Young Parents Resources

• Act for Youth: Supporting Young Parents: https://actforyouth.net/youth_development/professionals/yp/ - This website is a great resource and toolkit designed to help young parents and young professionals including support networks, housing, education, employment, parenting skills and child care resources. 

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• Child Welfare Information Gateway: Family Support Policy and Program Approaches: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/supporting/support-services/policy/  - This site provides worthwhile information for families including economic support and a number of other programs for families.

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• The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Resources to Help Young Parents Thrive: https://www.aecf.org/blog/resources-to-help-young-parents-thrive - This site put together at the beginning of the pandemic highlights scholarly articles and resources that can be used to provide help for young parents including, education and mental health links.

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• Urban.org: Serving Young Parents: Selected Resources for Young Parents, Practitioners and Policymakers: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/Serving%20Young%20Parents.pdf - This document highlights sites and helpful information on child development, health care, education programs and more.

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• The Division of Services for Children with Special Needs incorporates three separate programs https://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Health-Services/Children-With-Special-Needs

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• Nassau County services for maternal and children health services:  Services include Early Intervention (EI), Women, Infants, Children (WIC) program, Community Health Worker Program, Perinatal Services and the Physically handicapped Children's program. https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/3569/Maternal-and-Child-Health-Services

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Young Parents Resources - Programming Ideas

• Storytime for new parents which focuses on the mental and physical health needs of mothers/fathers, offering a problem-solving local network, evidence-based health information relevant to mothers and parenting issues, and a glimpse of forthcoming developmental stages in those children attending

• A Baby Cafe hosted by a board-certified lactation consultant

• Meet the Doulas class giving information and an introduction to local doulas

• Baby yoga classes

• Homebound delivery service for new parents

• Others?