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Helpful Links
- Healthy Children.org: Families are much more than groups of individuals. They have their own goals and aspirations. They also are places where every child and adult should feel that he or she is special and be encouraged to pursue his or her own dreams; a place where everyone's individuality is permitted to flourish.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway, Leaving Your Child Home Alone
Publications
Most of the publications listed below are also available in Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic on our website.
- Help Prevent Child Abuse Pub. 5056
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Safe to Sleep Pub. 5008
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) Pub. 5004
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Pub. 5005
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Pub. 5006
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Child Safe: In or Around Vehicles Pub. 5036
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Child Safe: Safe at Play Pub. 5035
- Keeping Sleeping Babies Safer Pub. 5002 (266k)
- New York Loves Safe Babies Resource List Pub. 5031 (PDF 50k)
- Personalized Safety Tips and Emergency Contact Sheet for Baby Sitters Pub. 5047 (PDF 168k)
- Safety Factors Guide Pub. 5079
Topics for Parents
- Abandoned Infant Protection Act
- Youth and Young Adult Services
- Adoption
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Child Care Information for Parents
- Child Care Time and Attendence System
- Child Health Care
- Children & Family Trust Fund
- Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Child Protective Services
- Child Support (Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance)
- Commission for the Blind (NYSCB) Employer Services
- Community Service
- Council on Children and Families
- Cyberbullying
- Domestic Violence Prevention
- Fatherhood Initiative
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders
- Find Services for Children and Families
- Find Services in my County (Local DSS Offices)
- Foster Care
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Healthy Families New York Home Visiting Program
- Health Services for Children in Foster Care
- H.E.A.R.S. Family Line
- How Do I?
- Human Trafficking
- Juvenile Justice
- Keeping Children Safe
- Safe Sleep Videos and Information
- KinGAP
- Kinship Care
- LGBTQ
- Mentoring
- New York Health Care Proxy Law
- NYEPAY (Electronic Adoption Subsidy Payments)
- Opiate Abuse Resources and Services
- Product Recalls
- Protective Services for Adults
- Regional Offices
- Resources
- Search for Services in your County
- Youth Advocate (Ombudsman)