Special Notice
The Centers for Disease Control have added a toolkit for
Child Care and Early Childhood providers to provide information
and communication resources to help center-based and home-based
child care programs, Head Start programs, and other early
childhood programs implement recommendations from CDC’s Guidance
on Helping Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Respond to
Influenza during the 2009-2010 Influenza Season.. You can access
this toolkit at :
Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Child Care
and Early Childhood
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Contact the CHIP/Medicaid Consumer Education Office at Catholic
Charities at (210) 354-2447 or go to
www.texcarepartnership.com.
CHIP covers the health care of children from birth through age 18
whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.
- For information on required immunizations and schedules, go to
the Texas Department of Health at
www.immunizetexas.com or call 1-800-252-9152.
- Women, Infants and Children (WIC)—a nutrition program that helps
pregnant women, new mothers and young children eat well, learn about
nutrition, and stay healthy. WIC offers a free supplemental
nutrition program to those who qualify. For information go to
www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/default.shtm
- Call-A-Nurse for Children—A service of Methodist Healthcare.
Call-A-Nurse for Children is a special telephone service from the
Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas, which provides
immediate help regarding your child’s health concerns. Call 22-Nurse
in San Antonio or 1-877-647-7440. You can also access their website
at
www.SAHealth.com
- Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) of the American Academy
of Pediatrics go to
www.aap.org/catch/ or call 1-800-433-9016 ext. 7632
or 4916.
- Healthy Child Care America go to
www.healthychildcare.org or
www.aap.org and
click on heath topics
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
provides information to families and child care providers on various
safety issues for children. For more information go to
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau – Their primary responsibility
is to promote and improve the health of our country’s mothers and
children.
http://mchb.hrsa.gov
- The Child Care Nutrition Resource System provides recipes,
resources and information on preparing meals and food safety for
providers that participate in the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP). –
www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/.
- Heart “E” Group—A healthy lifestyle program for children.
Contains information on various topics from nutrition to physical
activity to safety issues. Their website is
www.hearteheart.com
