Advancing Careers through Education & Training (ACET):
Georgia childhood care and education professional development system.
Child Care and Parent Services (CAPS):
A program to help families in Georgia pay for early childhood and school age care and education programs.
Family Connection Partnership:
A public/private partnership to assist communities in addressing the challenges facing Georgia's children and families and to serve as a resource to state agencies across Georgia that work to improve the conditions of children and families.
Georgia Child Care Services:
The goal of Child Care Services is to promote healthy, safe and high quality child care environments through effective support of and collaboration with the child care community.
The Georgia Child Care Training Approval System:
Information about the Georgia Center for Continuing Education's training approval system to improve the quality of training received by child care professionals.
Georgia Department of Education:
Links to the many resources available through the Georgia Department of Education.
Bright from the Start-Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning:
Smart Start Georgia:
A public/private partnership dedicated to improving the quality of early care and education in Georgia so that every child will be ready to succeed upon entering kindergarten.
Georgia Head Start-State Collaboration Office:
Web page for the state-level office for Head Start programs in Georgia.
Georgia Public Library Service:
Information about the public library system in Georgia, including links to on-line catalogs and other information.
Georgia Pre-K Program:
Search by ZIP code or county for Georgia Pre-K facilities that are licensed by the Department of Early Care and Learning.
Learning Disabilities Association of Georgia:
Georgia's branch of the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Supports children and adults with learning disabilities and ADHD through education and advocacy.
Parent to Parent of Georgia, Inc.:
Support and information for parents of children with disabilities.
Quality Care for Children:
Organization whose goal is to improve the quality, accessibility, and affordability of early care and education in Georgia. Includes information for parents and caregivers.
Babies Can't Wait (ages birth-2)
Administered by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, it's Georgia's statewide interagency service delivery system for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families.
Georgia Learning Resources System
A network of 17 centers throughout Georgia that provide training and resources to educators and parents of students with disabilities to assist them in implementing effective instructional strategies.
Parents Educating Parents and Professionals for All Children (PEPPAC)
A federally funded project, known as a parent training information center or PTI, that assists children with disabilities throughout Georgia within the ages of 3-21 in the Special Education system of Public Schools. PEPPAC provides informative and educational trainings to parents and professionals and serves as an aid and resource to them.
Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
The state planning council created through the Developmental Disabilities Act that uses public policy research, analysis, and reform, project demonstrations, and education and training to increase independence and inclusion for people with disabilities.
Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO)
A private non-profit corporation whose work is mandated by Congress, and GAO has been designated by Georgia as the agency to implement Protection and Advocacy within the state.
NICHCY (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities): Georgia State Resources List
A list of state offices and organizations in Georgia.
Georgia Association on Young Children
A non-profit professional organization that promotes quality early care and education for young children and provides educational opportunities for early childhood professionals.
NACCRRA Child Care Statistics in GA
A listing of the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies’ child care statistics for Georgia.
Healthy Child Care Georgia
A collaborative effort of health professionals, child care providers, regulatory agencies, other organizations and families working in partnership to improve the health and well-being of children from birth-12 years of age in child care settings.
Georgia Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (GACCRRA)
A non-profit, membership organization, composed of 14 regional Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (CCR&Rs) that each employ an Inclusion Coordinator, whose mission is to support the work of CCR&Rs to improve child care in Georgia.
Better Brains for Babies
A collaboration of state and local, public and private organizations dedicated to promoting awareness and education about the importance of early brain development in the healthy growth and development of infants and young children in Georgia.
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