The Chapin Hall Center for Children The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago is a research and development center focusing on policies, practices, and programs affecting children and the families and communities in which they live.   Child Trends Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses.   ECS Online Interactive Pre-kindergarten Database The Education Commission of the States� Online Interactive Pre-kindergarten Database provides state-by-state information and comparisons on pre-k programs, including funding, history, staff requirements and eligibility.   The Future of Children The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.   The National Center for Children in Poverty The National Center for Children in Poverty�s mission is to identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improve the lives of low-income children and their families.   U.S. Department of Education: Early Childhood The U.S. Department of Education�s early childhood resources page offers information on federal programs, initiatives, and research. Information is provided on the Good Start, Grow Smart program, the Early Reading First program, and the White House Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development.   Wellesley Child Care Research Partnership The Wellesley Child Care Research Partnership brings together child care researchers, state and local child care administrators, agencies, specialists, and others to carry out research that improves social welfare and child care policy and the way in which that policy is administered.