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MountainHeart Community Services, Inc. is a community Action agency incorporated in 1965. The purpose of the corporation is to encourage, coordinate, and administer services and programs for the improvement of living conditions for area residents. It is also the mission of the agency to mobilize community resources to combat poverty and to effect a permanent increase in the capacity of individuals and communities to deal constructively with their problems. MountainHeart Community Services, Inc. is a non-profit agency.
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The Department of Health & Human Resources Bureau for Children and Families includes information on starting a day care center, licensing, subsidy eligibility, resource and referral, regulations, and more.
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Designed to strengthen your connection to the legislators and laws that govern West Virginia, this site provides you with access to various resources, including contact information, reports, legislation and educational materials.
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The Bureau for Children and Families provides an accessible, integrated, comprehensive quality service system for West Virginia's children, families and adults to help them achieve maximum potential and improve their quality of life.
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NACCRRA is the national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the US. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care.
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WV Birth to Three is a statewide system of services and supports for children under age three who have a delay in their development, or may be at risk of having a delay, and their family. The Department of Health and Human Resources, through the Bureau for Public Health and the Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health, WV Birth to Three, as the lead agency for Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), assures that family centered, community based services are available to all eligible children and families.
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Promoting the exchange of ideas among leaders in early childhood programs worldwide through its magazine, books, training products, training seminars, and international conferences.
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Committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.
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The Children's Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
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Child Care Aware® of America works with more than 400 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide. Child Care Aware® of America’s vision is that every family in the United States has access to a high quality, affordable child care system. The child care system supports children’s growth, development and educational advancement and creates positive economic impact for families and communities.
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The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
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Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia (PCA-WV) works to give children good beginnings by strengthening families and communities. This is done by implementing innovative strategies in the areas of:
- Effective programs
- Public engagement
- Sound public policy
Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia is a chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, a national leader in building awareness, providing education, and inspiring hope in everyone involved in the effort to keep children free from abuse and neglect.
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The Child Care Bureau supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs.
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ZERO TO THREE's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.
We are a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that advances our mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.
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Parents Action for Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to help parents and caregivers ensure our younest children get the healthiest, happiest start to life and enter school ready to learn.
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CLASP is a national, nonpartisan, anti-poverty nonprofit advancing policy solutions for low-income people. We develop practical yet visionary strategies for reducing poverty, promoting economic opportunity, and addressing barriers faced by people of color. With 50 years' experience at the federal, state, and local levels, we're fighting back in today's threatening political climate while advancing our vision for the future.
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Founded in 1966, Reading Is Fundamental is the leading voice for children’s literacy. We address the alarming literacy crisis in America today through strong leadership, quality content, and an active and engaged community.
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West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program (WV CHIP) is a program that provides health insurance to children who meet the specified requirements and qualify. This program aims to provide high quality health care to every child in West Virginia. Some of the services this insurance program provides include prescriptions, immunizations, dental and eye checkups, lab and x-ray services, hospital visits and mental health services. Preventive care is free of cost, and all other services require you to pay a nominal premium.
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Since 1986 the National CACFP Sponsor Association (NCA) has been the leading national organization for sponsors who administer the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). We provide education and support to CACFP sponsors of all sizes from across the country and strive to improve communication between individual sponsors and between the sponsors and their supervising government agencies.
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Safety Tips for You, Your Family, and Friends
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The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) was founded in 1966 by a small group of scientists who had a vision—to conduct research that would make a difference in children's lives, support families, and inform public policy. Since its inception FPG has recognized that every child deserves a safe, healthy, and stimulating childhood; and our work has been dedicated to making this experience a reality for all children. For 50 years, FPG research, evaluation, technical assistance, outreach, and service have shaped how the nation cares for and educates young children.
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The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts academic research to inform policy supporting high-quality, early education for all young children. Such education promotes the physical, cognitive and social development needed for children to succeed in school and later life.
