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Parent Connections
Parent Connections e-newsletter:
The Council provides e-newsletter for parents.
Issue 10: Teens distracted by mobile devices, ready 4 kindergarten, vote for kids, block play, paying for child care, and more!
Issue 9: $ available for child care, after school care, activities to do with your child, Medication safety/Niños Seguros, summer safety, born learning tip, and more!
Issue 8: Water safety, articles just for parents, advocacy, recent recalls, and more!
Issue 7: Coping with tragedy, raising a confident girl, raising a well rounded boy, and more.
Issue 6: Summer and care safety tips, local child care policy issues, and more.
Issue 5: Bullying, teachable moments, flu season, child safety tips, vote for kids, and more.
Issue 4: Crib Safety, Getting past “No”, window safety, employers and child care, and more.
Issue 3: Your child care provider, cost of child care, connecting with your child.
Issue 2: Best child care for your infant, help child cope with conflict, friends or foe?, and more.
Issue 1: Infants- healthy from the start, anti-obesity and play, your child’s temperament, the kindergarten crisis. |
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Born Learning:
The Child Care Council of Westchester Inc. and United Way of Westchester and Putnam promote Born Learning, a public engagement campaign dedicated to helping parents and caregivers create early, fun learning opportunities for young children to ensure school readiness and continued success throughout their lives.
This campaign provides education and user-friendly tools that parents and caregivers of infants, toddlers and preschoolers can use to help make ordinary, everyday moments into learning opportunities.
Click here for more information on Born Learning
Click here for Monthly Tips for Parents
Click Here for Born Learning Workshops
Click Here for Born Learning materials that you can use with your child/ren.
Parenting Classes & Groups:
Parent Education
To request or learn more about parent education workshops please email NicoleM@cccwny.org or go to Parent Education.
Parent Helpline 1-800-CHILDREN (1-800-244-5373)
A caring and confidential Helpline, available everyday 9am to 10pm, where parents can get information and referrals to places in their community that can help. Assistance in English and Española.
NYS Parent Education Partnership
Offers resources and assists with locating Parenting Programs. They believe that all children should grow up in nurturing families. The mission of the New York State Parenting Education Partnership (NYSPEP) is to make that happen, by improving parenting skills and behavior through a strong, statewide network.
Click Here for more information
Parent Network: News & Action Center
The Early Care & Learning Council's Parent Network Action Center (formerly Parent Central) is the hub of information and advocacy activity. Find your government officials.
Click Here for more information.
Child Care Aware Parent Network
A free virtual community where everyone who cares about the quality of child care can network, interact and take action.
Click Here for more information.
Recent Recalls:
Did you know that there are numerous recalls every month from toys to car seats to beds. Help keep your child sage by being informed and checking on the recent recalls...
Click Here for the most recent recalls.
Health & Safety Information for Parents:
Seasonal Flu Guide For Parents
Click here (pdf)
CPR & FIRST AID: All child care providers/programs are required to have at least one employee who holds a valid certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premise of the child care program during the program’s operating hours.
Share with your child care provider:
Child Care Providers Guide to Crib Standards
Click here (pdf)
New Crib Federal Requirements
Click here (pdf)
Seasonal Influenza Information for Child Care Providers
Click here
Flu Amendment & New Child Care Programs Requirements
Click here (pdf)
Additional Resource for Parents:
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Connects families to thousands of health and human services… everything from basic needs like food, clothing and shelter to legal services, drug treatment, employment support, child care, physical/mental health resources, elder care, services for persons with disabilities and more.
Click here to learn more.
Westchester Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect
A resource Book on Westchester Community Resources compiled by the Westchester Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect to assist families.
Click here to learn more.
Westchester Parent Magazine
Click here to learn more.
Family Ties
Provides support and services to families of children with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties.
Click here to learn more.
BabyCenter.org
A free website that provides information from pregnancy to raising your school age child. You can sign up to receive emails on specific to your child’s age.
Click here to learn more.
We want to hear from you:
Click Here to provide comments or feedback about the Council.
Click here to provide us with feedback about our referral services.
Email Nicole Masucci, Director of Employer & Parent Services, at NicoleM@cccwny.org.
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