- California Government Sites
CA Asthma Public Health Initiative
www.betterasthmacare.org
Has an innovative web-based quality improvement program for healthcare professionals that treat children with asthma. Also find asthma resources in multiple languages.
CA Department of Health Services
www.dhs.cahwnet.gov
Seeks to protect and improve the health of all Californians.Offers a list of Frequently Called Phone Numbers on topics including medical insurance, infectious disease, family planning, and children's medical services.
CA Dept. of Social Services, Children and Family Services Division
www.childsworld.ca.gov
Responsible for designing and overseeing an array of programs and services for California's at-risk families and children, providing a statewide system for out-of-home care providers and appropriate services to children in out-of-home care, and facilitation of adoptions for children who need permanent homes.
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
www.emsa.cahwnet.gov
Approves training curricula (first aid, CPR and preventive health practices) for child care providers; ensures quality patient care by administering an effective, statewide system of coordinated emergency medical care, injury prevention, and disaster medical response, and more.
The Kempe Children's Center
www.kempecenter.org
Provides a clinically based resource for training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research in all forms of child abuse and neglect; offers multidisciplinary approaches to improving the recognition, treatment and prevention of all forms of abuse and neglect.
The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
www.nccanch.acf.hhs.gov
A national resource for professionals and others seeking information on child abuse and neglect, and child welfare.
A Place of Our Own (Los Ninos En Su Casa in Spanish)
www.aplaceofourown.org
Public television series which addresses the important role of home-based child care providers as children's first teachers. The series provides education and resources for child caregivers on a variety of topics in early childhood development, including children's cognitive, social and emotional development, physical well being, nutrition, and health.
CA Association for Family Child Care
www.cafcc.org
Provides educational opportunities at the local and state level toward meeting the child care and development needs of children, parents, child care providers and the community; resources include Professional Development, Early Learning, Health Notes, Referral Services, Child Care Provider Web Pages, Calendar of Events Child Care Associations, Health Notes, Legislative Updates, and Licensing Updates.
California Association for the Education of Young Children
www.caeyc.org
Children with primary focus on the provision of educational services and resources to adults who work with and for children birth through age eight.
CA Child Care Resource & Referral Network
www.rrnetwork.org/rrnet/index.htm
Coordinates services that assist local child care resource and referral (R&R) agencies in providing child care information and services to parents, child care providers, policy makers, and business and community leaders in every county in the State.
Childcare Health Program
www.childcarehealth.org
CHP promotes the quality of child care and facilitates linkages between the health, safety and child care communities and the diverse families they serve, supporting child care programs to be the best they can be. Current projects include curricula, consultation, health and safety training, and publications: Serving Children in Biracial/Bicultural Families (Child Care Diversity Project); the Safe-and-Healthy Children Information Project (SCIP); and Child Care Emergency Preparedness.
Community Care Licensing/Dept. of Social Services
www.ccld.ca.gov
Child care licensing forms, updates, links; CA SIDS program, Child Care Advocate Program (CCAP); technical support program; TrustLine, and LiveScan Fingerprint services.
Contra Costa Child Care Council
www.cocokids.org
Promotes quality child care by empowering parents and strengthening families; developing and supporting quality and affordable child care and early education which values cultural diversity and respects the role of parents as the child's primary caregiver and building a broad base of community support for children, families and child care.
Early Childhood Connections
www.rch.org.au/ecconnections/links/index.cfm?doc_id=3428#C
An Australian website, containing more than 400 Australian and 350 International website links. These links are collated alphabetically and in submenus to provide easy viewing and access to the most up to date information for professionals and parents interested in the renewed emphasis on the early childhood years.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org
Early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade; regional Affiliate Groups work to improve professional practice and working conditions in early childhood education and to build public support for high quality early childhood programs.
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Networks
www.naccrra.org
NACCRRA provides technical consultation and resources to member child care resource and referral agencies, and promotes national policies and partnerships committed to the development and learning of all children.
National Center for the Business of Family Child Care
www.redleafinstitute.org
Business resources for family child care providers: offers support to trainers, tax preparers and organizations (Family Child Care Associations, Food Program sponsors, Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, and family child care military coordinators) who assist providers with their business; offers training, telephone and email assistance, publications, and help in handling IRS audits.
