National Resources on Early Intervention and Prevention
Early Intervention Research Institute
Center for Persons with Disabilities
6580 Old Main Hall
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-6580
Website: http://eiri.usu.edu/
Phone: (435) 797-1172
Toll Free: (88) 887-1699
Fax: (435) 797-2019
The Early Intervention Research Institute (EIRI) is an interdisciplinary organization
committed to investigating and improving policies and practices that support the well-being of
at-risk children as well as children with special needs and their families. They conduct research
as well as provide training and technical assistance at community, state, national, and
international levels. Their interests include developmental parenting, simple technology for
parents and families, and improving language use among parents. Using research and
evaluation, the Institute develops comprehensive, community-based systems of care and
support. They also promote early language literacy with ethnically diverse families and
measure and monitor state and federal outcomes for children. The EIRI institute promotes
health care decision-making through continuous quality improvement.
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
CB 8040
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040
Website: http://ectacenter.org/
Phone: (919) 962-2001
Fax: (919) 966-7463
E-mail: ectacenter@unc.edu
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA) is funded by the Office of
Special Education Programs and works to provide information for health care professionals and
child caregivers. Their website offers a video guide that elaborates on the resources and links
that they offer. Some of the important information provided by the ECTA includes: Part C
literature; preschool grant programs; publications on child health care; and contact lists for
similar centers and organizations. Although the site centers on young children and early health
care, they offer parents and professionals a means of communication through discussion
groups, events, and conferences.
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National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB 8180, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
FPG Information: 919.966.2622
Website: http://npdci.fpg.unc.edu/
Email at: http://npdci.fpg.unc.edu/contact
The National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) works with states
and organizations to ensure that early childhood teachers and advocates are prepared to
educate and care for young children with disabilities. The goal of the center is to bring together
childcare leaders within a state who provide development related inclusion to groups such as
teachers, disability specialists, and family members. The website offers a database search that
includes topics pertaining to childcare, such as, inclusion, state work, and evidence based
practices. These resources come in the form of presentations, scholarly articles, and research
summaries.
March of Dimes
March of Dimes National Office
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Website: http://www.marchofdimes.com/
Phone: (914) 997-4488
Email at : http://www.marchofdimes.com/contact-us.aspx
March of Dimes helps mothers have full-term pregnancies and researches the problems
that threaten the health of babies. Their programs are aimed at supporting pregnant mothers
and professionals that work in early intervention programs. The March of Dimes develops and
implements local programs that improve the life of babies. They provide information and
services designed to prevent premature birth and birth defects as well as supports research
aimed at preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
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Parents as Teachers
2228 Ball Drive
St. Louis, Mo. 63146
Website: http://www.parentsasteachers.org
Phone: (314) 432-4330
Fax: (314) 432-8963
Email at: http://www.parentsasteachers.org/contact
Parents as Teachers works to help organizations and professionals who interact with
parents during the early years of children’s lives. They develop curricula, train professionals,
advocate for children and families, and set standards for caregivers. The organization is a
trusted resource and a proven home visiting model. Through advocacy and outreach, Parents
as Teachers serves as a voice for early childhood education. They offer many different types of
training that allow the user to customize their pathway based on their individual situation.
They also have over 2000 different locations throughout the United States that are either
directly sponsored by Parents as Teachers or affiliated with them. These locations offer
resources that can be beneficial to anyone involved with childcare.
Parents Anonymous
675 West Foothill Blvd., Suite 220
Claremont, CA 91711-3475
Website: www.parentsanonymous.org
Phone: (909) 621-6184
Fax: (909) 621-0614
Email at: http://parentsanonymous.org/contact/
Parents Anonymous works to ensure meaningful, shared leadership which results in
better outcomes for families and communities by advocating, implementing, and evaluating
across systems through evidence-based programs. The program is a community of parents,
organizations and volunteers who are dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect. Groups
meet weekly, free of charge to parents and caregivers, and the intervention is considered an
evidence-based program. They utilize mutual support and shared leadership to inspire positive
changes in families and communities
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National Center for Learning Disabilities
381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
Website: http://www.ncld.org/
Phone: (212) 545-7510
Fax: (212) 545-9665
Email at: http://www.ncld.org/contact-us
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) is designed to help those who have
disabilities or families that are caring for a disabled person. They connect parents and others
with resources, guidance, and support so they can advocate effectively for their children. Their
website focuses on the development of people with disabilities and the struggles they
experience in everyday life. The Center has information for children, teenagers, adults, parents,
and families so that all ages of persons with disabilities can succeed in their stage of life. The
NCLD is also focused on educational opportunities and rights that have been shaped by federal
policies such as the Disabilities Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act. They work
closely with policymakers to ensure that everyone who needs assistance has easy access to it.
National Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds
P.O. Box 15206
Seattle, WA 98115
Website: http://www.ctfalliance.org/
Email: info@ctfalliance.org
Contact: Teresa Rafael, Executive Director
The National Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds is the national
membership organization for state children's trust and prevention funds (CTFs), which are
found in almost every state and were created by state legislative statute. CTFs work to further
the development of community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs in their
states. They implement or fund strategies, programs and services to strengthen families to
prevent child abuse and neglect. They annually provide more than $100 million for communitybased child abuse and neglect prevention strategies. The Alliance helps ensure that all states
have a strong and effective children’s trust or prevention fund capable of leading and investing
in strategies, policies and best practices that prevent child abuse and neglect before it occurs.
The Alliance is one of the national leaders in the movement to implement the Strengthening
Families Protective Factors framework (SM) and provides extensive training, materials and
technical support across the country. A free of charge 14-hour training is available on the
Alliance website and has been used by more than 6000 staff working to help families build
strong protective factors. The Alliance initiates and engages in other national efforts that help
state CTFs to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
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Safe Kids Worldwide
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
Website: http://www.safekids.org/
Phone: (202) 662-0600
Fax: (202) 393-2072
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global organization committed to preventing injuries in
children. Around the world, a child dies from an unintentional injury every 30 seconds and this
organization works to reduce this statistic. Safe Kids works with an extensive network of more
than 600 coalitions in the United States and partners with organizations in 23 countries around
the world to reduce injuries to children. They currently work to develop programs, research
techniques, and raise awareness of child injury.
Parents Central
NHTSA Headquarters
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
West Building
Washington, DC 20590
Website: http://www.safercar.gov/parents/index.htm
Phone: 1-(888)-327-4236
Email at: http://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa-dpmextn/jsp/email/email_nhtsa.jsp
Parents Central is a website and program funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration that works to save lives on roadways, in parking lots, and in cars. Their overall
goal is to keep children safe while in vehicles. They focus on five main factors that contribute to
children endangerment regarding cars. These five factors are: backing over; heatstroke; seat
belt entanglement; trunk entrapment; and power windows. The website explains how these
factors can hurt children, how to avoid these hazards, and what a parent can do to educate
their child at an early age. Parents Central has also started a program called “Look Before You
Lock” which instructs parents on ways to avoid locking their children in the car. This is an
important issue because, on average, 37 children a year that have been trapped in a car die
from heatstroke.
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National Parent Information Network
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7469
Website: http://ecap.crc.illinois.edu/eecearchive/books/fte/npin.html
Phone: (217)-333-1386
Email: npin@uiuc.edu
The National Parent Information Network finds and shares high-quality materials
related to parenting and parent involvement in education. The focus is on creating an
attractive, widely available resource collection that incorporates graphics and other parentfriendly features of the Internet. The program provides an attractive, single point of access on
the World Wide Web to high-quality information on parenting and parent involvement in their
children’s education. The goal of the program is to link programs and practices and display
them on one website so that parents can easily become involved in their children’s education
process.
Cribs for Kids
Riverfront Place 810 River Avenue
Suite 250
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Website: http://www.cribsforkids.org/
Phone: (888) 721-2742
Fax: (421) 322-5686
Email at: http://www.cribsforkids.org/contact-us/
Cribs for Kids works to lower the rate of accidental death of babies due to unsafe
sleeping environments. The program educates parents on the importance of safe sleep
practices as well as providing them with safe cribs. The website offers up-to-date research on
the latest infant sleeping techniques. They offer families who can not afford safe cribs a way to
protect their child from the dangers while sleeping. Cribs for Kids has distributed over 200,000
safe cribs to low-income families and has offered infant safe sleep education through its Infant
Safe Sleep Hospital Initiative
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