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  • UCDC Emergency Plan
  • NAEYC
    • National Association for the Education of Young Children
    • The 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 educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. NAEYC is committed to becoming an increasingly high performing and inclusive organization.
  • OCDEL
    • Office of Child Development And Early Learning
    • The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) focuses on creating opportunities for the commonwealth’s youngest children to develop and learn to their fullest potential. This goal is accomplished through a framework of supports and systems that help ensure that children and their families have access to high quality services.
  • NCCCC
    • National Coalition for Campus Child Care
    • The National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers (NCCCC) is a nonprofit educational membership organization. NCCCC supports research and activities affecting college and university early childhood education and service settings, family and work issues, and the field of early childhood education in general. NCCCC expresses this mission through its newsletters, publications, conferences and grants.
  • ECELS
    • Early Childhood Education Linkage System
    • ECELS provides health professional consultation, training, and technical assistance to improve early childhood education programs in the Commonwealth. To carry out this work, the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics links the resources of government, early childhood educators, and health professionals. 
  • PACCA
    • Pennsylvania Child Care Association
    • The Pennsylvania Child Care Association (PACCA) is a statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating the provision of quality early care and education to the children of Pennsylvania.
  • PA Early Learning Keys to Quality
    • The Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality, sponsored by the Department of Public Welfare's Office of Child Development and Early Learning, is a quality improvement program in which all early learning programs and practitioners are encouraged and supported to improve child outcomes.