Children's Network

	COMMISSIONS/AGENCIES ▪ CHILD POVERTY ▪ CHILDREN'S HEALTH ▪ CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ▪ CHILD CARE ▪ CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS ▪ FAMILY RESOURCE ▪ COPING WITH TRAGEDY ▪ MISSING CHILDREN ▪ CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT ▪ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ▪ NEWS SOURCES ▪ MISCELLANEOUS COMMISSIONS/AGENCIES First 5 Solano County Children and Families Commission Prop 10 Commission Final Strategic Plan (PDF Format) Solano County Health & Social Services Department CHILD POVERTY Federal Agency Stats - http://nces.ed.gov/childstats CDF - http://www.childrensdefense.org National Center for Children in Poverty - http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp Welfare Information Network - www.welfareinfo.org Future of Children - www.futureofchildren.org (Packard Foundation reports on child poverty, child health etc.) United Way of the Bay Area - http://www.uwba.org CHILDREN'S HEALTH Kid's Health - http://kidshealth.org CCHI – Policy Matters - http://www.cchi.org Federal agency/child stats - http://nces.ed.gov/childstats Childrens Defense Fund - http://www.childrensdefense.org Children's Health Insurance Information (100% Campaign) - www.100percentcampaign.org Center for Children's Health and the Environment - www.childenvironment.org CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION Children Now - www.childrennow.org Children's Defense Fund - www.childrensdefense.org Office of Child Abuse Prevention - www.dss.cahwnet.gov/getserv.html Office of Criminal Justice Planning - www.ocjp.ca.gov Prevent Child Abuse – California - www.pca-ca.org Children of Incarcerated Parents - Children of Incarcerated Parents American Humane Association - www.americanhumane.org Stand for Children - www.stand.org National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect - www.calib.com/nccanch American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children - www.apsac.org National Center for Fathering - www.fathers.com Solano Pride Center - www.solanopride.org www.nshs.com CHILD CARE Solano Family & Children's Services - Child Care Referrals for Families, Subsidized Child Care, Provider Training, Child Care Food Program Building Child Care - Navigating the process of financing and developing child care facilities in California California Map to Inclusive Child Care - www.cainclusivechildcare.org Bay Area Training Center - Staff Development, Business Planning, Grant Writing, and More Child Development Training Consortium - Professional Growth, Grants, Child Development Permit Matrix California School-Age Consortium - Support and advancement for professionals and organizations providing school-age care. Center for the Child Care Workforce - Improving compensation and working conditions in the field of early care and education. California Early Childhood Mentor Program Solano Community College United States Department of Justice - Commonly Asked Questions about Child Care Centers California Child Care Resource and Referral Network Parents.com National Parent Information Network American Academy of Pediatrics National Child Care Information Center National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care Child Care Law Center The National Association for the Education of Young Children The California Association for the Education of Young Children Community Care Licensing Division - Licensing Forms, Search for a Facility, and more Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Family Day Care Rating Scale Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale Perry Preschool Project Family Resources Strategies - www.familyresourcecenters.net National Parenting Association - www.parentsunite.org CA Partnership for Children - www.capartnership4children.org Institute for Community Collaborative Studies - http://iccs.monterey.edu/community Vallejo Family Resource Center - http://www.fight-back.org/ Guides4Youth Regional Database - http://www.guides4youth.com Children of incarcerated parents Legal Services for Prisoner’s with Children http://prisonerswithchildren.org/index.htm Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents http://www.e-ccip.org/ Child Welfare League of America http://www.cwla.org/programs/incarcerated/ cop_03.htm Family & Corrections Network http://www.fcnetwork.org/ Centerforce http://www.centerforce.org/ The Osborne Association http://www.osborneny.org/index.html National Mentoring Center http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/ children_prisoners.html Publications re: Children of Incarcerated Parents California Law and the Children of Prisoners http://ferguson.library.ca.gov/crb/03/03/03-003.pdf Prisoner’s and Families: Parenting Issues During Incarceration http://www.fcnetwork.org/reading/ hairston_PrisonersandFamilies.pdf Family & Corrections Network Children's Books --- for parents, caregivers and professionals to read with children of prisoners A Visit to the Big House by Oliver Butterworth. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1993, ISBN #0-395-52805-4. I Know How You Feel Because This Happened to Me. Center for Children with Incarcerated Parents, Pacific Oaks College and Children's Programs, 714 West California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105. Joey's Visit by Donna Jones. