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Family Services
Child Care Aware is a non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community. We do this by raising visibility for local child care resource and referral agencies nationwide, and by connecting parents with the local agencies best equipped to serve their needs.
Parents.com offers parenting advice, nutrition ideas, and activities for all ages.
Preschool Page: The source for in depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and their children. Part of KidSource Online.
Single Parents Association: Being a single parent does not have to be tough when you have resources available to help you. Understanding your role is the hardest part of being the only parent or just being the main parent that is there for every scraped knee, making sure homework is completed, and having the money to spend on the necessities your child needs. When you have the resources available, the days become easier and you can enjoy your role as a single parent instead of pulling out your hair, this is where we come in.
Stand for Children: Stand for Children is a nonprofit membership organization that helps people who care about children come together to advocate for concrete, lasting changes that improve the lives of children. Since 1999, their members have won 50 state and local victories that have resulted in better schools, quality early childhood education and after-school programs, and other essential services for hundreds of thousands of children.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. The Agency was established in 1992 and directed by Congress to target effectively substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate research in these areas more effectively and more rapidly into the general health care system. Over the years SAMHSA has demonstrated that - prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. Behavioral health services improve health status and reduce health care and other costs to society. Continued improvement in the delivery and financing of prevention, treatment and recovery support services provides a cost effective opportunity to advance and protect the Nation's health.
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an independent federal regulatory agency created to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with some 15,000 types of consumer products. An important part of this mission is to inform the public about product hazards. CPSC uses various means to inform the public. These include local and national media coverage, publication of numerous booklets and product alerts, a web site, a telephone Hotline, the National Injury Information Clearinghouse, CPSC's Public Information Center and responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Wide Smiles: Wide Smiles was formed to ensure that parents of cleft-affected children do not have to feel alone. They offer support, inspiration, information and networking for families everywhere who may be dealing with the challenges associated with clefting.
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