Innovative Learning Solutions

ADVOCACY

• Afterschool Alliance
• Children’s Defense Fund
• The Forum for Youth Investment
• Connect for Kids
• Kids Count

 ARIZONA ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

• Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence
• Department of Economic Security
• Department of Education
• Department of Health Services, Office of Child Care Licensing
• Child Care Resource and Referral
• Children’s Action Alliance
• Self-Study Project
• Phone Friend Program
• Southwest Human Development
• Child & Family Resources, Inc.
• United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Youth Development Coalition

 ASSOCIATIONS

• Coalition for Community Schools
• National AfterSchool Association
• National School Boards Association
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association for Family Child Care
• National Community Education Association
• Afterschool Professional Network

 CHILD DEVELOPMENT

• National Network for Child Care

 CURRICULUM

• eSchool News
• 4-H Afterschool
• National Mentoring Partnership
• School-Age Notes
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory
• Learning Point Associates
• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory/National Partnership for Quality Afterschool
• Gateway to Educational Materials

 GENERAL

• Afterschool.gov
• 21^st Century Community Learning Centers (US Department of Education)
• Child Nutrition Home Page
• C.S. Mott Foundation
• School Age Notes
• Resources On Afterschool
• Child Care Bureau
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• National Child Care Information Center
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

 PARENTS

• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care

 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• National Youth Development Information Center
• Foundations, Inc.
• New England Adolescent Research Institute
• Program Evaluation Database

 QUALITY STANDARDS AND ACCREDITATION

• COA Afterschool
• NAA Standards at a Glance

  RESEARCH

• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
• Harvard Family Research Project
• National Center for Community Education
• National Community Education Association
• National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
• Promising Practices in Afterschool
• Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Search Institute

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH 

• Coalition for Science After School

 SUSTAINABILITY

• The Finance Project Out of School Clearing House
• Afterschool Investments Project

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