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Links to other resources

Children's health and children's mental health (CCS, EPSDT)

  • Child Care Law Center's updated manual on Child Care Subsidies in California.  This manual focuses primarily on CalWORKs child care, Stages 1, 2, and 3, and on voucher-based child care programs administered by the California Department of Education.  It does not focus much on regional center-funded child care, preschool for children with disabilities, after school child care, Head Start, etc. 
  • Kids Data - Data for all counties, cities and school districts in California. Wide range of topics measuring the health and welfare of children - Child Safety, Demographics, Diesabilities, Special Health Care Needs, Education & Child Care, Emotional & Behavioral Health, Family Economics, Physical Health and Public Opinion. (11/19/09)
  • Reimbursement Ceilings for Subsidized Child Care, California Department of Education, last update 10/1/06
  • 100% Campaign - to ensure that every California child has health insurance; newsletter, updates, links to other web sites - a joint effort by Children Now, Children's Defense Fund, and The Children's Partnership.
  • A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities (pdf)- from the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) - the workbook may help youth with disabilities develop the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about disclosing their disability.
  • California Healthline - daily digest of health news, policy and opinion from the California Healthcare Foundation
  • Child Health and Disability Prevention, Sacramento County - a free health program committed to helping babies, children and teens receive preventive health care.
  • CHIP - Children's Health Insurance Program - offers state-specific information on who is eligible and how to enroll to make sure children grow up healthy.
  • Express Lane Eligibility - provides advocates, community leaders and policy makers with tools to help uninsured children get health insurance.
  • For OC Kids Neurodevelopmental Center - For OC Kids Neurodevelopmental Center is dedicated to the earliest identification and intervention of Orange County children birth through five years with developmental, behavioral or learning problems, including Autism and ADHD.
  • Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services - report and prevent child abuse, arrange adoptions, help for parents, foster care, health and education resources
  • Therapeutic Behavior Services (TBS): Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) - A nine-page PDF file from the California Institute for Mental Health (CIMH).