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The Office of Child Development is a university-community partnership dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and families. Through interdisciplinary collaborations across research, practice, and policy, we strive to turn knowledge into action and respond creatively and collaboratively to challenges facing children in Pittsburgh and around the world.
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The Autism Society of America has been improving the lives of all affected by autism for over 50 years and envisions a world where individuals and families living with autism are able to maximize their quality of life, are treated with the highest level of dignity, and live in a society in which their talents and skills are appreciated and valued. We provide advocacy, education, information and referral, support, and community at national, state and local levels through our strong nationwide network of Affiliates.
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First Star was founded in 1999 as a national 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to improving life for child victims of abuse and neglect. Since 2011 First Star has pioneered support programs to launch foster children into productive lives and careers through higher education. In 2016, the growth and diversity of First Star’s programs required two entities with separately focused governance, and the historical First Star policy work was transferred to First Star Institute. The amicable relationship between the two organizations builds on First Star’s success, and the two “sister” entities share a common lineage.
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The CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services. View CDC's Official Mission Statements/Organizational Charts to learn more about CDC′s organizational structure.
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It is the mission of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans. We fulfill that mission by providing for effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health, and social services.
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WV Early Childhood Training Connections and Resources (WVECTCR) is a statewide program designed to provide professional development opportunities for the early care and education community. Through an extensive network of information, training and technical assistance, resources, and collaboration, WVECTCR strives to improve the quality of early education services for young children and their families.
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All early childhood experiences matter. And nearly 50% of children under 5 attend out of home care. Pediatricians need to be involved in helping promote quality early education and child care because it is where the children are. The Healthy Child Care resources assist pediatric health providers in collaborating with early education and child care providers to increase the quality of care, promote early education and improve children's health and well-being.
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Family Voices is a national, nonprofit, family-led organization promoting quality health care for all children and youth, particularly those with special health care needs. Working with family leaders and professional partners at the local, state, regional, and national levels since 1992, Family Voices has brought a respected family perspective to improving health care programs and policies and ensuring that health care systems include, listen to, and honor the voices of families.
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KinderStart is the largest (and most popular) indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven on the 'net.
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River Valley's mission is to be a leader in providing high quality early childhood care and education services for children, families, and communities.
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Prior to 2002, when a child with Down syndrome was born in West Virginia, no information was available for the family. There was no formal way to connect with a family of a child with Down syndrome who understood what the new parents were going through.
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Created in 1965, Head Start is the longest-running and most successful school readiness program in the country. Head Start believes a child’s success is contingent on the strength of the family-unit as a whole, and works to strengthen families within their local communities. Head Start partners with income-eligible families to connect them with comprehensive and essential services to promote health and success.
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Purpose: To improve results for children and youth, primarily through leadership and financial support to local education agencies.
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The West Virginia registered Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist (ACDS) program is based on a professional partnership between child care providers and their employers.
It is a teaching program where apprentices "learn by doing." A blending of classroom work and on-the-job training provides professional growth for providers. It also enhances the quality of care that their employers offer to the community.
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The Council for Exceptional Children is a professional association of educators dedicated to advancing the success of children with exceptionalities. We accomplish our mission through advocacy, standards, and professional development.
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NAA is the membership association for professionals who work with children and youth in diverse school and community-based settings to provide a wide variety of extended learning opportunities and care during out-of-school hours.
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Started in 1982, the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) is the only national professional association dedicated to promoting high-quality early childhood experiences in the unique environment of family child care programs. NAFCC works on behalf of the one million family child care providers operating nationwide.
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The ECTA Center is a program of the FPG Child Development Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, funded through cooperative agreement number H326P170001 from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.
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The mission of the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education is to improve the quality of child care and early education programs by supporting child care providers and early educators, families, health professionals, early childhood comprehensive systems, state child care regulatory agencies, state and local health departments, and policy makers in their efforts to identify and promote healthy and safe child care and early education programs.
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WVAYC is the state association for early childhood professionals in West Virginia. WVAYC is an affiliate of the Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA).
