Resources

Below are some important resources for parents including ways to obtain financial assistance for child care, health and safety resources, and links to organizations that specifically cater to children and families with special needs.

Parenting/Child Development

Colorado Bright Beginnings
Programs are offered to any interested families at no cost throughout the state of Colorado. Programs include Warm Welcome Visits and the Moving On Program. For more details visit the Colorado Bright Beginnings website.

Family Resource Centers
Help Colorado families succeed through parenting classes, adult literacy, or early childhood education by creating innovative programs and services in 39 rural and urban Colorado counties.

Head Start
Information from Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on finding a program in your state, getting your child into Head Start, starting a Head Start program, and resources for families and communities.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
Our members, Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies, support parents seeking child care, helping more than 5 million families find, evaluate, or pay for child care each year.

Parents Action for Children
Develops parent education materials, connects parents with one another, and fights for issues such as early education, health care, and high quality and affordable child care. Offers books and publications.

The Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center
CPIRC works with Colorado organizations to give parents and education professionals information and resources so that families can participate in their children’s academic success.

The Daily Parent
This newsletter offers the latest information on child development issues, tips for finding quality child care, and numerous resources for busy parents, as well as child care professionals.

Zero to Three
Zero to Three is a national organization that provides child development information for parents and professional regarding infants and toddlers.

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Resources for Families with Special Needs

NEW! Parent to Parent of Colorado
Parent to Parent of Colorado (p2p-co.org) connects families of children with disabilities or special health care needs in communities across Colorado to the resources and information they need.

Denver Options
Denver Options provides services to children with delays in their development and adults with developmental disabilities in the City and County of Denver.

Early Childhood Connections (ECC)
Colorado's system of services and supports for families who have infants or toddlers, from birth to age three, with disabilities or a condition associated with delays in their development.

Easter Seals Colorado
Contains information about inclusive child care programs for children with special needs.

Family Voices
Family Voices of Colorado is a chapter of the national, grassroots organization composed of families and friends who care for and about our children with special health care needs.

Peak Parent Center
Provide training, information and technical assistance to equip families of children birth through twenty-six including all disability conditions with strategies to advocate successfully for their children.

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Financial Assistance

NEW! CCCAP - Colorado Child Care Assistance Program
Provides financial assistance to low-income families that are working, searching for employment or in training, and families that are enrolled in the Colorado Works Program and need child care services to support their efforts toward self-sufficiency.

A. G. Bell Grants Parent-Infant/Preschool Services Financial Aid Award
Grants are awarded to parents of infants and preschool age children who have been diagnosed with moderate to profound hearing loss.

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Health and Safety

NEW! Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)
Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) is a low-cost health insurance program for uninsured Colorado children ages 18 and under whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.

NEW! How to Calm a Crying Baby: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome PDF
The Children’s Hospital, The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect and Kohl’s Department Stores have launched a comprehensive Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Campaign in Colorado.

NEW! Letter to Parents: Vaccine Requirements 07-08 PDF
On January 17, 2007, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Board of Health approved additional vaccine requirements for children in childcare settings and schools beginning in the 2007-2008 school year.

Get Smart Colorado: Use Antibiotics Wisely PDF

Healthy Kids, Healthy Care
Developed by the National Resource Center for Health and Child Care and Early Education, this website is for parents of children who attend child care programs, and have questions about health and safety issues for young children.

Protect Your Child from Lead Poisoning: Information from the EPA
Lead is a highly toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around our homes, and may cause a range of health effects.

Recalled Products
Recalled programs from the Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Children’s Hospital in Denver
Founded in 1908, The Children’s Hospital is a private, not-for-profit pediatric health-care network located in Aurora, Colorado and 100 percent dedicated to caring for kids.

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