The Texas Department of State Health Services does not
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not be accessible to persons with disabilities.
DSHS Resources
Central Adoption
Registry - The Central Adoption Registry is a voluntary mutual-consent
registry allowing adoptees (born and/or adopted in Texas), birth parents, and
biological siblings who are at least 18 years of age to attempt to locate
family members by being listed in the registry.
Local
Public Health Organizations – Texas local public health organizations vary
in size. Services are provided based on availability and type of funding, and are
based on need determined by the communities they serve. DSHS serves Texas
public health needs by provision of essential public health services, support
to local public health agencies, and leadership and coordination for public
health emergency preparedness and response.
Medical
and Research Library - Medical and Research Library of the Texas Department
of Health serves medical practitioners and medical researchers working for or
through the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Texas
Immunizations - Information about DSHS’ Immunization Division's programs
and services.
Other Texas Resources
Sidelines of North
Central Texas - A community-based, nonprofit network of support chapters
serving every region in the United States. Each chapter provides peer
counseling from trained volunteers who also experienced a high-risk pregnancy.
Sidelines is there for parents, grandparents, and friends, too. Often the fear
and turmoil extend beyond the immediate family.
Texas
Breastfeeding Promotion- Its mission is to coordinate breastfeeding
promotion and support efforts in Texas.
State of Texas Homepage
- All About Texas for Texans, future Texans, and visitors.
Texas National Organizations
for Youth Safety (NOYS) – The organization’s mission is to support Texas
youth and families. TNOYS aims to help families overcome challenges and achieve
healthy development.
National Resources
Ability
OnLine Support Network - Ability OnLine is a network to help connect
children and adolescents with disabilities in touch with the world.
American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP)-
AAP commits to helping infants, children, adolescents and young adults achieve
optimal physical, mental, and social health.
American Medical
Association - The AMA is much more than a voluntary membership organization
of physicians. It is the patient's advocate and the physician's voice. It sets
standards for the profession of medicine.
American Public Health
Association - APHA focuses on issues affecting personal and environmental
health. For example, federal and state funding for health programs, pollution
control, programs and policies related to chronic and infectious diseases, a
smoke-free society by the year 2000, and professional education in public health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -
CDC aims to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling
disease, injury, and disability.
Center for the
Future of Children - The Future of Children is published three times yearly
by The Center for the Future of Children. Its mission is to translate the best
social science research about children and youth into information that is
useful to policymakers, practitioners, grant-makers, advocates, the media, and
students of public policy. It publishes one journal and policy brief each year,
in addition to other projects. The policy topics covered range from education
to health to families with children as the unifying element.
Child Welfare
Information Gateway - A federal resource for child welfare, child abuse and
neglect, and adoption. Child Welfare Information Gateway provides print and
electronic publications, websites, databases, and toolkits for improving child
welfare practice, as well as resources for families. Consumer Product Safety Commission - CPSC, an
independent Federal regulatory agency, protects American families by reducing
the risk of injury or death from consumer products. Visit the website often for
lifesaving information. Go to "Talk to us" to report unsafe products.
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the
federal government's principal agency for protecting the health of all
Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are
least able to help themselves.
Families and Work
Institute - This nonprofit organization addresses the changing nature of
work and family life. It finds research-based strategies that foster mutually
supportive connections among workplaces, families, and communities.
Findyouthinfo.gov - The
website is designed to connect local communities with federal resources for
supporting children and youth during out-of-school hours. Healthy
People 2030- Healthy People is the prevention agenda for the nation. It is
a statement of national opportunities—a tool that identifies the most
significant preventable threats to health and focuses public and private sector
efforts to address those threats. Healthy People provides information how to
improve health a format that enables diverse groups to combine their efforts
and work as a team. IDEA - The
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) makes a free appropriate
public education available to eligible children with disabilities. IDEA ensures
special education and related services to those children.
Indian Health Services –
The organization’s mission is to raise the physical, mental, social, and
spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. Institute for Child Health Policy - The
Institute focuses on children in managed care with special emphasis on children
with special health care needs. Areas of interest include issues of access,
cost, quality and family involvement.
Children’s
Safety Network - The website provides education to children about safety
issues such as hazards around the home and preventing sports injuries, for
example.
Maternal and Child
Health Bureau - Its primary responsibility is to promoteand improve the
health of our nation’s mothers and children. The Maternal and Child Health
Bureau (MCHB) draws upon nearly a century of commitment and experience.
National Black Child
Development Institute - The institute affiliate chapters provide direct
services at the community level. NBCDI's nationwide affiliate network is a
dynamic and geographically diverse force of dedicated volunteers located in
urban and rural areas and on college campuses across the country.
The National
Alliance for Hispanic Health - The alliance focuses the health, mental
health and human services needs of Hispanic communities.
National Center for Children
in Poverty: The center aims to improve the lives of low-income children and
their families by delivering its research to advocates and policymakers seeking
to craft effective policies that promote healthy child development, and strong,
nurturing families that are economically secure.
National Head Start
Association - NHSA provides a national forum for the continued enhancement
of Head Start services for poor children ages zero to five, and their families.
It is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to the concerns of
the Head Start community.
National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY_-
NICHCY has a contact page for every state in the US with contacts including
political figures, CSHCN contacts, mental health agency contacts, state
disability organization contacts, and parent group contacts.
National Institute of Health
- Begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887, the National Institutes of
Health today is one of the world's foremost biomedical research centers, and
the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S. Texas Early Childhood Professional Development
System- Formerly known as the Texas Early Care and Education Career
Development System (TECECDS), the Texas Early Childhood Professional
Development System (TECPDS) is housed at the Children’s Learning Institute
at The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston (UTHealth), the Texas State Center for Early Childhood
Development. TECPDS is one of several statewide programs managed by CLI to support
the early childhood system, including programs, professionals, and families
across the state.
Our Kids – The
website is devoted to raising kids with special needs. It has a lot of useful,
practical information and is a great place to receive support. This website
also provides information for professional from a parents' perspective.
Shriner's
Children's Texas- The system provides care to children with
neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries, and other special health care
needs.
The Urban Institute -
The Urban Institute investigates social and economic problems confronting the
nation and analyzes efforts to solve these problems. The Institute seeks to
increase Americans' improve the formulation and implementation of government
decisions. Much of its research is available to the public.
Zero to Three –
The organization focuses exclusively on these miraculous first years of life -
the critical period when a child undergoes the greatest human growth and development.
It's also a period when you - the parent or professional - can make a great
impact and positively influence a child's future.
For more information about Maternal and Child Health in
Texas, please contact us at:
Texas Department of State Health Services
Maternal & Child Health
PO Box 149347, Mail Code 1922
Austin, TX 78714-9347
(512) 776-7373: Phone
(512) 458-7658: Fax
TitleV@dshs.texas.gov
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