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Promoting Community Relationships and Resources

Box 1 : Local Community Resources

Health

  • Title V Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  • State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
  • Local Child and Family Health Plus providers
  • Medical specialty care
  • Public health nursing
  • Medical assistance programs
  • Home care
  • Respite care
  • Mental health resources
  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Environmental health units
  • Health literacy resources
  • Physical activity resources

Development
  • Head Start and Early Head Start
  • Early intervention programs
  • Early education and child care programs
  • School-based or school-linked programs
  • Recreation programs
  • Playgroups

Family Support
  • US Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • Social service agencies and child protection services
  • Parenting programs/support groups
  • Faith-based organizations
  • Home visiting services
  • Domestic violence resources
  • Bereavement and related supports (due to sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexpected infant death, or other causes of infant and child fatality)
  • Food banks
  • Child care resource and referral agencies
  • Child care health consultants
  • "Parents Helping Parents" organizations for children with special health care needs

Adult Assistance
  • Adult education and literacy resources
  • Job training resources
  • Adult education for English language instruction
  • Legal Aid
  • Immigration services
  • Racial- and ethnic-specific support and community development organizations
  • Volunteering organizations

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