National Child Care Information Center
www.nccic.org
A national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
National Network for Child Care
www.nncc.org
Child care publications and resources. KIDCARE - an e-mail list serve; support and assistance from experts in child care and child development. CONNECTIONS newsletters for family child care, center-based care, and school-age child care.
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
nrc.uchsc.edu
Promotes health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.
Program for Infant-Toddler Caregivers
www.pitc.org
Videos, guides, and manuals designed to help child care managers and caregivers become sensitive to infants' cues, connect with their family and culture, and develop responsive, relationship-based care.
California Head Start Association
www.ca-headstart.org
Has plans to provide informational pages designed to benefit Head Start administrators, staff, parents, other Early Childhood Educators and all the friends of Head Start.
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
www.fpg.unc.edu
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Multidisciplinary centers for the study of young children and their families. Research and education activities focus on child development and health, especially factors that may put children at risk for developmental problems.
Parents' Action for Children
www.parentsaction.org
Formerly Rob Reiner's I Am Your Child Foundation, this organization is building a national constituency of parents to change our nation's policies for children and families. Links parents together to share their stories and learn from each other.
Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org
For parents and professionals, to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
Buckle Up Baby
www.buckleupbaby.org
Provides child passenger safety workshops (following NHTSA's guidelines, goals & objectives) to groups, coalitions, and health care workers (CEUs available). Provides NHTSA-Standardized Technician Certification Trainings throughout California.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
www.nhtsa.gov
Promotes safe, secure, efficient automotive travel, committed to working with other governmental and private organizations and individuals.
SafetyBeltSafe, USA
www.carseat.org
Safe Ride Helpline Online: promotes child passenger safety through online resources, activities and information.
- Children With Special Needs
California Association for Family Empowerment Centers (CAFEC)
www.cafec.org
Provides information, resources, technical assistance, and systems change advocacy for a statewide network of local FECs who provide family education, empowerment, and parent-professional collaborative activities for families of children with disabilities ages 3-22 years old. For a directory of all of the Family Empowerment Centers throughout California, go to www.cafec.org/fecaboutus.htm
Family Resource Centers Networks of California (FRCN)
www.frcnca.org
Actively collaborate with local regional centers and education agencies and help many parents, families and children access information about early intervention services. Families of infants and toddlers, birth to 36 months at risk of or with developmental delays and disabilities, can receive parent-to-parent support from Early Start FRC/Ns.
Internet Resources for Special Children
www.irsc.org/disability.htm
Parent of child with special needs who maintains this site of links to resources for families of children with special needs.
KidNeeds
www.kidneeds.com
Provides children with special needs, families and other caregivers with access to comprehensive information and resources; professional opinions on important topics, public health policy initiatives and local, statewide and national advocacy efforts on behalf of children with special needs and their families.
Regional Centers
www.dds.cahwnet.gov/rc/RCinfo.cfm
Non-profit private corporations that have offices throughout California to provide a local resource to help find and access the many services available to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
Cross-Cultural Health Care Program
www.xculture.org
Addressing broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities in Seattle and nationwide.
Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
www.diversityrx.org
A national network of individuals and organizations in ethnic communities and health care. Promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.
The ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ABC/abc.htm
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: to assist child care providers, reduce sickness, injury, and other health problems in child care homes or centers.
American Academy of Dermatology: Kids' Connection
www.aad.org/Kids/index.html
Provides children, ages eight through adolescence, with information about skin conditions, common questions and links to other Web sites.
American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org
Resources in Spanish and English on a variety of pediatric health topics for families and health care professionals.
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
Current information about heart disease, including addresses of local AHA offices, heart and stroke guides, and news for health care professionals; information on obtaining CPR training.
Center for Nutrition Policy
www.usda.gov/cnpp
Publishes dietary guidance materials for the general public and nutrition and health educators; publishes "Dietary Guidelines for Americans; also maintains and updates the Thrifty Food Plan (the nutritional basis for determination of Food Stamp Program benefits); resources include recipes and tips for healthy, thrifty meals and the Food Guide Pyramid.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Information regarding allergies, cigarette and tobacco issues, drug addiction, disease and disease prevention, immunization, and general, dental, and mental health.
