-- A --
Adoption
American Sign Language
Auditory Oral/Auditory Verbal
-- B --
Brain Development
Burns, Prevention of
-- C --
Car Seat Safety
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child and Teen Checkups (C & TC)
Child Care
Child Development
Child Find
Childhood Stress
Choosing a Doctor
Cochlear implants
Cognitive Development
Community Resources
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Consideration, Learning
Cued Speech
-- D --
Death
Development Delay
Discipline
Dog Bites
-- E --
Ear infections and early learning
Early Childhood Family Education
Early Childhood Special Education
Early Head Start
Early Math
Expectations for hearing aid usage
-- F --
Fall prevention
Fathering
Fears
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Furniture tipover prevention
Fussy Eaters
-- G --
Grandparenting
-- H --
Hearing aids
Hearing loss and early brain development
Hearing loss: your child and school
Home Safety
-- I --
Immunizations
In and around cars
Interagency Early Intervention Committees
-- L --
Lead Poisoning
Learning
Learning loss: parent support for learning language
Lice
-- M --
Mild hearing loss
Military Families
Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs (MCSHN)
Motor Development
-- N --
Negativism
Never leave a child alone in a vehicle
Newsletters
Nutrition
-- O --
Oral Health
Overview of communication choices
-- P --
Parenting Education Classes
Pedestrian safety
Permanent hearing loss
Play
Playground Safety
Poisoning, Preventing
Preparing for Siblings
-- R --
Radon
Reading Aloud
Recreational water safety
Ride on Toys - Tricycle Helmets
-- S --
Second Hand Smoke
Stress and Your Child (see Childhood Stress)
-- T --
Talking to Your Child
Teaching Responsibility
Temper Tantrums
Toilet Training
Toy Safety
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Tricycles/toddler helmets
-- U --
Unilateral hearing loss
-- W --
Water Safety
Webinars for Parents (library)
Adoption
American Sign Language
Auditory Oral/Auditory Verbal
-- B --
Brain Development
Burns, Prevention of
-- C --
Car Seat Safety
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child and Teen Checkups (C & TC)
Child Care
Child Development
Child Find
Childhood Stress
Choosing a Doctor
Cochlear implants
Cognitive Development
Community Resources
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Consideration, Learning
Cued Speech
-- D --
Death
Development Delay
Discipline
Dog Bites
-- E --
Ear infections and early learning
Early Childhood Family Education
Early Childhood Special Education
Early Head Start
Early Math
Expectations for hearing aid usage
-- F --
Fall prevention
Fathering
Fears
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Furniture tipover prevention
Fussy Eaters
-- G --
Grandparenting
-- H --
Hearing aids
Hearing loss and early brain development
Hearing loss: your child and school
Home Safety
-- I --
Immunizations
In and around cars
Interagency Early Intervention Committees
-- L --
Lead Poisoning
Learning
Learning loss: parent support for learning language
Lice
-- M --
Mild hearing loss
Military Families
Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs (MCSHN)
Motor Development
-- N --
Negativism
Never leave a child alone in a vehicle
Newsletters
Nutrition
-- O --
Oral Health
Overview of communication choices
-- P --
Parenting Education Classes
Pedestrian safety
Permanent hearing loss
Play
Playground Safety
Poisoning, Preventing
Preparing for Siblings
-- R --
Radon
Reading Aloud
Recreational water safety
Ride on Toys - Tricycle Helmets
-- S --
Second Hand Smoke
Stress and Your Child (see Childhood Stress)
-- T --
Talking to Your Child
Teaching Responsibility
Temper Tantrums
Toilet Training
Toy Safety
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Tricycles/toddler helmets
-- U --
Unilateral hearing loss
-- W --
Water Safety
Webinars for Parents (library)
Community Resources
The responsibility of being a new parent can sometimes seem overwhelming. You may not know where to turn for answers to your questions. You and your family may be new to the community and unsure what programs or services might be available. While family, friends, neighbors and your doctor can answer many of your questions, answers to other questions may be hard to find. Communities throughout Minnesota have an array of programs and services that can help you meet the challenges of parenting a new baby or resolve other issues involved in starting a family. For further information, contact any of the programs listed below.
Help Me Grow: Call 1-866-693-GROW (4769)
Call this FREE number or visit the online Help Me Grow referral Web page if you have concerns about your child's growth, learning or development. Help Me Grow: Infant and Toddler Intervention services and Help Me Grow: Preschool Special Education program provides help for Minnesota Children from birth to kindergarten entry. Children can receive services in their home, child care setting or school. These services are free to eligible families regardless of income or immigrant status.
United Way Telephone Referral Service: Call 2-1-1; available 24/7 (cell phone users can call 651-291-0211)
Minnesota 2-1-1 is a FREE service that connects you with community services in Minnesota including childcare, counseling, food, health, housing, legal help, mental health, transportation and youth services.
Telephone lines for English-, Spanish-, Hmong- and Russian-speaking parents are available Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. For English, Spanish or Hmong, call 211 or 651-291-0211 (cell phone users). Russian-speaking parents call 651-698-9167.
MinnesotaHelp.info Website
Find information, in both English and Spanish, on programs and services in your community to help with health care, child care, job training, education, recreation, retirement, disability and social services for yourself or other family members on the MinnesotaHelp.info Website.
