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Child Care Links

Listed below are web sites featuring educational, research, and informational resources on a variety of child care, health and safety and parenting topics. The summary descriptions have been attained directly from the individual web sites. Web sites are intended to serve as reference tools and are not endorsements of products or diagnostic resources. The content and external links of these web sites are subject to change.

 

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University of Arizona Resources - Information regarding campus-based activities, services and referrals.
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Tucson Area Resources - These organizations provide resource information about child care, parenting, and activities for families in the greater Tucson area.
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  • Boys and Girls Club of Tucson This web site discusses the importance of positive role models for children. It includes information on programs designed to enhance Character and Leadership Development, Education and Career Development, Health and Life Skills, The Arts, Sports, Fitness and Recreation.
  • Child & Family Resources, Inc. This web site has information regarding numerous child care and family programs in the Tucson area. These programs include: child care services, family support services, and youth programs.
  • Information and Referral This web site is the information hub of human services and offers a wide range of programs to meet the needs of southern Arizona's equally wide range of people. The mission is to help people help themselves. In particular, there is information regarding the Imagine Project, which works with middle school communities - teachers, parents, businesses, school personnel, and students - to create a climate in which youth become, and are regarded as, the important asset in that community.
  • Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona This organization provides a wide variety of programs and services that support families of children with disabilities, including peer to peer support, a parent training and information center, a library and a quarterly newsletter.
  • Tucson Moms Tucson Moms is a non-profit group dedicated to creating a positive support group for moms. Tucson Moms offers a variety of activities: weekly playgroups, fun family events, moms' night outs and much more.

Government Resources - Comprehensive information on child care, health, parenting and government sponsored programs including eligibility for receiving financial assistance.
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State of Arizona
  • Arizona Attorney General Protecting children is a key priority of the Attorney General's Office, whether through enforcing laws governing tobacco accessibility or child abuse. Resources include a focus on Internet and school safety.
  • Arizona Department of Economic Security "Early Intervention" is professionals working in partnership with parents and families of children with special needs, to support their children's growth, development, and learning. The Arizona Early Intervention Program, also known as AzEIP (pronounced Ay-zip), is a statewide system of supports and services for families of children, birth to three, with disabilities or developmental delays.
  • Arizona Department of Health Services This web site links you to information regarding immunizations, nutrition, dental health, vision and hearing screening, teen pregnancy, special health care needs and more.
  • Arizona Department of Health Services, Assurance and Licensure Division The Division of Licensing Service, Office of Child Care Licensing regulates and monitors licensed child care facilities and certified child care group homes and conducts foster home sanitation inspections statewide. Of note is their on-line licensed facility search capabilities.
  • Arizona Department of Health Services, Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs This office aims to promote continuous improvement in the health, future and quality of life for adults and children with special health care needs by building partnerships with families, communities, and providers, both public and private.
  • Health Insurance-Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Information on state health insurance is available for families and/or children in need. This site includes costs of program, applications, and information to use the AHCCCS system.
  • State of Arizona-General Information This site has numerous links to events, policies, and information in the State of Arizona. Included are resources about and for families and children living in Arizona.

 

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  • AfterSchool.gov This web site connects you to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours.
  • ChildCare.gov This web site is designed to bring all of the federal agency resources about child care together in one place. Individuals can find Federal funding sources, keep up to date on safety alerts, find and share promising practices and much more.
  • FirstGov. Gov-The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal This web site enables the viewer to search millions of web pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories on a variety of areas, including family and parenting issues. Most of these pages are not available on commercial web sites.
  • National Institutes of Health This web site hosts research information based on studies funded by the Institute. It includes topics such as stress, depression, anxiety, health care concerns, and other valuable areas of mental health.
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission The Commission works to ensure the safety of consumer products, such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals. There is important recall information posted on the web site as well as how to report an unsafe product and receive product recalls via email.
  • U.S. Department of Education This web site promotes educational excellence for children, families, administrators, and teachers. It contains numerous articles and events related to education in America.
  • U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid The U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs are the largest source of student aid in America, providing nearly 70% of all student financial aid. The information provided here is designed to assist you in your college planning. It provides you with access to and information about the products and services that you will need throughout the financial aid process.

