Governmental and Related Links

A significant amount of data is available from federal and state governmental agencies about children and families, early childhood education programs, and publicly-funded programs. Below is a non-exhaustive list of federal and state agencies and organizations representing state policymakers to help you find data, reports, issue briefs, and other helpful information.

Federal Government

http://thomas.loc.gov

Find federal legislation, House & Senate votes, and Congressional Record

http://www.senate.gov

U.S. Senate (members and committees)

http://www.house.gov

U.S. House of Representatives (members and committees)

http://www.ed.gov

Federal Department of Education

http://www. hhs.gov

Federal Department of Health & Human Services

http://www.acf.hhs.gov

Administration on Children & Families (includes TANF, Head Start and Child Care Bureau)

http://www.dol.gov

Department of Labor

http://www.bls.gov

Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.ag.gov

Department of Agriculture (nutrition programs)

http://www.gao.gov

Government Accounting Office (program reports)

State government

http://www.nga.org

National Governors' Association with links to governors' websites

http://www.ncsl.org

National Conference of State Legislatures with links to individual legislature websites

http://www.ccsso.org

Council of Chief State School Officers with links to each state department of education

http://nccic.org/statedata/dirs/statehp.html

State Child Care Agency Contacts

http://nccic.org/statedata/dirs/statecollab.html

State Head Start Collaboration Office Contacts