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Do Your Children Need Health Insurance?

Foster Care and Adoption Program
Independent Living Program

Click on the link above for Health & Welfare’s foster care and adoption web site. It has useful information on issues pertaining to foster care and adoption – from candid personal accounts of foster parenting, to frequently asked questions about qualifying. Every child deserves a safe and loving home. Foster care and adoption provide that to Idaho’s youngest and most vulnerable citizens.

Children's Mental Health Services: A Parent's Guide

• Español  

Information & Services

Mental Health Plan for Children and Adults – FY 2004

Idaho’s Child and Family Services Review, and Idaho's Program Improvement Plan

Foster Care and Adoption Program

Wednesday's Child

Birth Certificates

Child Protection Services - Contact Information

Child Support Services

Child Welfare Plan  (Click on link and scroll down to Child Welfare Reports)

2-1-1 Idaho CareLine 

Application for Assistance, all programs, TAFI/Medicaid/Health Insurance Premium Assistance/Food Stamps (215K PDF document)
Solicitud para Asistencia (112K PDF Document)

Children's Mental Health Services 

Idaho Council on Children's Mental Health

• Legislative Update January, 2004

• Noticias Legislativas Enero, 2004

Developmental Disabilities Program

Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Emergency Medical Services for Children (Idaho EMS) (click on link, scroll down page to EMS for Children)

Idaho Child Care Program
 

Idaho Infant Toddler Program

Immunizations (Information for Parents and Providers; goes to the Early Childhood Information Clearinghouse)

Idaho Immunization Program - Program for Health Care Providers

Idaho WIC Program - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

Early Childhood Information Clearinghouse
En Español

Visit the Early Childhood Information Clearinghouse for a variety of information for children birth to age 3 on these topics, along with special Topics of the Month:   

• Active Parenting    “Teen Parents”
• Child Care
• Early Learning
• Health & Wellness
• Immunizations
• Nutrition & Breastfeeding
• Pregnancy & Prenatal Care
• Protecting Children
• Special Needs

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Keynote Presenters

Session Descriptions

Conference Details

Register for the Early Years 2008 conference and/or the "Child-Parent Psychotherapy with Traumatized Young Children (Birth-Five Years)" pre-conference day here.

Get your Vendor Registration Form here.

Pre-Conference Day by Lee Pesky Learning Center-Building Blocks for Literacy

Pre-Conference Day-Child-Parent Psychotherapy with Traumatized Young Children (Birth-Five Years)

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Publications 

Secure Beginnings: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Sound Familiar: Toddler and Preschooler Signs of Stress (English and Spanish)

Be the Parent Your Child Needs  (742K PDF document)
     En Español  (852K PDF document)

Care Enough to Call: Report Child Abuse and Neglect

Children's Mental Health Services: A Parent's Guide  ( PDF file)
     En Español

Idaho Child Care Program State Plan

Other Web Sites

FACS Training Calendar

Learn more about foster care, children’s mental health and many other child related issues at http://facs-info/. This calendar includes upcoming conferences, training, staff development training, and links to other resources. The calendar is accessible to agency staff, community partners and the general public.

Idaho Children's Trust Fund

The Governor's Task Force on Children at Risk

"Keeping Children Safe" Panels 

Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System