-- A --
Adoption
American Sign Language
Auditory Oral/Auditory Verbal
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
-- B --
Bikes/wheels/bike helmets
Booster seat safety
Brain Development
Burns, Prevention of
-- C --
Car Seat Safety
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child and Teen Checkups (C & TC)
Child Care
Childhood Stress
Choosing a Doctor
Cochlear implants
Community Resources
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Consideration, Learning
Creativity and Imagination
Cued Speech
-- D --
Death
Discipline
Dog bite prevention
-- E --
Ear infections and early learning
Early Childhood Family Education
Early Childhood Screening Program
Early Childhood Special Education
Early Math
Early Physical Science
Executive Function
Expectations for hearing aid usage
-- F --
Fathering
Fears
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fussy Eaters
-- H --
Halloween safety
Head Start
Hearing aids
Hearing loss and early brain development
Hearing loss: your child and school
Home Alone
Home Safety
Home safety
-- I --
Immunizations
-- L --
Lead Poisoning
Learning
Learning loss: parent support for learning language
Learning to Read
Learning to Write
Lice
-- M --
Mild hearing loss
Military Families
Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs (MCSHN)
-- N --
Nature
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
Raising Health Conscious Children
Readiness Activities Home for Math, Literacy and Science
Reading Aloud
Recreational water safety
-- S --
School Readiness
Second Hand Smoke
Social Development
Sports safety
Strangers
Stress and Your Child (see Childhood Stress)
Supporting Play in Three Easy Steps
-- T --
Talking to Your Child
Teaching Children about Money
Teaching Responsibility
Temper Tantrums
Toilet Training
Toy Safety
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
-- U --
Unilateral hearing loss
-- W --
Water Safety
Weather safety
Adoption
American Sign Language
Auditory Oral/Auditory Verbal
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
-- B --
Bikes/wheels/bike helmets
Booster seat safety
Brain Development
Burns, Prevention of
-- C --
Car Seat Safety
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child and Teen Checkups (C & TC)
Child Care
Childhood Stress
Choosing a Doctor
Cochlear implants
Community Resources
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Consideration, Learning
Creativity and Imagination
Cued Speech
-- D --
Death
Discipline
Dog bite prevention
-- E --
Ear infections and early learning
Early Childhood Family Education
Early Childhood Screening Program
Early Childhood Special Education
Early Math
Early Physical Science
Executive Function
Expectations for hearing aid usage
-- F --
Fathering
Fears
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fussy Eaters
-- H --
Halloween safety
Head Start
Hearing aids
Hearing loss and early brain development
Hearing loss: your child and school
Home Alone
Home Safety
Home safety
-- I --
Immunizations
-- L --
Lead Poisoning
Learning
Learning loss: parent support for learning language
Learning to Read
Learning to Write
Lice
-- M --
Mild hearing loss
Military Families
Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs (MCSHN)
-- N --
Nature
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
Raising Health Conscious Children
Readiness Activities Home for Math, Literacy and Science
Reading Aloud
Recreational water safety
-- S --
School Readiness
Second Hand Smoke
Social Development
Sports safety
Strangers
Stress and Your Child (see Childhood Stress)
Supporting Play in Three Easy Steps
-- T --
Talking to Your Child
Teaching Children about Money
Teaching Responsibility
Temper Tantrums
Toilet Training
Toy Safety
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
-- U --
Unilateral hearing loss
-- W --
Water Safety
Weather safety
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.
