Additional Resources
National Resources:
Child Care Aware
Child Care Aware© is the nation's most respected hub of information for parents and child care providers. A program of the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), Child Care Aware helps families learn more about the elements of high-quality child care and how to locate programs in their communities. Child Care Aware also provides child care providers with access to resources for their child care programs. Our toll-free hotline is staffed by highly-trained and friendly Child Care Consumer Education Specialists who offer both parents and providers invaluable information about child care, and referrals to local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies where they can receive individualized assistance. The Child Care Aware web site is one of the most visited and trusted destinations for parents seeking child care. By providing reliable information about high-quality child care and referrals to community resources, Child Care Aware is a critical national link between parents and child care providers.
Building Child Care
The Building Child Care (BCC) Project provides a centralized clearinghouse of information and services to increase the California child care sector's understanding of the facilities development process and access to facility development resources.
Child Care Finders
Child Care Finders is a program of Community Development Support Association (CDSA). Since 1993, Child Care Finders has provided resource & referral services in northwestern Oklahoma. Child Care Finders is a member of the Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association, a statewide network of nine regional child care resource and referral agencies. The Association provides funding and support to help Child Care Finders offer quality child care resource and referral services to families, providers, businesses, and the community. Funding is provided by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Division of Child Care through the Child Care Development Block Grant.
United States Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. We recognize that small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace. Although SBA has grown and evolved in the years since it was established in 1953, the bottom line mission remains the same. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam.
Local Resources:
Mississippi Development Authority
The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is the State of Mississippi's lead economic and community development agency. More than 250 employees are engaged in providing services to businesses, communities and workers in the state. The agency is organized into three groups, Economic Development, Asset Development and Administration and Financial Services.
Mississippi Development Authority
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205
Office (601) 359-3449
Fax (601) 359-2832
www.mississippi.org
MSCCR&R
The Mississippi Child Care Resource and Referral Network (offered through the Mississippi State University Extension Service) supports early care and education professionals, parents, children, and community members seeking information about quality child care. Our Resource & Referral sites, most of which are located on community college campuses, serve all eighty-two counties in Mississippi.
MSCCR&R
1-866-706-8827
Monday to Friday - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
msucares.com/childcare
AIA Mississippi
A Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
The AIA is the voice of the architecture profession and the resource for its members in service to society. AIA Mississippi is a Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) representing and serving the state of Mississippi with over 350 individual member architects, associates, and allied design professionals who are working in fields in conjunction with architecture.
AIA Mississippi
509 East Capitol Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Tel: 601 360 0082
Fax: 601 360 8387
www.aiams.org
Mississippi Small Business Development Center (State Office)
The Mississippi Small Business Development Center helps small businesses expand operations, manage growth or launch new ventures. With offices throughout the state, its consultants help small business owners finance, market, manage and grow their companies.
Mississippi Small Business Resource Guide
University of Mississippi
B-19 Jeanette Phillips Drive
P.O. Box 1848
Oxford, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-5001
Fax: 662-915-5650
www.mssbdc.org
Mississippi State Department of Health
The Mississippi State Department of Health directs a wide range of essential health services throughout the state's 82 counties and nine public health districts. From safe drinking water to cancer prevention programs, our mission is to promote and protect the health of all Mississippians…
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
Post Office Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
1-866-458-4948 (1-866-HLTHY4U)
www.msdh.state.ms.us