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West Virginia Childcare Center United (WVCCU) is a nonprofit childcare providers organization created to act as the “voice” for children, their families, and early care education professionals, and advocates across the state of West Virginia.
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Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to help families and communities keep kids safe from injuries. Most people are surprised to learn preventable injuries are the #1 killer of kids in the United States. Throughout the world, almost one million children die of an injury each year, and almost every one of these tragedies is preventable.
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Our programs raise awareness of the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse.
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Founded in 1877, American Humane is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. Our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the bonds between animals and humans.
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2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects people with important community services, disaster information and volunteer opportunities. 2-1-1 brings together existing information and referral providers and crisis services into one coordinated system.
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The WV Alliance for Sustainable Families (WVASF) was organized in December 1996 under the name of the West Virginia Welfare Reform Coalition. It was created to initiate action in the areas of research, education, advocacy, and coalition building to ensure that West Virginia’s citizens, communities and organizations successfully implement welfare reform. The Alliance has served as an important voice for West Virginia’s low-income children and families by identifying and acting upon a variety of issues impacting families who are primarily receiving public benefits. Current areas of focus for the organization are asset development, financial literacy and economic sustainability for working families.
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The goal of the Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) is to promote the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices. This site has resources for early childhood intervention practitioners, parents, and other caregivers of children, birth to five years of age, with identified disabilities, developmental delays, and those at-risk for poor outcomes. Watch a brief video introduction to the Center for Early Literacy Learning.
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The goals of the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) are to assist states and programs in their implementation of sustainable systems for the implementation of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Pyramid Model) within early intervention and early education programs with a focus on promoting the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children birth to five, reducing the use of inappropriate discipline practices, promoting family engagement, using data for decision-making, integrating early childhood and infant mental health consultation and fostering inclusion.
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WV KIDS COUNT is the leading resource for data on child and family well-being in the state. We are a member of the national KIDS COUNT Network, and receive funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, as well as state-level foundations, government grants, corporations and individuals. WV KIDS COUNT is a private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization celebrating our 30th year anniversary in 2019.
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ConsumerAffairs.com is an independent Web-based consumer news and resource center. We are not a government agency and not affiliated with any other consumer organization.
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The mission of the Early Childhood Advisory Council of West Virginia is to create a high-quality, coordinated system of services that support early childhood development.
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Establishes efficient, effective, and economical procedures for conducting background checks on all prospective direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities and providers.
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WiredSafety is the first online safety, education, and help group in the world. Originating in 1995 as a group of volunteers rating websites and helping victims of cyberharassment, it now provides one-to-one help, resources and extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of Internet and interactive technology safety, privacy and security issues. These services are offered through a worldwide organization comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers who administer specialized websites, resources and programs. WiredSafety's programs and sites include StopCyberbullying.org, POSTitPositive.com, WiredCops.org, Teenangels.org, and Tweenangels.org.
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The CyberTipline provides the public and electronic service providers (ESPs) with the ability to report online (and via toll-free telephone) instances of online enticement of children for sexual acts, extra-familial child sexual molestation, child pornography, child sex tourism, child sex trafficking, unsolicited obscene materials sent to a child, misleading domain names, and misleading words or digital images on the Internet.
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Online safety tools for educators, parents & kids.
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Information about the West Virginia School System.
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) provides a wide range of necessary and life-saving services to many West Virginia residents. We also work to protect our youngest and most vulnerable citizens, our children. Whether you need a birth certificate, Medicaid coverage or temporary assistance, we are ready and willing to help.
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The mission of RESA 2 is to advance the quality of education while focusing on cost-effective measures in the Region 2 counties of Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, and Wayne.
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You may register at any time. To be eligible to vote in a specific election, you must register 21 days before that election.
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The mission of the West Virginia WIC program is to improve the health of women, infants and children in West Virginia by providing quality nutrition and breastfeeding counseling and education; as well as health monitoring and nutritious foods.
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To deliver integrated, easy-to-understand workforce information that helps job seekers, students, workers, workforce intermediaries, and employers develop their capacity and make sound economic decisions in the new economy.
