Family and Health Resources

Helpful Links for Families

• Wisconsin Child Care Information Center is a mail-order lending library and information clearinghouse serving anyone in Wisconsin working in the field of child and early childhood education. Their goal is to help Wisconsin child care professionals give the best possible start to children in Wisconsin.

• The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, also known as Zero to Three, is a nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts  to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.

• Love and Logic provides simple and practical techniques to help parents have more fun and less stress while raising responsible kids of all ages. Love and Logic is a philosophy founded in 1977 by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline, M.D.  And is the approach of choice among leading educators, parents, and other professionals worldwide.

• Get parenting advice, tips on fabulous recipes, fun activities that you and your child can do together and so much more.  Visit Parenting Magazine and Family Education for the most current information and explore what they have to offer.

• The National Resource Center promotes Health and Safety for Child Care and Early Education Centers all across the nation. It allows you to review state regulations that govern licensed child care facilities. The site also provides resources for parents when choosing child care facilities.

• From time to time each semester, we offer children and parents the opportunity to order books from Scholastic. This site is a direct link so you may choose your books and order online.

 Family/Children Health Resources

• Access is an online portal for health and nutrition resources that allows Wisconsin residents to check for eligibility and apply for federal nutrition and other benefit programs including Food Share, Badger Care Plus, Medicaid, and Senior Care through Wisconsin Department of Health (DHS) website.

•  Kids Health website has done a great deal of research on the topic of overweight children. They include statistics and suggestions on how to determine obesity, as well as great cooking and activity tips. Within this site is also information on MyPlate.

• The goal of the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families "is to ensure that every child in Wisconsin grows up in a just and nurturing family and community." This site includes information, specifically for Wisconsin residents, regarding upcoming events, material regarding early education, as well as new policies and initiatives that involve children and families throughout the state.

• Whether interested in a particular subject, or would just like more information on current child health and living trends, this website is a great resource. Topics inlcude early childhood development, child poverty, indicators of child well-being, fatherhood and parenting, as well as a child welfare policy database, which is accessible by both topic and state.