Child Abuse Prevention
To report child abuse or neglect, please contact one of these hotlines, which are both staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year:

• In Missouri, call 1-800-392-3738 or visit the Missouri Department of Social Services' website
  
• In Kansas, call 1-800-922-5330 or visit the Kansas SRS website
  

General Information

• Love and Logic
• Parents as Teachers
• Practical Parenting Partnerships
• The Behive (family resources)

Infants & Toddlers

• Zero to Three Institute
• Parents as Teachers

Safety

• Federal Bureau of Investigation kids' page
• Federal Bureau of Investigation — Internet safety for kids
• National Child Identification Program
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children — FAQ child safety
• KidsHealth — Preventing abductions

Reading to Your Child

• Reading Rockets

Fathering

• National Center for Fathering
• National Fatherhood Initiative
• Strong Fathers
• Fatherville

Early Childhood Research & Public Policy

• KIDS COUNT Census Data Online
• Metropolitan Council on Early Learning — Early Learning Research
• US Census Bureau
• National Institute for Early Education Research
• Kansas Action for Children
• Children's Defense Fund
• Missouri Kids Count Data

Child Care & Advocacy Efforts

• Child Care Aware of Kansas' online e-search
• Child Care Aware of Kansas Action and Information Center 
• Child Care Aware of Missouri Information and Action Center
• NACCRRA
• SRS
• KDHE
• Link to family survey on KACCRRA site
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association for Family Child Care Accreditation 
• Missouri Accreditation of Programs for Children and Youth          

Children's Campus of Kansas City

• Children's Campus of Kansas City
• Project Eagle
• Juniper Gardens Children's Project, University of Kansas
• Economic Opportunity Foundation Head Start

Special Needs

• Autism Society of America
• Guide to ADHD, Guide to Healthcare schools

Financial Opportunities for Girls

• Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City

Parenting Books

• Your Child's Self Esteem by Dorothy Corkille Briggs
• Beyond Discipline by Ed Christopherson  
• Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson
• Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World by Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelson
• Children The Challenge and How to Love Your Child by R. Dreikurs
• Between Parent and Child; Between Parent and Teen; and Between Teacher and Student by Haim Guinott
• Siblings Without Rivalry; Liberated Parents, Liberated Children; and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish           
• Your One Year Old; Your Two Year Old (etc. through teen years) by Ilg and Ames 
• Becoming A Love and Logic Parent by Faye and Cline
• The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman