Child Development

The Administration for Children & Families (ACF) is a division of the Department of Health & Human Services. ACF promotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.​

The "Diseases and Conditions" webpage from the CDC website.

Children Now takes a whole-child approach, covering the full-range of key children’s issues, from prenatal through age 26, including early childhood development, education, children’s health, childhood trauma and resilience, foster care, and youth justice.

The "Child Injury Prevention Topics" webpage of the CDC website. This webpage has a number of resources related to childhood safety issues. You can also find publications, like the Color Me Safe coloring book, CDC Childhood Injury Report, and the National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention.

Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.

The "Children and Teenagers" webpage of MedlinePlus from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. This is a great online reference source for consumer health information that has been vetted by the American Medical Library Association.

The "Health Information" webpage from the NIH website.

"The Office of Minority Health Resource Center online library catalog provides access to the nation’s largest repository of information dedicated to the health of minority populations within the United States and its territories."

Open Web verision of the popular magazine. Includes articles on parenting, pregnancy and childbirth, toddlers & preschoolers and more.

The "Health Topics" webpage from the WHO website.

This is a great starting point to discover blogs on early childhood education. The page links out to 14 helpful blogs for preschool teachers and people interested in child development.

The is a great listing of licensed services. While this list is a great way to find out if a provider is licensed, it can also be used as a job search to see who is in your area.

This is a great list to begin to look for blogs in Child Development and early Childhood Education. It isn't a complete list, but acts as a good starting point to find out what is available.

Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors is the nation’s first evidence-based comprehensive training program developed by and for Latino parents with children ages 0-5.

The Child and Family Guidance Center empowers children and families to achieve health and well-being through innovative mental health services and community programs.

The largest child protective services agency in the nation, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services is responsible for ensuring the safety of more than 2 million children across 88 diverse cities in Los Angeles County.

Gateway to the many programs and services of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), the nation's largest regional education agency.

LAHSA’s mission is to support, create and sustain solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County by providing leadership, advocacy, planning, and management of program funding.

Directory of homeless agencies around Los Angeles.

List of questions and answers that inform children about Law Enforcement and tips for their safety.

The Pierce College Child Development Center provides care and education for children whose parents attend Los Angeles Pierce College and for families in the surrounding community.