| State Resources on the Internet |
| Claremont 21st Century Community |
| 21C keeps schools open after hours to provide a safe place for homework help, enrichment activities, before- and after-school child care, family activities, mentoring and child care resource and referral for all children, youth, and families in the community. |
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| Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHHS website home page with access to general information, what's new, e-government services, most requested information, hot topics, quick referral links, publications, media resources, search, etc |
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| Early Childhood Focus |
| Bringing you the news that matters most. |
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| Early Learning New Hampshire |
| Early Learning New Hapmshire is a recently merged group of organizations and will work to support child care centers, management, workers and their mission. |
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| Easter Seals Children and Youth Services |
| Easter Seals creates solutions that change lives of children and adults with disabilities or other special needs and their families. Easter Seals Child Care Resource and Referral in Manchester and Concord, NH offers free and confidential referrals to any family searching for child care. |
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| Family Resource Connection |
| Family Resource Connection of the State Library providing information resources for NH Families |
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| Hub Family Resource Center |
| For families in the Dover area, this site provides resources for families, classes, support groups and play groups for children. |
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| Lakes Region Community Services Council |
| Based out of the Lakes Region, LRCSC offers families a multitude of resources on Early Intervention, Family Support, Step Ahead program and child care. |
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| National Association for the Mentally Ill |
| Provides support for families with children with special needs, support groups, and lists community mental health centers in NH |
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| NHCTC @ Berlin CCR&R |
| Judy and Sandy bring lots of early childhood experience and are looking forward to working with parents and meeting all the North Country child care providers. Their office is located at NHCTC-Berlin, but they will be traveling all over the North Country with the goal of helping families with child care needs, helping child care providers with training needs, and assisting those who wish to provide family child care in their homes. |
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| Parent Information Center |
| Parent Information Center provides a variety of resources for parents and families on topics of special needs, development and much more. They offer parent training, support groups, and a discussion board for parents. |
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| Parent to Parent |
| Based out of Lebanon, this site offers resources to families in areas of legal support, special needs, and has an on-line medical directory. |
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| Preschool Technical Assistance Network (PTAN) |
| PTAN is a statewide technical assistance and support network that promotes quality, developmentally appropriate and culturally competent early care and education programs for New Hampshires young children with special needs and their families. It is a project of the Southeastern Regional Education Service Center (SERESC), a non-profit education collaborative in Bedford, NH. SERESC is located at 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH 03110. [Directions]
PTAN offers child care providers individualized consultation and support to help them maintain children with challenging behaviors and/or special needs. Consultation provided by caring professionals within the provider's region with expertise specific to the providers needs. |
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| Rockingham Community Action |
| The mission of Rockingham Community Action, a private, non-profit organization, is to prevent, reduce, and work towards the elimination of poverty. We do this by: offering a variety of services to meet people's immediate needs; providing them with the resources to help them achieve self-reliance; and working in partnership with them to address the root causes of poverty. |
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| Southeastern Regional Education Service Center |
| The Southeastern Regional Education Service Center (SERESC) was formed in 1974 when 14 school districts pulled their resources together to support special education students being mainstreamed into public schools for the first time. |
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| Southwest Community Services |
| Provides many resources for families on housing, nutrition, fuel assistance and much more |
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| Strafford County Community Action Committee |
| Strafford County Community Action Committee, Inc. (SCCAC) is committed to ensuring that the basic needs of low-income and disadvantaged individuals and families are met, while promoting personal responsibility and self-sufficiency.
We believe that everyone has the right to basic necessities of life such as food, housing, utilities, health care, quality child care, and an adequate income.SCCAC also believes that all people regardless of income deserve to live with dignity and self-respect. |
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| The Childen's Alliance |
| Powerless children need powerful friends. Join Us in Raising Our Voices for children and help New Hampshire meet its promise: thriving children and a thriving economy. |
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| National Resources on the Internet |
| American Academy of Pediatrics |
| American Academy of Pediatrics - Dedicated to the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults |
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| Child and Adult Care Food Program |
| CACFP is the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a Federal program that provides healthy meals and snacks to children and adults enrolled in child care. It plays a vital role in improving the quality of child care and making it more affordable for many low-income families. CACFP reimburses participating centers and family child care providers for their meal costs. It is administered at the Federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The State education or health department administers CACFP, in most States. Independent centers and sponsoring organizations enter into agreements with their State agencies to operate the program. |
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| Child Care Aware |
| 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. |
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| Healthy Child Care America |
| Healthy Child Care America-The HCCA campaign is a collaborative effort among health and child care professionals, families, and other services to improve the health and well-being of children in child care settings. HCCA’s goal is to provide States, Territories, Tribes, and communities technical assistance in developing and strengthening links between child care providers, health professionals, and families. The HCCA program is a cooperative agreement between CCB, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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| Healthy Kids |
| Parents guide to raising happy, healthy children. Addresses the developmental, nutritional and emotional development of children and a family with articles and free Newsletters and message boards. |
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| NAEYC |
| The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. NAEYC is committed to becoming an increasingly high performing and inclusive organization. |
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| The Right Choice for Kids |
| This website introduces families to NAEYC Accreditation. It briefly outlines the steps programs take to become accredited and what families can expect to find at an accredited program. Provides links to relevant pages of NAEYC's primary website. |
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| Zero To Three |
| Zero To Three- Nation's leading resource on the first years of life. |
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