Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Links & Resources

General Business

The Association of Enterprise Opportunity
The Association of Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) web site is a comprehensive source of information regarding the microenterprise industry. The site includes links to a large number of insightful resources.
www.microenterpriseworks.org

The Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship
The Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship web site contains numerous resources for the entrepreneur including Council on Competitiveness, Innovate America, Business Roundtable, Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Businesses, Center for International Private Enterprise, Endeavor etc.
www.entrepreneurship.org

Estimate the Value of Volunteer Time
In-kind donation tracking can help you prove the value of programs to funders and partners.
www.independentsector.org

Child Care

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
NACCRRA is the national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the United States. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care. Their site contains many useful links.
www.naccrra.org

National Association for Family Child Care
NAFCC is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care.
http://www.nafcc.org/include/default.asp

National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of education and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. NAEYC is the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 100,000 members, and a national network of over 300 local, state, and regional affiliates.
www.naeyc.com

RedLeaf National Institute
This site offers resources and business links to support the business side of family child care.
http://www.RedleafInstitute.org

National Child Care Information Center
NCCIC is a site sponsored by the Child Care Bureau that contains a variety of useful information for parents, providers, and the organizations that support them.
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/

Linking Economic Development and Childcare
The site includes research reports, copies of state studies, advice on economic analysis, and profiles of new approaches to child care policy.
http://economicdevelopment.cce.cornell.edu