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedad
www.cdc.gov/spanish
Información sobre alergias, cigarrillo/tabaco, drogadicción, enfermedades, inmunización, prevención, salud ambienta, dental y mental.
Child Care Environment
www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/safety/g1213.htm
Reviews statistics about child care services and offers suggestions on maintaining a safe environment for children in child care.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education
www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/microsite/microsite.jsp?id=75918
Provides accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about childhood vaccines, and the diseases they prevent, to parents and health-care professionals.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov
Consumer and business information, including a library, recall information, public calendar, and keyword search engine.
Doctor Para la Familia
www.familydoctor.org/spanish.xml
Temas variadas sobre la salud.
Family Doctor
www.familydoctor.org
Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Healthy Child Care
www.healthychild.net
Bimonthly magazine with information on health issues affecting classrooms or child care settings; health and safety resource guide; Web links.
Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org
A source of childhood, adolescent and adult immunization information and hepatitis B educational materials. All materials on this site are camera ready and copyright free.
Injury Prevention Web
www.injurypreventionweb.org
Hosts the Web sites of several agencies and organizations working to prevent injuries; contains injury data for every U.S. state, more than 1100 links to government and non-profit injury-prevention sites worldwide, and resources.
International Food Information Council
www.ific.org
Information for parents and educators, and lessons for teaching healthy eating.
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
Provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence; separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone.
MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Health topics, drug information, medical dictionary, directories of doctors, dentists and hospitals; Access to organizations, consumer health libraries, international sites, publications, MEDLINE and more.
National Health Information Center
www.health.gov/nhic
Publications, health information resource database, national health observances, toll-free numbers; links to US Dept. of Health and Human Services.
National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html
Health information (MEDLINE/PubMed, MEDLINEplus, NLM Gateway), library services (catalog, databases, publications, training, grants), research programs (computational molecular biology, medical informatics), announcements, exhibits, and hot topics.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
www.osha.gov
Provides inspectors, complaint discrimination investigators, engineers, physicians, educators, standards writers, and other technical and support personnel throughout the country; establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.
The Preventive Ounce
www.preventiveoz.org
Works with families on mental health and behavior issues: sleep problems, temper tantrums, separation difficulties, difficulties in toilet training, assertiveness issues, unusual sensitivities, and others.
- Health Insurance and Child Welfare Services
Covering Kids
www.coveringkids.org
Health access initiative for low-income uninsured children.
Dept. of Social Services
www.dss.cahwnet.gov
CalWORKs, Child Support, Cal-Learn, Food Stamps, Emergency Food Assistance Program, Child Protective Services
Insure Kids Now!
www.insurekidsnow.gov
National campaign to link the nation's 10 million uninsured children--from birth to age 18--to free and low-cost health insurance.
Action Alliance for Children
www.4children.org
Provides information about current trends and policy issues affecting children and their families in California; publishes the Children's Advocate newsmagazine and creates opportunities for children's organizations to interact with the Children's Advocate through the Building Communication Project; publishes a Master Calendar of events and resources; coordinates conferences and trainings; has produced videos about violence and young children.
Child Development Policy Institute
www.childlinkca.org
Education, research, and child development policy; from Welfare Reform to child care facilities financing and development to promoting school success.
Children Now
www.childrennow.org
Publications, Action Alerts and Guides, Web links, newsletters.
Children's Defense Fund
www.childrensdefense.org
Works to "Leave No Child Behind." Community resources, publications, Web links.
On the Capitol Doorstep
www.otcdkids.com
Provides information on California and federal legislation affecting young children; focuses on child care and development programs; also follows current legislative efforts relative to child protection; child safety; education; health, mental health and disabilities; nutrition and public assistance.
State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Program (SECCS) www.mch.dhs.ca.gov/programs/seccs/default.htm
Strengthens California's early childhood system of services for young children and their families by developing a comprehensive, integrated approach to the coordination of these services. The five focus areas of concern are: access to medical homes, mental health and social-emotional development, early care and education services, parent education, and family support services.
