NCCA Focus

Click here to read the most recent edition of the Focus.

Southeast Early Childhood Expo

The Georgia Child Care Association (GCCA) is holding its 2007 Southeast Early Childhood Expo - A new Approach August 24-26, 2007, at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, GA. In conjunction with GCCA's Annual Expo, the 2007 Southeast Early Childhood Expo seeks to provide its membership, non-member educators, and the general public access to providers of the state-of-the-art goods and services, which will enhance early childhood educational excellence and advance the quality of child care in our state and in the Southeast United States. As well, the Expo is offering seminars, training and workshops to tackle solutions to current challenges in the early education industry. You can register for the event by clicking here.

National Governors Association

States to Convene Summits on Early Childhood Development - NGA Center for Best Practices announces 10 states will receive $10,000 grants to support Governors' Summits on Early Childhood

Foundation for Child Development

Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation, by economist Robert G. Lynch, shows that PK-3 investments pay off dramatically for government budgets as well as for children and society.

Risk Management News

One of the member service benefits gained through our Exclusive Vendor Agreement with Markel Insurance Company is the publication of the Risk Management News. Click here to check out volume 2 of 2007.

Early Care and Education Consortium

Click here to access Issue I of the ECEC Online Newsletters. This issues covers several topics including the National Summit on America's Children, Head Start Reauthorization, Senator Clinton's pre-K initiative and more!

Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division Resources

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has published relevant compliance materials regarding information on the Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) minimum wage, overtime and youth employment provisions.

General information on WHD and the laws that it enforces can be accessed here.

Compliance materials on "off-the-clock" and compensable work hours are available by clicking here.

Information on the Overtime Security rules is available here.

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