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Selected Resources
National Women's Health Information Center
Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Offers original health information on a variety of special topics for women as well as health tools, statistics, and resources in Spanish.
Bright Futures
A national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
Insure Kids Now!
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Links users to free and low-cost health insurance available in every State for infants, children, and teens. Includes information on eligibility, applications, coverage, and effects of immigration status. Information and assistance also available through the national toll-free hotline at 1.877.KIDS.NOW (1.877.543.7669). Also available in Spanish.
Standards of Excellence for Health Care Services for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Child Welfare League of America (Rev. ed.) (2007)
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Describes best practices for the planning, provision, and evaluation of health care services for children in out-of-home care. The standards address the needs of children for developmental, physical, dental, and mental health services and describe how child welfare workers can collaborate with health care providers to meet those needs.
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