FAMILY & PARENTING TOPICS

• Understanding Children
• Parenting Resources
• Adoption - Child Welfare Information Gateway provides adoption resources
• Caring for Our Children - This site provides a continuously evolving list of selected web sites providing health and safety tips and information applicable to child care settings
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - Includes recall, reports, and alerts for consumer products.
• Early Childhood Iowa/Parents  - Early Childhood Iowa Parents provides free objective, medically accurate early care, health, and education information for families in Iowa.

Food Assistance Program - (formerly known as Food Stamps)
The Food Assistance program promotes the general welfare of low income families by raising their levels of nutrition to avoid hunger and malnutrition.

Iowa Department of Human Services
This site provides information on licensing, child care resource referral, and other child care programs.  Once inside this informative site, visit the link for Children and Family Services.

Iowa State University Extension / Early Childhood  
Iowa State University Extension provides information and training on child development, early childhood education, guidance and discipline, nutrition, and many other related topics.

ISU Extension to Families
Iowa State University Extension to Families reaches out to families across the lifespan.  We provide research-based information and education to help families make decisions that improve and transform their lives.  Extension to Families offers you and your family information about:
Aging
Childcare
Consumer Decisions
Families and Communities
Family and Financial Management
Family Relationships
Food Safety
Food, Nutrition and Health
Parent Education

Iowa Quality Rating System (QRS)
A voluntary program that offers providers a guided way to improve the quality of child care they provide.

National Network for Child Care
Extension's national source of more than 2,000 resources related to child care.  It offers support and assistance from a variety of experts in the field of child care.

Families Answer Line  (800-262-3804)
Questions relating to home and family, nutrition, food safety 
Relay Iowa (TTY) 800-735-2942
Hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Email questions to: answer@iastate.edu

Iowa Concern (800-447-1985)
Financial questions, legal issues, family transitions
TTD (Telecommunications Device for Deaf Persons) - 800-735-2942
Phones are answered all hours, all days