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Organizations marked with an (*) are located in the Houston Area.

Adoption

Adoption
www.adoption.org

* Adopt 2000
www.adopt2000houston.org

Advocacy

*Child Advocates

www.childadvocates.org

*Children’s Defense Fund

www.childrensdefense.org

* Children at Risk
www.childrenatrisk.org

Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition (TECEC)
www.tecec.org

*One Voice Collaborative for Health and Human Services
www.onevoicehouston.org

Children with Special Health Care Needs

* Center for Hearing and Speech
www.oraldeafed.org

* ECI Keep Pace
www.ecikeeppace.org

* Mental Health Association of Greater Houston
www.mhagh.org

* Mental Health/Mental Retardation of Harris County
www.mhmraofharriscounty.org

* The ARC of Greater Houston
www.thearcofgreaterhouston.com

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Services
www.mentalhealth.org

Parents for Public Schools
www.parents4publicschools.com

Child Care

* Collaborative for Children
www.collabforchildren.org

* Preschool for ALL
www.preschoolforall.org

* Y.M.C.A of Greater Houston
www.ymcahouston.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org

Texas Association for the Education of Young Children
www.texasaeyc.org

* Houston Area Association for the Education of Young Children
www.haaeyc.org

National Association for Family Child Care
www.nafcc.org

National Child Care Information Center
www.nccic.org

National Head Start Association
www.nhsa.org

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
www.naccrra.net

Child Care Aware
www.childcareaware.org

* Child Care Licensing, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS)
www.txchildcaresearch.org

*Help for families with financial concerns
www.collabforchildren.org/families/concerns.html

Raising Texas: The Texas Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative
www.raisingtexas.com

Texas Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (TACCRRA)
www.taccrra.net

Parenting Education

* ChildBuilders
www.childbuilders.org

* Depelchin Children’s Center
www.depelchin.org

* Escape Family Resource Center
www.escapfrs.org

* Family Service Center
www.fsc.org

* TEAM Project, A program of Partners Resource Network
www.partnerstx.org

*Escape Resource Center www.escapefrc.org

Prenatal /Pregnancy Health and Nutrition

Children’s Nutrition Resource Center at Baylor College of Medicine www.kidsnutrition.org

Community Doula
www.communitydoula.org

* LIFE/Houston (Local Infant Formula for Emergencies)
www.lifehouston.org

Baby Center.com
www.babycenter.com

Better Baby Care (Coordinated by the Zero to Three Policy Network at the Zero to Three Policy Center) www.zerotothree.org/policy/policy_network.html

Very Best Baby
www.verybestbaby.com

Shelters that accept children

* Houston Area Women’s Center
www.hawc.org

* Covenant House of Texas
www.covenanthousetx.org

* House of Tiny Treasures
www.searchproject.org

* The Bridge (Destiny Village)
www.thebridgeovertroubledwaters.org

* Star of Hope

www.sohmission.org//main.asp