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Administration for Children and
Families - is a federal agency funding state, local, and tribal organizations to
provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to
children and families. |
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Afterschool.gov -
Connecting you to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours. |
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Consumer Food Safety and Nutrition - Information available to the public
about food safety and food products. |
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DisablityInfo.Gov - Education - This page lists different resources for
parents and children. |
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How to Protect Your Kids with ID Kits - A child disappears in a crowd at the fair. A
toddler wanders out an open door. A teen doesn’t return from the mall. Every year, hundreds of thousands of kids in
the U.S. are reported 'missing.' |
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Insure Kids Now - Insure Kids Now! is a national campaign to link the nation's 10 million uninsured children--
from birth to age 18--to free and low-cost health insurance. Many families simply don't know their children are eligible.
Find out more. |
New Campaign Empowers Adults to Say 'We Don’t Serve Teens' -
'Don’t serve alcohol to teens. It’s unsafe. It’s illegal. It’s irresponsible.'
That’s the message from We Don’t Serve Teens, a national campaign to help parents protect their kids and reduce underage
drinking. |
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Office Of Financial Education - The Office of Financial Education
serves to provide the Department of the Treasury with expertise on the many complex and interdisciplinary issues
involved in financial education, and is able to tap into the Department's wide base of expertise on
finance. |
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Protecting Kids
Privacy - A new law puts you and your parents in charge of your personal
identifying information -- if you’re under 13. Websites that ask for certain information about kids under 13 have to get
their parents permission to get the information. This means that you and your parents can talk about the information the
website collects and decide together if it’s information you want to give. |
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We Don’t Serve Teens - This website provides parents and others with tools and information to reduce teen drinking
and related harm. |
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Youth in the 21st
Century - The Office of Youth Services (OYS) is part of the Office of Workforce
Investment. Puzzled about your future? Explore and get on track! This site has information on career planning, job
preparation, and much more. |
| Private Resources |
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Assisted Living Source - Guide to senior housing and assisted living facilities across the U.S. Site allows visitors to
compare and contrast the many options in assisted living centers. |
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Described and Captioned Media Program - National Association of the Deaf -
Promotes and provides equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf,
hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. The DCMP is an idea that works thanks to funding by the U.S. Department of Education
and administration by the National Association of the Deaf. |
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Girl Talk -
Choices and consequenses for underage drinking and a guide for mothers and daughters to prevent
it. |
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MetLife - Parenting - has information regarding everything from your
child's first day of school, saving for college, to planning for retirement. |
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Pampers Parenting Institute - Has in-depth information on child-care: Helping your baby sleep through the night,
encouraging healthy development, and caring for your baby when sick. |
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Prom Night Tips for Parents - Information for parents to make sure their kids have safe and fun prom
night. |
