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Here you’ll find a continuously updated collection of powerful
resources on child development, children’s policy, education
and more. Feel free to use and share these resources.

NCFF Publications

• Spout Newsletters
• Annual Reports
• Overview brochure
• Cause Book
• Fill the Gap Brochure

Partnerships

• NE Loves Public Schools

  This project of the Sherwood Foundation is working hard to tell the story of how Nebraska's public schools are using innovative programs and practices to effect change.
• NET State of Education in Nebraska

  We are monthly contributors to a special program in what's happening in out-of-school, expanded learning, and STEM education in Nebraska. Visit the site to view past shows.
• First Five Nebraska

  This partner organization advocates at the state level for policy changes to improve the quality of life for Nebraska youngest citizens.

Other resources

Early Childhood

• The Ounce of Prevention Fund

  National leader in early childhood development research and policy, the goal of this Chicago-based organization is that every American child have high-quality early childhood care experiences.
• Harvard University Center on the Developing Child

  The Center aims to improve life outcomes or children all over the world through its groundbreaking reserach, communications and development of childcare best practices.
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

  Based at Vanderbilt University, this center was created to increase the capacity of Head Start and other early childcare programs, thereby improving the social and emotional outcomes for vulnerable children.
• Educare

  Educare is a research-based childcare program that prepares at-risk children for success in school and nurtures early learning.

Child abuse prevention

• FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention

  This program is based in Chapel Hill and funded by the Children's Bureau. It provides service through a coordinated effort with four other national organizations and initiatives with the aim of preventing child abuse and neglect and supporting families.
• Prevent Child Abuse America

  PCA America builds awareness, provides education and inspires hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of America's children.
• Creating Community Responsibility for Child Protection: Possibilities and Challenges

  This article provides groundbreaking concepts for building effective prevention systems in communities. Among its authors is Deb Daro, Ph.D. of Chapin Hall, whose work is being used by state-level policy makers and funders to support community-based prevention efforts.

Infant mental health

• World Association for Infant Mental Health

  WAIMH promotes the mental well-being and healthy development of infants throughout the world, taking into account cultural, regional, and environmental variations, and to generate and disseminate scientific knowledge.

Out-of-school time/STEM

• Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project

  The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project is a 50-state initiative harnessing the power of networks and leaders to help schools and communities leverage the time beyond school to accelerate student achievement by
• National Afterschool Association

  The National AfterSchool Association is the leading voice of the afterschool profession dedicated to the development, education and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours.

Foster youth

• Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative

  The mission of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is to ensure that young people—primarily those between ages 14 and 25—make successful transitions from foster care to adulthood.