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- ACF - Administration for Children and Families
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families website provides comprehensive information on federal programs serviing families: Adoption and Foster Care, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Care, Child Support, Head Start, TANF and more. - American Academy of Pediatrics
The professional organization of pediatricians, pediatric medical and surgical specialists whose mission is to serve as advocates for children and pediatrics. View standards of child health supervision, including immunizations. Publications about common childhood illnesses, child development, behavior management and other problems may be purchased.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also offers free handouts with useful tips on seasonally appropriate topics. Feel free to give out this information or include the information in your newsletters as long as you cite the AAP as the source. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - US Public Health Service
The CDC is a comprehensive source of information on public health issues, including immunization, sanitation, and infectious disease. The CDC provides a large library of information to the public on many topics. Some of the categories include: Diseases and Conditions; Emergency Preparedness & Response; Environmental Health; Life Stages & Populations; Healthy Living, Injury, Violence & Safety; Traveler's Health; Workplace Safety & Health. The CDC website includes a powerful search engine as well as alphabetical listings. Users will find fact sheets, videos, photos, posters, and other useful materials to download. - Child Abuse Prevention - Strengthening Families and Communities
This entirely online 2009 guide supports working with parents, caregivers and children to prevent child abuse and neglect. The guide describes protective factors that reduce the risk of child maltreatment, as well as strategies and practices for supporting families. In addition to a directory of national organizations, the guide offers tip sheets on parenting topics in English and in Spanish. - Child Care Aware
Resource to guide parents to quality early education and child care at the local level - Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting
The Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting (CEEP) provides publications and information tot he worldwide early childhood and parenting communities. - Disaster - Emergency Preparedness: AAP Children & Disasters
As part of the work to prepare professionals to manage disaster situations, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) created a special webpage for professionals working in early education and child care settings. The AAP webpage includes carefully selected links to credentialed, practical sources of information. Users will find workbooks, guides, sample forms and other tools on these sites. The materials are appropriate for both center-based and home-based facilities. - Docs for Tots
Docs For Tots is a nonpartisan, advocacy organization formed to encourage more doctors to fulfill their important role as active advocates for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers on the national, state and local level. Docs For Tots helps doctors become involved in advocacy or to increase their advocacy activity. Doctors can join the Docs For Tots network. Other health and early childhood professionals are welcome to sign up for the Docs for Tots e-newsletter to access advocacy resources. - Early Head Start National Resource Center
This website has many useful materials and ideas for early learning practitioners working with infants and toddlers in all types of programs, not just Early Head Start. ECELS especially recommends the tip sheets listed below. Go to the section on EHSNRC Products, and then to the Tip Sheets in English. See Tip Sheets # 7-Defining “Registered Dietician” and “Nutritionist”; # 18-Oral Health Care for Infants & Young Children; # 20-Sleeping Arrangements; # 34-Working with Teen Parents; # 35-Social & Emotional Development and the Pyramid Model of Support; # 36-What are Challenging Behaviors When Working with Infants and Toddlers; and #37-Supporting Plans for Challenging Behaviors. - Environmental Protection Agency - DfE Label on Safer Products
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allows safer products to use the Design for the Environment (DfE) label on products that help protect the environment and are safer to use. The DfE scientific review team has screened each ingredient in these products for potential harmful effects on humans and the environment. Based on what is known, the product contains the least harmful ingredients among chemicals of the type used for the purpose for which the product is being sold. The EPA lists products on its website that have met the DfE criteria. - Food and Nutrition Information Center
The FNIC federal website provides a directory to credible, accurate, and practical food and nutrition resources for consumers, nutrition and health professionals, educators and government personnel. - Future of Children
Providing research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children.
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