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Web Links To Childhood Services
 Iowa Community Empowerment Website
 Early Childhood Iowa
The Early Childhood Iowa web site serves as a site to promote Iowa's system of systems in the area of early care, health, and education.
 Every Child Counts
In May, 2004, the Child and Family Policy Center established a new advocacy division for its state work, Every Child Counts. The goal of Every Child Counts is to build a grassroots network of child advocates who can inform and influence Iowa policies. Every Child Counts will focus upon three policy arenas for the 2005 legislative session:
 Reach Out And Read
Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a program that promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room.
 Iowa Quality Rating System
 2010 CENSUS: IT'S IN OUR HANDS
The census affects many things including political representation and the allocation of billions of dollarsin government funding!
 Iowa Legislators
Keep yourself informed and contact your legislators on topics that matter to you.

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