contains information and resources for child care providers and parents.

http://www.naccrra.org

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) website contains resources and information for child care providers.

http://www.naeyc.org

The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)

The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care Family Child Care Providers can become accredited through NAFCC.

http://www.nafcc.org

AfterSchool Works! New York

AfterSchool Works! New York is the membership organization for afterschool professionals in New York State. Visit their website for more information on the School Age Care Credential.

http://www.afterschoolworksny.org/

Minute Menu

Minute Menu provides online claiming for child care providers enrolled in our CACFP -Food Program.

http://www.minutemenu.com/php/mmweb/login.php

QualityStarsNY

QUALITYstarsNY is New York State's quality rating and improvement system. It is a voluntary program to rate, improve and communicate levels of quality in all regulated early care and learning programs. QualityStarsNY is currently being field tested. This field test will provide data to guide decisions necessary for statewide implementation of QUALITYstarsNY.

http://qualitystarsny.org/

The Early Care and Learning Council

The Early Care & Learning Council is a statewide organization that works to increase the quality, affordability and capacity of the early care and learning field and does so through training and technical assistance, data management and advocacy initiatives. Programs are provided to and in partnership with the network of local Child Care Resource & Referral programs across New York State.

http://www.earlycareandlearning.org

Tom Copeland's Taking Care of Business

Tom Copeland, the nation's leading expert on the business of family child care, Tom has established a new blog called Tom Copeland’s Taking Care of Business. In it, Tom writes regular articles about business issues, posts tax updates, and links to other resources

http://www.tomcopelandblog.com/