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Family Support Resources
4 Teen Parents
This site provides links to educational resources and information
for pregnant and parenting adolescents.
Beginnings Parents Guide
Presents current evidence-based, medically reliable, easy-to-read information and advice for parents of children aged 2 weeks to 3 years. It is a companion series to Beginnings Pregnancy Guide. It begins where the Pregnancy Guide ends, after mothers' recovery and the baby's first weeks at home. Available for purchase at www.beginningsguidesstore.net.
Beginnings Guia para Padres
Spanish version of Beginnings Parents Guide. Available for electronic preview and purchase at www.beginningsguidesstore.net
Early Start Program
Kaiser Permanente’s Early Start Program helps women who are at risk
for smoking, drinking alcohol or using drugs to have healthy pregnancies
so they can have healthy babies.
Get the Lead Out
10 tips for a lead safe holiday provided by Get the Lead Out – a Bay
Area coalition of lead poisoning prevention leaders.
The Inspired Teacher
Site by Laura Haskins-Bookser, national speaker, and author of the books Dreams to Reality , Education, Career, and Life Choices for Young Moms, and The Softer Side of Hip-Hop , Poetic Reflections on Love, Family, and Relationships. Laura, and her husband, Bradford, the Technology Director and a computer teacher at a southern California high school, are dedicated to encouraging academic success on a global level.
March of Dimes
Organization focuses on improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects,
premature birth, and infant mortality. The mission is carried out through research,
community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of
Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work
together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their
health: pre-maturity, birth defects and low birth weight.
National Responsible Fatherhood
Clearinghouse (NRFC)
NRFC supports the Administration for Children and Families' Office
of Family Assistance's (OFA) efforts to assist States and communities
to promote and support Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage.
Teen Mom In College
For single moms, young moms, teen moms and the parents of young women who had their children early. Contains information on colleges, jobs and careers along with tips for raising physically and mentally healthy children.
Tips for Teens – HIV/AIDS
The truth about HIV/AIDS by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Administration. Additional information on this and other topics is
available at www.samhsa.gov
ZERO TO THREE
National nonprofit with a mission to support the healthy development and well-being
of infants, toddlers and their families. The organization advances its
mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives
of infants and toddlers.
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