Resources

Chesterfield County|Regional Links

• Chesterfield County School District
• Chesterfield Public Health Department
• Chesterfield County Library System
• Northeastern Technical College
• Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
• Pee Dee Healthy Start

Chesterfield County First Steps Newspaper Columns

• Children Have a Different Perspective on Divorce
  

Reports

• A Proposal for Achieving High Returns on Early Childhood Development, Art Rolnick, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Building Literacy From the Ground Up
• Childstats.gov: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
• Early Child Development in Social Context: A Chartbook, The Commonwealth Fund/Child Trends, Sept, 2004
• Growing Up Healthy: What Local Governments Can Do to Support Young Children and Families
• GAO Report- Early Childhood Programs, Characteristics Affect the Availability of school Readiness Information
• National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), The State of Preschool Report
• National Governor's Association - A Governor's Guide to School Readiness
• National Governor's Association - Final Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness
  

State Links

• S.C. Department of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services
• S. C. Department of Education
• S.C. Department of Education Office of Early Childhood Education
• S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
• S.C. Department of Health and Human Services (Medicaid)
• S.C. Department of Mental Health
• S.C. Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
• S.C. Department of Social Services
• S.C. First Steps
• S.C. Kids Count
• S.C. State Library
• Voices for South Carolina's Children

National Links

• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
• Child Care Nutrition Resource System
• Healthy Child Care America
• U.S. Department of Education