You can help get the word out by putting one of the links shown below on your page. Choose a plain text link or a graphic link. Just pick out one you like from the examples below and paste the block of HTML code under it right into your page. Please observe the size of the www.childcare.gov button, which should always be 120 X 48 pixels. Refer to the disclaimer for additional information.

For your convenience, we have included links back to graphics at our site, but you may copy the graphics to your site if you wish. When you do link to the site, please send us an e-mail to child@childcare.gov.

How to make a www.childcare.gov text link:

• Type the code below exactly in your html code to link to Childcare.gov

www.childcare.gov connects you to federal resources that support child care programs.

• PC: Right click on the button and choose "Save Image/Picture As"
• Macintosh: Click and hold down over the button and choose "Save This Image As"
• Don't forget to include the description below the button

The Postcard

You can also help get the word out about www.childcare.gov by distributing our postcard at your conferences and other gatherings focusing on supporting children and youth during out-of-school hours.

NOT TRUE TO SIZE

The postcard is available in .zip format. Its size is 1800 X 1200 pixels. Please refer to the disclaimer for additional information on its use.

Download the www.childcare.gov postcard.

www.childcare.gov, sponsored by the Interagency Federal Child Care Council and the General Services Administration Office of Child Care , is a one-stop web site to federal resources that support children in child care.

We invite our partners and other responsible intermediaries and individuals on the Internet to link to www.childcare.gov to promote our goal. The goal of www.childcare.gov is to enable Federal agencies to consolidate access to information about Federal resources, programs and best practices to support child care in a "one-stop" location making it easier for State and local governments, child care providers, parents and kids to locate pertinent Federal information. The www.childcare.gov button must be linked to www.childcare.gov. The link must be active.

The intent of encouraging the use of the www.childcare.gov button and www.childcare.gov postcard is not to be construed as promoting or endorsing the web sites, corporations, or outside government agencies that chose to include these items on their web sites, since federal law prohibits the government from doing so.

Please also note that the user must show the www.childcare.gov logo in a positive manner. The www.childcare.gov button and www.childcare.gov postcard may not be used in a negative manner or in any way that could reflect unfavorably on www.childcare.gov.

www.childcare.gov focuses primarily on federal, state and local resources. Our guidelines do not permit us to link back to every organization; however, we welcome all of your comments and suggestions.

www.childcare.gov reserves the right to immediately deny permission to use the www.childcare.gov button and the www.childcare.gov postcard to anyone who does not follow these guidelines. The termination is determined by www.childcare.gov. Web sites who choose to use the www.childcare.gov button may be visited to check on compliance with these guidelines.