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Resources

Alabama Childcare Facts

Childcare & Parent Resource

Alabama Childcare Facts provides information and facts on Alabama childcare for parents and caregivers looking for information about childcare resources.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Advocacy

The Cooperative Extension System is an educational organization providing real-life solutions to improve the lives of all Alabamians.

Alabama Family Central

Childcare & Parent Resources

A one-stop destination connecting families with hundreds of programs, tools, services, and support. Finding Alabama education, healthcare, child care, and family resources is now fast and easy

Alabama Human Resources

Childcare & Parent Resources

The Child Support Enforcement Program is a joint Federal & State effort to help families establish paternity (when necessary), obtain orders for payment of child support, and secure compliance with child support court orders.

Alabama Partnership for Children

Advocacy

Works in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all Alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Alabama Public Health

Health & Nutrition

Promotes, protects and improves the health of individuals and communities in Alabama. Their website offers How-To information for WIC applications and more.

Alabama Quality Stars

Child care & Parenting Resource

Alabama’s Quality Rating and Improvement System is part of a national systematic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early care and education programs.

Alabama WIC

Health & Nutrition

WIC is a supplemental nutrition program for pregnant women, breastfeeding women, women who had a baby within the last six months, infants, and children under five.

Alabama’s Early Intervention

Developmental Issues

Alabama’s Early Intervention System is the beginning of Pre-K services for children with disabilities and developmental delays; school readiness is its sole function.

Alabama’s Children’s Trust Fund

Health & Nutrition

The Children’s Trust Fund secures resources to fund community programs committed to the prevention of child maltreatment. We advocate for children and the strengthening of families.

Autism Society of Alabama

Childcare & Parent Resources

Find programs and services near you to improve the lives of children with autism spectrum disorders. Learn about safety initiatives, information and resources, family camps, community education and more.

Babypalooza

Parenting

Babypalooza is a resource for new, expectant and hopeful parents. It’s a place to connect with other parents and a supportive community for parenting resources

Child Development Resources

Childcare & Parent Resource

Child Development Resources helps families succeed by providing information and resources to enhance the family′s ability to provide a safe, loving, and enriching life for young children.

Count the Kicks

Health & Nutrition

Paying attention to movements helps expectant parents get to know what’s normal for their baby and speak up if they notice a change.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Parenting

Dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners.

Easter Seals Central Alabama

Health & Nutrition

Easter Seals provides quality life enhancing programs and services to meet the individual needs of people living with disabilities, helping them gain greater independence.

First 5 Alabama

Mental Health

Professional association that works to nurture strong relationships among children and the adults who care for them; focused on promoting the healthy social and emotional development from birth to age five.

Help Me Grow

Developmental Issues

Help Me Grow (HMG) connects families to health and developmental resources so children (birth to age eight) can start school healthy and ready to succeed.

Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry

Health & Nutrition

Loves & Fishes Food Pantry is a ministry Grace Presbyterian Church, distributing food to more than 700 people in need in West Alabama on the second Tuesday of each month.

Pal by Text

Parenting

Subscribe to PAL by Text and receive notices about family-friendly events and resources in your area & weekly parenting tips from trusted experts!

Parenting Assistance Line

Parenting

A free service, PAL’s trained childcare development experts can offer a listening ear or suggest resources for material help. So if you’re a parent and don’t know where to turn, don’t just cope. Hope.

Tuscaloosa’s One Place

Advocacy

Empowers people to achieve their full potential and provides resources to promote self-sufficiency, strengthen families and prevent child abuse.

University Medical Center

Health & Nutrition

UMC provides family health care and participates in Reach Out and Read, a program where at each child, 6 months to 5 years, receives a new book during their well-child visits.

VOICES For Children

Advocacy

Ensures the well-being (safe, healthy, educated and economically secure) of Alabama’s children through research, public awareness and advocacy.

West Alabama Food Bank

Health & Nutrition

Helps alleviate hunger and food insecurity in nine West Alabama counties including Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter and Tuscaloosa.

Whatley Health Services

Health & Nutrition

Whatley Health Services provides primary health care services to West Alabama, accepting all major health insurance while also providing care for the uninsured and medically underserved.