Training and Resources
These organizations provide essential, fundamental training for early childhood education professionals. Training is offered through various means such as workshops, conferences, on-site, distance learning and video learning. Other services support program enhancement goals such as accreditation consultation, program assessment assistance, and classroom resources. Most of the training and other activities do not require fees to participate.
- Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services – Mobile
- Childcare Resources – Birmingham
- Family Guidance Center of Alabama – Montgomery and Dothan
- Child Care Resource Center / Employers’ Child Care Alliance – Opelika
- Child Development Resources – Tuscaloosa
- Childcare Resource Network – Fort Payne
- Child Care Central – Talladega
Focused Training and Initiatives
Activities and training provided through these programs address a specific need and/or focus on a specific group of individuals. Most programs are offered throughout the state at no cost to the participants.
- Alabama Department of Public Health – Healthy Child Care Alabama
- Family Guidance Center of Alabama – Kids and Kin Program
- Auburn University – Family Child Care Partnership
- United Cerebral Palsy of Huntsville and Tennessee Valley – Child Care Enhancement With a Purpose Project
- Alabama Public Television – Ready to Learn
- Alabama Department of Post-Secondary Education – Leadership in Child Care Scholarship
- Alabama Partnership for Children – T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ALABAMA Scholarship
- Northwest-Shoals Community College – Today’s Child and You Project
- Alabama State Department of Education – Dependent Care and Development Grant