National Library Service (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS circulates books and magazines in braille or audio formats, delivered by postage-free mail or instantly downloadable.
The CDC Website has parenting tips for infants to teens. It is also available in Spanish. It can be reached at here.
If you or your child have a permanent disability you may be entitled to a free, lifetime pass to visit the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands. Qualifying disabilities include physical, mental, or sensory impairments. The pass can be used at over 2,000 Federal recreation sites across the nation. Those include National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, and other federal recreation lands. There is currently a $10 processing fee. You may access the application online at https://store.usgs.gov/access-pass
Children involved in formal and informal kinship care in most cases are eligible for Head Start services according to the Head Start Act and Head Start Program Performance Standards. If the caregiver receives or is eligible to receive public assistance, a child in their care is eligible for Head Start. If a child living with relatives receives a “child-only” TANF grant, then the child receives public assistance and is eligible for Head Start. Contact your local Head Start program for more details.
Now there’s a free new tool from the FBI that can help. Our Child ID app—the first mobile application created by the FBI—provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and other vital information about your children so that it’s literally right at hand if you need it. You can show the pictures and provide physical identifiers such as height and weight to security or police officers on the spot. Using a special tab on the app, you can also quickly and easily e-mail the information to authorities with a few clicks. https://www.fbi.gov/news/apps/child-id-app
Decatur Youth Services has an after school tutoring program open to all students in 1st – 12th grade. The program includes tutoring, mentoring, recreational activities, homework help, snack and meal, and transportation. There is no cost to participate. For more information call (256) 341-4690 or (256) 341-7044.
https://www.decaturalabamausa.com/departments/youth-services/
From birth to age 5, your child should reach milestones in how he or she plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves.
Track your child’s milestones from age 2 months to 5 years using a new mobile application provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC). In the app you’ll find easy-to-use illustrated checklists, and photos and videos that illustrate each milestone and make tracking them for your child easy and fun!
Get tips from CDC for encouraging your child’s development, and find out what to do if you are ever concerned about how your child is developing.
Search for “CDC’s Milestones Tracker” in the Apple Store and Google Play to download the app to your mobile device.