Helpful Resources
Community Resource Guideby Child Development, Inc. © 2024-2025
Here are some additional resources you may find helpful:
Child Care Regulations
The links below will take you to the Pennsylvania Bulletin where you can find Pennsylvania Child Care regulations that were changed, effective Saturday, December 19, 2020. The correct chapter to reference is CHAPTER 3270. By clicking on each category in this list, you will be taken to the section you are interested in referencing:
Center
Group Child Care Home
Family Child Care Home
Head Start Regulations (Head Start Performance Standards)
This link will take you to Head Start | Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center’s POLICY & REGULATIONS page for the most current Head Start Performance Standards.
Drugwatch
Educational guides on children’s health from newborn to preteen – promotiting children’s well-being by knowing what to look out for:
Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
Head Start | Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center HOME page where you can find information and learning opportunities relevant to the Head Start and a comprehensive resource for anyone involved in early childhood education.
FamilyWize Prescription Drug Discount Card
This discount card, is being distributed by the Schuylkill United Way and can lower the cost of your medicine by an average of 40%. People who don’t have health insurance, as well as, people who do have health insurance but the medicine being prescribed is not covered by the insurance plan can use this discount card. Just click on the FamilyWize (above) and it will take you to the Schuylkill United Way’s web page that further explains this prescription discount card. You will then be able to click on their link to the FamilyWize Prescription Drug Discount Card.
Kids Count
A state-by-state project of the Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Information focusing on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.
National Head Start Association
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (formally the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare)
Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality
Provides statewide leadership in the development of an integrated and coordinated system of program quality improvements and professional development supports for early childhood education.
Pennsylvania Head Start Association
PNC Grow Up Great
Helps prepare children from birth to age five for success in school and life.
Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children
Offers professional development, advocacy support, networking, leadership, and other opportunities for early childhood professionals.
Renew Bariatrics
Renew Bariatics is a community of doctors, surgeons, and employees dedicated to helping people live better by supporting healthy weight management.
During the pandemic, the rate of childhood obesity among kids ages 2 to 19 increased to 22.4% in 2020. Childhood obesity has become a serious issue in recent years and puts children at risk for further health complications.
We recently published an educational guide for parents that discusses causes, risks, diagnosing childhood obesity, and what parents can do to help their children stay healthy from adolescence to adulthood. Please click on the link above and check us out!
Rural Resource Guide for Substance Use/Opioid Use Disorder (St Luke’s Spring 2023)
Schuylkill County Resource Guide 2021-04-16 (by LHOT [Local Housing Options Team])
Star Community Health – Dental Service Click on the link and visit our Facebook page at: @starcommunityhealth