Links
Oregon Child Care Research Partnership members and other partners:
- Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Child Care Division, Oregon Employment Department
- Children, Adults and Families, Oregon Department of Human Services
- Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University
- Head Start Collaboration Project, Oregon Department of Education
- Healthy Child Care Oregon, Child and Family Health, Oregon Department of Human Services
- Inclusive Child Care Project, Oregon Developmental Disabilities Council
- National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- Oregon Progress Board
- Oregon Child Care Resource and Referral Network
- Oregon Commission for Child Care
U.S. Census Bureau and other federal and state government sites provide information, including population estimates and biennial Oregon Population Survey Data:
- American FactFinder: The U.S. Census Bureau’s user-friendly site facilitates retrieval of 2000 Census data.
- FedStats: Links the viewer to Mapstats, Statistical reference shelf, Data Access Tools, and others.
- Mapstats page for Oregon: Basic descriptive data about Oregon.
- National Center for Education Statistics: The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data about education.
- Population Research Center, Portland State University: Population estimates by age and county in years between the decennial censuses are found here.
- Office of Economic Analysis, Oregon Department of Administrative Services: Information and data sets from the biennial Oregon Population Survey can be downloaded here.
Relevant Information and statistical data from a variety of research groups:
- Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids-Count Project
- Child Trends, Inc.
- The Children's Defense Fund
- National Child Care Information Center
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Families and Work Institute
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
- National Center for Children in Poverty
Sources of information dealing especially with policy and law related to child care and family:
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Child Care Law Center
- Economic Policy Institute
- National Women's Law Center
- Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Professional organizations and support groups providing useful information:
- National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
- Child Care Aware
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Association for Family Child Care
- National School-Age Care Alliance
- Family Support America
- Healthy Child Care (American Academy
of Pediatrics)
