Activities

• International Year of the Family
  Discover the culture and family celebrations of different nations around the world. Includes activity guides.
• Play Kits
  Utilizing everyday household materials, these play kits provide hands-on activities for parents or child care providers to use with children.

Programs

• Caring for an Older Relative
  This program explores the demographics of aging, the changing nutritional needs of older adults, signs that indicate an elderly relative is unable to live independently, and the challenges that can be experienced by the caregiver.
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
  Targeted to limited-resource households with pregnant women and pre-teen children. Through hands-on learning, participants learn the skills and motivation needed to choose and prepare healthy and safe meals for their families. It is delivered in 14 Indiana counties.
• Family Nutrition Program
  Available to food stamp recipients in 53 Indiana counties. Through programs in homes and community settings, participants develop the knowledge and skills in nutrition, meal planning, food purchasing, and food preparation and safety.
• Have A Healthy Baby
  Prenatal nutrition education program consisting of six lessons that emphasize nutrition and lifestyle choices — smoking, drinking, and drugs. The program is research-based and taught by trained, caring professionals.

Publications

• Children as Victims of Natural Disasters
• Couple Relationship Fact Sheet Series
• Encouraging Positive Self-Concepts in Children
• Helping Children Cope with Stress
• Helping Children Overcome Fears
• Living With Your Teenager: Understanding Emotional Changes 
• Living with Your Teenager: Understanding Physical Changes
• Nutrition Fact Sheet: Make Mealtime Family Time
• Talking with Children When the Talking Gets Tough
  

Purdue Web Sites

• Center for Families 
• Department of Child Development and Family Studies
• Purple Wagon
  Provides research-based information, recommendations, and activities to help children understand political violence, cope with fears and sadness when groups are in conflict, and learn how to make peace. Includes information and resources for parents, children/teens, educators, media, and researchers.
  

Other Helpful Web Sites

• Access Indiana
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• CareFinder Indiana
• ChildStats.gov: Forum on Child and Family Statistics 
• Child Trends Databank
• Child Welfare League of America
• Children’s Defense Fund
• CSREES: Child Care & After-School Programs
• CSREES: Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service
• CYFERnet (Children, Youth & Families Education & Research Network
• Early Head Start National Resource Center @ Zero to Three
• ERIC/EECE (Clearinghouse on Elementary & Early Childhood Education)
• Families and Work Institute
• Family Education Network
• Future of Children
• Head Start Administration for Children & Families
• Healthy Generations
• IACCRR (Indiana Association for Child Care Resource & Referral)
• IAEYC (Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children)
• Indiana Department of Workforce Development
• Indiana Extension Homemakers Association
• Indiana Family & Social Services Administration
• Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
• Indiana Youth Institute
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Council on Family Relations
• National Head Start Association
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• Prevent Child Abuse America
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
• Search Institute
• STATS Indiana
• Urban Institute
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Voices for America’s Children