Upcoming Events 2010

Oct. 4 - KDEC Inclusion Summit, Salina, KS, 1-4 pm. Click here for registration form.

Oct. 5 - 2nd Statewide KELC Meeting, Salina, KS, 9am to 3 pm. Click here for registration form.

Nov. 3-5, 34th Annual Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, Wichita, KS.  For more information, go to www.kcsl.org.

Early Learning Resources

The following is a list of recommended website for on-your-own research and education about Early Learning.

• ACF - Admin. for Children & Families, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
• AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics
• Child Trends
• CCKC - Children's Campus of Kansas City
• EHSNRC - Early Head Start National Resource Center
• Healthy Families America
• HRSA - Maternal & Child Health Bureau
• KAC - Kansas Action for Children
• KACCRRA - Kansas Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies
• KAIMH - Kansas Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• KCCTF - Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund
• KCCTO - Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities
• KCSL- Kansas Children's Service League
• KS Coalition for School Readiness
• KDEC - Kansas Division for Early Childhood
• KECCS - Kanas Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Plan
• KHSA - Kansas Head Start Association
• KITS - Kansas Inservice Training System
• KPATA - Kansas Parents as Teachers Association
• KPIRC - Kansas Parent Information Resource Center
• Kansas Project LAUNCH
• KSDE - Kansas State Dept. of Education Special Education Services
• Kansas Strengthening Families Plan
• KU Med  - Department of Pediatrics
• NACCRRA - National Assoc. of Child Care Resource & Referral
• NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children
• NHSA - National Head Start Association
• PATNC - Parents as Teachers National Center
• Prevent Child Abuse America
• Project EAGLE
• Raising the Village
• SRS Kansas
• Strengthening Families National Website
• The Family Conservancy
• Tiny-k Foundation
• USDA - Child & Adult Food Program
• Zero to Three - National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families

Kansas Kids

15% of Kansas Children live in poverty...

a 25% increase from 2000 to 2008.

Source: 2010 Kids Count Data Book, datacenter.kidscount.org.