Additional Resources - Extensive information can be found on the many aspects of parenting, education, child care program accreditation, early childhood development, and the health and safety of children.
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  • American Academy of Pediatrics The Academy is an organization committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Individuals can review a wide range of resources, from general information related to child health to more specific guidelines concerning a pediatric issue.
  • The American Library Association The Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information. This web site offers professional services and publications to members and nonmembers, recommended books for young adults and other resources.
  • American Medical Association From tobacco to adolescent health, from AIDS to Medicare, the Association speaks out on issues important to patients and the nation's health and offers related resources to families.
  • Child Care Aware 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. They 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.
  • Children and Adults with ADD/ADHD The organization's primary objectives are: to provide a support network for parents and caregivers; to provide a forum for continuing education; to be a community resource and disseminate accurate, evidence-based information about AD/HD to parents, educators, adults, professionals, and the media; to promote ongoing research and to be an advocate on behalf of the AD/HD community.
  • Children's Defense Fund The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF offers advocacy, parenting and children's health and well being resources.
  • Circle of Parents This web site offers a network of parent-led, self-help groups where parents and caregivers can share ideas, celebrate successes and address the challenges surrounding parenting.
  • Civitas-Tools for Shaping Children's Lives Using the latest research in early childhood development, Civitas produces and distributes practical, easy-to-use tools that assist adults in making the best possible decisions on behalf of children.
  • The College Board Each year, the College Board serves over three million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT®, and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). Sections are available for students, parents and educators.
  • I Am Your Child Foundation The Foundation offers a variety of resources for parents, early childhood professionals, child advocates, health care providers, policymakers and the media. It also promotes public policies that help ensure that children have the physical well-being and the social, emotional and cognitive abilities they need to enter school ready to succeed.
  • Kids Source Kids Source serves as a clearinghouse of child and family Internet sites that have been rated and reviewed for content, quality and ease of use.
  • Mayo Clinic This web site hosts important information about overall general health as well as specific resources concerning babies, toddlers, and families. There are numerous research and journal articles available, covering a wide subject range.
  • National Association for Family Child Care The Association's focus is to provide technical assistance to family child care associations. This assistance is provided through developing leadership and professionalism, addressing issues of diversity, and by promoting quality and professionalism through its Family Child Care Accreditation. Of note is the Association's accreditation process for family child care home settings and on-line accreditation search capabilities.
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children The Association exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all young children. Primary attention is devoted to assuring the provision of high quality early childhood programs for young children. Of note is the Association's accreditation process for child care center settings and on-line accreditation search capabilities.
  • The National Center for Fathering The mission of the National Center for Fathering is to inspire and equip men to be better fathers. It was founded in 1990 to conduct research on fathers and fathering, and to develop practical resources to prepare dads for nearly every fathering situation.
  • National Network For Child Care The Network unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. Its goal is to share knowledge and practical information about children and child care from the vast resources of the land grant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public.
  • The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies The Association is the national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the United States. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care.
  • National Safety Council The goal of the Council is to educate and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies, practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes. The Counsil also offers fact sheets, first aid and preparedness resources.
  • Parenthood.com This web site contains information regarding conception, pregnancy, parenting, parenting resources and other relevant topics for families.
  • Parents.The Anti-Drug TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center, and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other. The site provides parents and other adult caregivers access to: helpful articles and advice from experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention; science-based drug prevention information, news and studies; support from other parents striving to keep their children drug-free; and perspectives of teens themselves.
  • Parents Without Partners Parents Without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support, friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.
  • The Preventative Ounce This interactive web site helps you to better understand your child's temperament and identifies parenting tactics that can work well with your child.
  • Zero to Three This web site brings together the fields of medicine, child development, research science and human behavior, to focus exclusively on the first three years of life. Well organized resources on a variety of topics for infants, toddlers and early preschoolers, including its "Parenting A-Z" and brain development sections.
 
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