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Birth to 3 Training and Technical Assistance	The Birth to 3 Training and Technical Assistance site provides the latest state policies and sample forms as well as information on best practices in all areas of early intervention.
Bright Beginnings Brochure	This handy, multicolored brochure to raising children from birth to nine years of age was developed by teacher, parents, librarians, and community advisors in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It outlines developmental stages for the various age groups and suggests easy activities to get parents through meals, bath, and bedtimes. For more information please contact the Eau Claire County School District at 715.852.3004 or http://www.ecasd.k12.wi.us.
Cooperative Education Service Agency (CESA)	The Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA) are regionally based. CESA #10 is the fiscal agent for 24 school districts in Northwestern Wisconsin, serves as our area-wide resource for staff development and collaboration, and provides special education services to these districts.
Child Find	The Child Find endeavor encourages coordination of identification efforts by agencies within a community and is called the Informed Referral Network.
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)	The Western Regional Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) is dedicated to meeting family needs through a statewide coordinated system of information referral, follow-up, parent to parent support, and service coordination through local public health departments and community agencies.
Department of Public Instruction: Early Childhood (DPI)	The DPI works in partnership with parents, professionals, and the early childhood community to create strong communities and to support all families in their roles and responsibilities. We want all children to have a quality childhood so they become lifelong learners, active contributors to healthy communities, and productive members of society.
Eau Claire County Health Department	The Eau Claire County Health Department provides information about local demographics, health indicators, and services such as immunization clinics, family planning, healthy eating, lifestyle, water supply protection, health care access, and the WIC program.
Family Resource Center for Eau Claire County	The mission of the Family Resource Center is to provide programs and services that build on family strengths through prevention, education, support and networking with other resources in the community. The Family Resource Center is available to ALL families and children in Eau Claire County.
Family Resource Corner	An outreach service of the Children's Mental Health Alliance - Chippewa Valley
Jumpstart Preschool	Jumpstart Preschool is an Americorps program that funds college students to spend weekly one-on-one on one time with preschoolers at local Head Start sites. The students help children improve communication, reading, and social skills.
Luther Midelfort's Kids HelpLine	Luther Midelfort's Kids HelpLine is a service and resource for health providers, social workers, parents and schools who are concerned about a child or adolescent's well being. The HelpLine can suggest treatment options for children and adolescents who are struggling to deal with such challenging issues. The Kids HelpLine is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm by calling 715.838.5633 or check out the CMHA Kids HelpLine webpage for more information.
Maternal and Child Health Hotline	Public Health Information and Referral Services.
OSEP Ideas that Work	This website is a very exciting and useful resource for parents. Although designed as a toolkit for parents, school personnel could make good use of this material. The contents include models for large-scale assessment for students with disabilities, technical assistance products, instructional practices, behavior, and accommodations.
Path	Path is a creative planning tool used for children with disabilities and their families. Path starts in the future and works backward to an outcome of first (beginning) steps that are possible and productive. Path is very results oriented.
Social Security Administration	Social Security Administration benefits are payable to disabled children under age 18 who have limited income and resources, or who come from homes with limited income and resources. The benefits include eligibility for Wisconsin Medicaid card and a monthly cash payment. To qualify, children must meet social security's definition of disability and the household income and assets must fall within the household income eligibility limits. Contact the Eau Claire Social Security Office at 715.836.6652, or toll-free at 1.800.772.1213
Special Education in Plain Language	An interactive handbook on Special Education Laws Policies and Practices in Wisconsin, which was developed collaboratively by parents, advocacy organizations, school and special education personnel, service providers, union members, special education attorneys, and the Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin Child Care Resource & Referral Network	The Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) Network is an organization made up of the 17 community-based CCR&R agencies serving all of Wisconsin. Their mission is to exercise leadership in the creation of an inclusive, high-quality child care/child development system and to promote the professional growth and development of its member agencies. The Network offers training and technical assistance to its member agencies, collaborates with other agencies related to child care at the state level, and works on other projects as funding allows, including a statewide consumer education campaign and a Hmong family child care project.
Child Care Partnership Resource & Referral Center Inc.	The mission of Child Care Partnership Resource & Referral is to make child care work by: Connecting parents with the child care services they need, offering information and education for parental choice; Developing professionals who care for our children, encouraging them to go above and beyond the basic standards of quality in the care and education they provide for Wisconsin's children; *Collecting child care data the impacts communities and infusing that data into communities to inform decision making and planning. The Child Care Partnership Resource & Referral Center Inc. is a program of Western Dairyland, located at 418 Wisconsin Street, Eau Claire, WI 54703. Contact them at 715-831-1700 or toll free at 800-782-1880
Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners WECCP	Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners (WECCP) is designed as a resource and an online community for parents, administrators, and staff of Early Childhood Programs throughout Wisconsin. The Collaborating Partners have come together to promote the blending of our state’s early childhood education and care systems. The Eau Claire Health Communities Initiative is featured in the "Scrapbook" section of this website.
Wisconsin First Step	Wisconsin First Step is a statewide Information and Referral (I&R) hotline that serves families with children who have special health care needs. The hotline is open 24/7 and is answered Monday-Friday, 8 am - 4 pm by Parent Specialists. The Parent Specialists have specialized disability knowledge and have a child with a special need.
Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative WSPEI	The mission of Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI) is to help schools promote partnerships with families of children with disabilities. Developed by the Department of Public Instruction, WSPEI is a service for parents, educators, and others interested in parent-educator partnerships for children with disabilities.
Zero To Three	The Infant Mental Health Resource Center provides information about the healthy social and emotional development of a child from birth to three years. In the context of the family, it provides a growing field of research and practice devoted: to the promotion of healthy social and emotional development to the prevention of mental health problems to the treatment of the mental health problems of very young children