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The Bureau for Children and Families provides an accessible, integrated, comprehensive quality service system for West Virginia's children, families, and adults to help them achieve maximum potential and improve their quality of life.
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PBS KIDS is the place for shows like Clifford, Dragon Tales, Sesame Street, Barney and Teletubbies, and pbskids.org is the home for all of these characters! On most local stations, PBS KIDS shows are on TV in the morning.
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You are welcome to use the resources and activities on this site to teach kids about today’s marketplace. The site is intended for students in 5th through 8th grade and can be used to complement lessons in critical thinking, writing, language arts, media literacy, business, civics, and social studies.
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WV FOODLINK is a project of the Food Justice Lab housed in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University. With the support of our community partners we have developed a resource hub and learning commons to support a people centered, resilient food network in Appalachia.
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The West Virginia Children's Trust Fund raises money for innovative programs in communities all over the state that help keep children free from abuse and neglect. When you contribute a small or large amount you've done your part to help West Virginia children.
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An Organization Committed to Southern Issues - Our Mission
The Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) is committed to improving the quality of care and education for young children and their families through advocacy and professional development.
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West Virginia Family Child Care Association is to support Local Family Child Care Associations and to promote the professional development of family child care.
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West Virginia STARS began as a collaborative effort under the Governor’s Early Childhood Implementation Commission. The Professional Development Committee of the Governor’s Early Childhood Implementation Commission worked collaboratively with WV Early Childhood Training Connections and Resources and other local, state, and national partners to create WV STARS to implement a comprehensive continuum of specialized training and career mobility for all early care and education practitioners. Since the development, several committees have donated time, research, and work to update and maintain the integrity of the Professional Development System.
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The goal of PITC is to help infant/toddler care teachers recognize the crucial importance of giving tender, loving care and assisting in the infants' intellectual development through an attentive reading of each child's cues. The PITC's videos, guides, and manuals are designed to help child care managers and infant/toddler care teachers become sensitive to infants' cues, connect with their family and culture, and develop responsive, relationship-based care. The training materials provide the foundation for a style of care in which infant/toddler care teachers study the infants in their care, reflect on and record information about the children's interests and skills, and search for ways to set the stage for the child's next learning encounters.
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The Infant Toddler Specialist Network will provide technical assistance and professional development opportunities that assist infant and toddler caregivers in providing West Virginia’s youngest children with supportive, nurturing environments. We will help these caregivers foster responsive relationships with both children and their families, which will support our children in achieving optimal developmental outcomes.
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The West Virginia Infant/Toddler Mental Health Association is committed to building the capacity of professional development to support and meet the needs of all children and families.
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Website to help manage resources, forms, handbooks, policies, etc.
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The Early Learning Standards Framework for Infants and Toddlers was developed under the guidance of the Quality Initiatives and Curriculum Committee of Partners Implementing an Early Care and Education System (PIECES). The workgroup consisted of key stakeholders from the WV DHHR, Early Head Start, WV Birth to Three, Infant/Toddler Specialists Network, child care, Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, and higher education.
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The Early Learning Standards Framework for Infants and Toddlers was developed under the guidance of the Quality Initiatives and Curriculum Committee of Partners Implementing an Early Care and Education System (PIECES). The workgroup consisted of key stakeholders from the WV DHHR, Early Head Start, WV Birth to Three, Infant/Toddler Specialists Network, child care, Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, and higher education.
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Improve people’s lives by providing access to affordable prescription medications.
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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® is a non—profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Since 1984, NCMEC has served as the national clearinghouse and resource center for families, victims, private organizations, law enforcement and the public on issues relating to missing and sexually exploited children.
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Just For Kids Child Advocacy Center ensures guidance, protection, and help to children and families affected by abuse.
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DrugRehab.com is a web resource provided and funded by Advanced Recovery Systems. Since 2015, the website has provided researched, fact-based resources for free. Readers can learn about risks of various substances, the latest approaches to treatment and real stories of recovery on DrugRehab.com.