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County, 1050 West Genessee Street, Syracuse, NY 13204. Just for You - Children with Incarcerated Parents. Center for Children with Incarcerated Parents, Pacific Oaks College and Children's Programs, 714 West California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105. My Mother and I Are Growing Stronger by Inez Maury. New Seed Press, PO Box 9488, Berkeley, CA 947099, ISBN# 0-938678-06-X. Two in Every Hundred: a special workbook for children with a parent in prison Reconciliation, 702 51st Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37209, (615) 292-6371. When Andy's Father Went to Prison by Martha Whitmore Hickman. Albert Whitman and Company, 5747 Howard Street, Niles, IL 606487-4012, ISBN #0-8075-8874-1. Coping with Tragedy Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times (revised 3/24/2003) Coping in Unsettling Times - Tips for Students Parents Called to Active Duty: Helping Children Cope Children and Fear of War and Terrorism - Tips for Parents and Teachers Helping Children Deal With Tragic Events in Unsettling Times Crisis Website Links Additional NASP Crisis Resources MISSING CHILDREN State Missing Child Clearinghouses California Missing Children Clearinghouse Hawaii's Own Missing Children Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse Illinois Missing Child Clearinghouse Illinois State Police Iowa Missing Persons Michigan Department of State Police New York State Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse Wyoming Missing Persons Clearinghouse Missing Child Agencies Child Cybersearch Canada Child Find Canada Child Quest International Interstate Association for Stolen Children National Center for Missing and Exploited Children NCMEC of North Carolina National Missing Children's Locate Center Inc. North American Missing Children Association, Inc. Youth Educated in Safety Other Sites of Interest The Andre Bosse Children's Help Center Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs America's Most Wanted Child Connection Inc. Children Now Missing Persons Cyber Center Office of Juvenile Justince and Deliquency Prevention Publication List -OJJDP Technology to Recover Abducted Kids (TRAK) Teen AdviceTravelers Aid International Parental Abduction Resource Website CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT SOURCES California Home Page – http://www.ca.gov California Assembly Home Page – http://www.assembly.ca.gov California Senate Home Page – http://www.sen.ca.gov California Government Agency Index – http://old.ca.gov/s/search/hello.html California Secretary of State – http://www.ss.ca.gov California Districts by Zip Code – http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.huml California Law – http://wwwleginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html Search for Bills – http://www.sen.ca.gov/www/leginfo/searchtext.html# BKW Legislative Analyst's Office Bill Search – http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html Official Legislative Information – http://www.leginfo.ca.gov Legislative Analyst's Office – http://www.lao.ca.gov FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOURCES House of Representatives/Congress – http://www.house.gov United State Senate – http://www.senate.gov White House – http://www.whitehouse.gov Supreme Court – http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/ Supreme Court Decisions – http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/hermes.search.html Thomas: Legislative Information – http://thomas.loc.gov Congressional Quarterly Homepage – http://www.cq.com Library of Congress – http://www.loc.gov United States Census – http://venus.census.gov Administration for Children & Families – http://www.acf.dhhs.gov NEWS SOURCES Fairfield Daily Republic – http://www.dailyrepublic.com Vacaville Reporter – http://www.thereporter.com Dixon Tribune – E-mail – susan@dixontribune.com Benicia Herald – E-mail – benheral@pacbell.net Vallejo Times Herald – E-mail – news@timesheraldonline.com Rio Vista River News – E-mail – rnh@rickadee.net MISCELLANEOUS Solano Car Seat Connection - http://www.solanocounty.com/SubSection/SubSection.asp?NavID=1049 On The Capitol Doorstep – http://www.tomatoweb.com/capdoor/ Coalition for America's Children – http://www.usakids.org National Association of Children's Hospital – http://www.childrenshospitals.net Connect for Kids – http://www.connectforkids.org Federal Agency Children Statistics – http://www.nces.ed.gov/childstats Future of Children – http://www.futureofchildren.org Children's Defense Fund – http://www.childrensdefense.org Medi-Cal Policy Institute – http://www.medi-cal.org Children's Right Council – http://www.vix.com/crc/home.html American Bar Association Center on Children & the Law – http://www.abanet.org California Center for Health Improvement – http://www.cchi.org National Conference of State Legislation – http://www.ncsl.org National Governors Association – http://www.nga.org United States Government Printing Office – http://www.access.gpo.gov United Nation International Child's Education Fund – http://www.unicefusa.org Kids Campaigns – http://www.kidscampaigns.org American Humane Association – http://www.americanhumane.org or http://www.amerhumane.org

COMMISSIONS/AGENCIES

CHILD POVERTY

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

CHILD CARE

Family Resources

Children of incarcerated parents

Publications re: Children of Incarcerated Parents

Family & Corrections Network Children's Books --- for parents, caregivers and professionals to read with children of prisoners

Coping with Tragedy

MISSING CHILDREN

State Missing Child Clearinghouses

Missing Child Agencies

Other Sites of Interest

CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT SOURCES

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOURCES

NEWS SOURCES

MISCELLANEOUS