Child Care

MEDLINEplus Health Information: Child Day Care
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childdaycare.html

MEDLINEplus provides quality health care information from the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This page links to resources for the latest news in child care, as well as general information and overviews. Contents include specific aspects, directories, law and policy, organizations, statistics, children, teenagers, and information written in Spanish.

Maryland Child Care
http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/MD_topics/fam/_chi.html

Maintained by Sailor, Maryland's Public Information Network, this site offers links to local statewide child care resources. It includes information and network resources for parents and child care providers. Links to locate child care providers and regional community resources are provided.

Maryland Child Care Resource Network: Local Sites
http://mdchildcare.org/mdcfc/network/mainnumbers.html

This page provides links to the thirteen regional child care resource and referral centers within the state. Each center provides leadership and services designed to improve the quality of child care, as well as its availability and affordability, in their areas.

Maryland Committee for Children
http://mdchildcare.org/mdcfc/mcc.html

This site, provided by the Maryland Committe for Children, includes resources for parents, child care providers, employers, and policymakers. It includes links to the Maryland Child Care Resource Network and its collection of statewide information. Parents can also search for licensed child care in their area on LOCATE: Child Care's database.

Parenting and Child Care InfoCenter
http://www.bcplonline.org/info/parenting

The Baltimore County Public Library provides these links to a number of parenting and child care resources. Information includes links to local resources, BCPL services, and parenting guides. Highlighted web site sections include the following: after school programs, parenting sites, resources for child care providers, health and safety watch, choosing quality child care, and fun with reading.