| Sites |
What
They're About |
2-1-1
(Pinellas Helpline) |
2-1-1 is Pinellas County's only 24-hour program that provides information
and referrals on local health/human services, volunteer opportunities,
donation referrals, and crisis intervention/problem-solving counseling
for individuals. (Cell Phone users must dial 727-562-1542). 2-1-1
is now accessible to all-languages and TDD/TTY machines for the
hearing impaired.
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| ACEI |
The
Association of Childhood Education International - promotes and
supports the global community the optimal education and development
of children, from birth through early adolescence, and works to
influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of
others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing
society. |
| Coordinated
Child Care of Pinellas, Inc. |
Coordinates
subsidized child care, provides Resource and Referral Information
for families seeking childcare and offers services for preschoolers
in child care who have special needs. |
| Juvenile
Welfare Board |
The
Juvenile Welfare Board supports the healthy development of all children
and their families in Pinellas County through advocacy, research,
planning, training, communications, coordinating of resources and
funding. |
| Inspection Reports |
Pinellas
County License Board monitors children’s centers and family day care
homes in Pinellas for compliance with Licensing Regulations. Only
routine and renewal inspections are placed on the website for public
review. The complete public file can be reviewed in our office by
appointment. |
| NAEYC |
National
Association for the Education of Young Children 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. |
| NCCIC |
National
Child Care Information Center - the National Child Care Information
Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, 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. |
| NECTAC |
The
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center supports the
implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Their mission is to strengthen
service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth
through five) and their families receive and benefit from high quality,
culturally appropriate, and family-centered supports and services. |
| NAFCC |
The
focus of NAFCC is to provide technical assistance to family child
care associations. This assistance is provided through developing
leadership and professionalism, addressing issues of diversity,
and by promoting quality and professionalism through NAFCC's Family
Child Care Accreditation. |
| NICHCY |
The
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
- provides information for families, educators and other professionals. |
| NIECDE |
National
Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education part of the
U.S. Department of Education, was created to carry out a comprehensive
program of research, development, and dissemination to improve early
childhood development and learning. |
| Parent
Education Resources |
Provides
educational resources for parents and caregivers. (From the Cooperative
Extension Service Web Site) |
| Pinellas
County Health Department |
Provides
you with links to the different Divisions of the Pinellas County
Health Department including Community Health, Dental Health, Communicable
Disease Control, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health,
Family Health Services, Management Information Systems, Pharmacy,
the Office of Minority Health, WIC and Nutrition, and the proposed
Chronic Disease Prevention Office. |
| Pinellas
County Schools |
The
School System of Pinellas County |
| Ready,
Set, Read |
Language
activities for children birth to five - a joint project of the Corporation
for National Service, the US Department of Education, and the US
Department of Health and Human Services. |
| Sunbiz |
The Florida Division of Corporations online information, research,
and electronic processing service center. Here you can directly
access the Divisions business entity, lien information, and
image databases. You can also download and print copies of filed
documents and forms to use when filing for a corporation or fictitious
name. |
| The
Future of Children |
Promotes
effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers,
service providers, and the media with timely, objective information
based on the best available research. |
| USDA |
The
United States Department of Agriculture is committed to helping
America's farmers and ranchers and also leads the Federal anti-hunger
effort with the Food Stamp, School Lunch, School Breakfast, and
the WIC Programs, is the steward of our nation's 192 million acres
of national forests and rangelands, is the country's largest conservation
agency, brings housing, modern telecommunications, and safe drinking
water to rural America, is responsible for the safety of meat, poultry,
and egg products, is a research leader and helps ensure open markets
for US agricultural products and provides food aid to needy people
overseas. |
| USDA
for Kids |
United
States Department of Agriculture's site includes links to sites
about the weather, animals, kid's science and many more. |
| Zero
to Three |
National
Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, disseminates key developmental
information, trains providers, promotes model approaches and standards
of practice and works to increase public awareness about the significance
of the first three years of life. |