Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

CLASP is a national non-profit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all.

Child Trends

Visit Child Trends' one-stop shop for the latest trends in child and youth well-being.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is an organization of more than 2,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and crime survivors dedicated to preventing crime and violence.

The Forum on Child and Family Statistics

The Forum on Child and Family Statistics provides an annual indicators report that details the status of children and families in the United States called "America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2006".

The Future of Children

The Future of Children seeks to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.  The Future of Children is a publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution.

The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)

NACCRRA is one of the nation’s leading voices for child care, working with more than 800 state and local child care resource & referral agencies to ensure that families in every local community have access to high-quality, affordable child care.

The National Household Education Survey

The National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) provides descriptive data on the educational activities of the U.S. population and offers researchers, educators, and policymakers a variety of statistics on the condition of education in the United States.

The NHES surveys cover learning at all ages, from early childhood to school age through adulthood. The most recent data collection in 2005 consisted of three surveys: Adult Education, Early Childhood Program Participation, and After-School Programs and Activities.

Raw Data Available for Analysis

• Early Childhood Participation Rates Raw Data from National Household Survey
• After School Program Activities Raw Data from National Household Survey

A couple of national studies of interest:

• Initial Results from the 2005 NHES Early Childhood Program Participation Survey
• Child Care and Early Education Arrangements of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: 2001
  

The National Survey of American Families

The National Survey of America's Families provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and non-elderly adults, and reveals sometimes striking differences among the 13 states studied in depth. The survey provides quantitative measures of child, adult and family well-being in America, with an emphasis on persons in low-income families.

A couple of national studies of interest:

• Child Care Expenses of Families
• Child Care Patterns of School-Age Children with Employed Mothers

The National Institute for Early Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research. The State of Preschool: 2005 State of Preschool Yearbook.

Zero to Three

Zero to Three is a national organization whose mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.