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Parent Leadership and Family Support Resources

Feb 04, 2003

Our Family Coalition provides news, resources, and advocacy opportunities for families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members, and their allies. Online at http://www.ourfamily.org
[last updated 1-13-03]

Pathways to Parent Leadership/Senderos a un liderazgo de padres, profiles nine successful California programs that are training parents to be leaders-in their children's lives, in schools and communities, and in the political process. In English and Spanish, $15 plus s/h. Action Alliance for Children, 1201 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94612; online at http://shadeaux.vosn.net/~children/ikonboard/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=3d7784796999ffff;act=ST;f=6;t=28

Promoting Responsible Fatherhood in California includes recommendations for reforming child support, connecting fathers to good jobs, helping fathers be good parents, and reducing the effects of incarceration on families. Social Policy Action Network, 444 N Capitol St, Ste 309, Washington, DC 20001; (202) 434-4770; http://www.span-online.org
[last updated 1-13-03]

Promoting the Well-Being of Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families: Innovative Community and State Strategies, from the National Center for Children in Poverty, profiles 25 initiatives around the US, including four in California, that support infants, toddlers, and their families. Includes common strategies, creative solutions, in-depth profiles, statistics, and resources. Online at http://www.nccp.org/it/index.html
[last updated 1-13-03]

* Toward the ABCs: Building a Healthy Social and Emotional Foundation for Learning and Living discusses the importance of social and emotional development in young children, behaviors that may indicate problems, and what types of supports help children and families. Includes policy recommendations. Cost? Ounce of Prevention Fund, 122 S Michigan Av, Ste 2050, Chicago, IL 60603; (312) 922-3863; online at http://www.ounceofprevention.org/publications/pdf/
Towards%20the%20ABCs.pdf
[last updated 2-1-03]