• Background Check - L1 Identy Solutions Fingerprinting
• ICHAT: Michigan Criminal History Check
• Listed offenses from the Sex Offenders Registration Act
• Certified Playground Inspectors
• Michigan Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C)
  Provides support services and training for providers and referrals for parents
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
  Provides general information on food and human nutrition.
• Michigan Child Development and Care (DHS)
  A web site with information for providers, clients, and the general public.
• The Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH)
  An organization of individuals who are devoted to nurturing and strengthening relationships between infants and their caregivers.
• National Program for Playground Safety
  NPPS serves as a public resource for the latest in information on playground safety and injury prevention.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  Resource for Early Childhood Professionals and parents.  Publishers of "Young Children" magazine. 
• ERIC
  Clearinghouse on elementary and early childhood education.
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Information about dangerous products and product safety recalls.
• Michigan Head Start Association Inc.
  Publications and announcements from Michigan Head Start Association
• Outdoor Home Playground Safety Handbook
  If you have playground equipment in your backyard, this handbook highlights the most important safety information you need.
• Handbook for Public Playground Safety
• Lead Hazard Remediation & Childhood Lead Poisoning
  General Information About Lead Poisoning
• EPA - Renovate Right/Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools
• Eco-Healthy Child Care
  Trains child care providers on environmental health best practice techniques
• Immunization Information for Child Care Centers

Other Sites of Interest to Child Care Providers and Parents

• Afterschool Training Toolkit
  Research-based practices, sample lessons, video examples, and resources to support academic enrichment in afterschool.
• Family Child Care Insurance Information
  List by state of companies and insurance agents offering business liability, car, homeowner's and other insurance.
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Medical and safety information.
• National Network for Child Care
  Resources for both home and center child care providers.
• National Child Care Information Center
  Provides a central access point for child care related information.
• I Am Your Child
  Important information about brain research, developmental stages of children and answers to many parenting questions.