Resource Categories
Community Engagement
Buffet Early Childhood Institute
Description: We bring together those who are working to improve early childhood education and development. We serve as a catalyst for change and provide a unified vision and common approach for how we can work together to improve children’s learning and development.
We partner with schools, communities, policymakers, and others to share—and apply—the best of what is known about early childhood development. We serve as a bridge to resources and information for parents, providers, and the public. We communicate what we know to improve the lives of vulnerable young children and their families.
Buffet Early Childhood Institute's Website
Business Connection/Research
Description: This article provides research and analysis on the importance of child care to the business workforce.
Business Connection/Research website
Chamber Business Connection Toolkit
Description: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is dedicated to strengthening America’s long-term competitiveness. We educate the public on the conditions necessary for business and communities to thrive, how business positively impacts communities, and emerging issues and creative solutions that will shape the future.
First Children's Finance
First Children's Finance website
First Five Nebraska (FFN)
Description: Who Is First Five Nebraska?
First Five Nebraska is a team of professionals with combined experience in government relations, data analysis and strategic communications. We work to ensure that more of Nebraska's youngest, most vulnerable children begin life with the kinds of developmental experiences that set them on a path to becoming successful students and productive citizens
National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC
Description: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
Qualification/Services: Accreditation, best practice
Nebraska Child Care Desert Graphics
Center for American Progress interactive map of the United States indicating childcare deserts.
Nebraska Community Opportunity Map
Description: This map provides information relevant to the well-being of children and families throughout Nebraska. It is designed to empower people working in and with communities across the state by providing easily accessible, timely, relevant, and high-quality data.
One x One Community Conversation Toolkit
By giving you tools to host or to participate in your own “conversation,” the Community Conversation Toolkit will help you engage members of your community.
The Learning Child
Description: The Learning Child team with Nebraska Extension supports adults who play a role in young children’s lives providing information and resources about early child development.
The Learning Child Website
