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to date advice and information on the health and well being of
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program. This program will offer FREE and confidential
services to families with children ages 0-21 with any type of
disability. Services include help with the Committee on
Special Education, working with your school district and
understanding your child's rights. For additional
information you can contact Tracey Menapace at (315) 423-0100 ext.
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CNY Coalition for
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with Special Needs
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Mission:
The Central New York Coalition for Young Children with
Special Needs is committed to providing leadership and support for
quality therapeutic and educational services for children and
their families.
They
believe that a child's development is best supported through
family centered services provided in the environment that best
matches the child's strengths and needs. |
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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. Done by raising visibility of local child care
resource and referral agencies nationwide, and connecting parents to local agencies best equipped to serve their needs.
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New York State
has a health insurance plan for kids, called
Child
Health Plus. Depending on your family’s income, your child may be eligible to join
either Child Health Plus A (formerly Children’s Medicaid) or Child Health
Plus B. Both Child Health Plus A and B are available through dozens of
providers throughout the state. Enrolling in Child Health Plus is easy. |
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Mission Statement "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 provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America
who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. They pay attention to the
needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities.
CDF educates the
nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before
they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family
breakdown.
CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by
foundations, corporation grants and individual donations. We have never
taken government funds. |
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| Connect
for Kids is an award-winning multimedia project to help adults
make their communities better places for families and
children. Their Web site offers a place on the Internet for
adults—parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers and
others—who want to become more active citizens, from
volunteering to voting with kids in mind. |
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Is a regional clearinghouse
providing information,
referral and support to families, professionals, and community
agencies concerned with young children birth to five who may have a
special need. The agency works closely with families,
professionals and community agencies to provide unbiased information
so that informed choices can be made about coordinated and sensible
services. |
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Mission:
of the
Every Child Matters
Education Fund is to help push children's many needs to a higher
place on the country's political and policy agenda. The
Every Child Matters
Education Fund conducts polls, publishes reports, works with
reporters and state children's groups, runs advertising, and
conducts campaigns on behalf children. |
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Lead
Information
and
Children |
To
get the
latest information concerning children and lead check out the City's Lead Program
at: www.syracuseleadprogram.com
also
check
out: Lead
Update
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National
Association of Child Care
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Mission
"To provide vision, leadership, and support to community child care
resource and referral and to promote national policies and partnerships committed
to the development and learning of all children."
NACCRRA is
a recognized leader in the Early Childhood field, and provides technical
consultation and resources to member child care resource and
referral agencies.
NEW
tool for engaging parents. PARENT
CENTRAL has child development information, research, helpful
tips & trends, child care & child-raising issues and fun
activities to do with children. Monthly email sent directly
to those who sign up on the web site.
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Mission Statement
"The National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
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."
The National Association for the Education of Young Children
is the nation's largest and most influential organization of early childhood
educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children
from birth through third grade.
Founded in 1926, NAEYC approaches its 75th anniversary with over
100,000 members and a national network of nearly 450 local, state, and
regional Affiliates. NAEYC Affiliate Groups work to improve professional
practice and working conditions in early childhood education and to build public
support for high quality early childhood programs.
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This
site is put together by the National Education Association and
the National PTA as a parents' guide to supporting their child's
school readiness because it
is never too early to start providing the kinds of experiences
that will help your child enter school ready to succeed. |
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Click the logo
which is a direct link to the web site |
The
National Resource Center is located at the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado, and is funded by the Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
HRSA.
NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety in out-of-home child
care settings throughout the nation. |
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The
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the
Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, is a national resource that links information
and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system,
working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality
comprehensive services.
They also offer an Online
Library which contains information of interest to policy-makers,
administrators, practitioners, parents, researchers and other
members of the child care community. Currently the library
contains 2,000 records and provides direct links to full-text
documents.
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Located in the center of New York
State,
Onondaga
County is home to the city of Syracuse. We are within 350 miles of all major cities in the
Northeast, conveniently situated at the intersection of Interstate Highways 81 and
90 (NYS Thruway). Local Amtrak and Greyhound terminals are located in our
new Regional Transportation Center. Arriving by air brings you in to the
newly remodeled Hancock International Airport, while the New York State
Barge Canal System provides local connection by boat to the Great Lakes and
the St. Lawrence River. |
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United
Way's Success
By 6 brings together business, government, health, human
services, education, and community leaders in support of its mission to
promote the concept that by age 6, all children in Onondaga County will
attain the necessary mental, physical, social, and emotional development
to successfully embrace educational and social opportunities for growth
and learning.
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ZERO TO
THREE's mission
is to promote the healthy development of our nation's infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening
families, communities, and those who work on their behalf.
ZERO TO THREE is the
nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. A national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to
strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy
development of babies and toddlers .
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