If you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, you need to follow certain steps to ensure you will have a healthy baby. The new web site, which links to information on hundreds of topices, received 1.3 million hits in its first two days of operation. The objective of this campaign is to motivate the community at large to call Head Start and find out how to volunteer, with special emphasis on medical, educational and business professionals. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. ACF has collected a number of materials that define Child Abuse and Neglect, describe the scope of the problem, and tell you what you can do to prevent child abuse in your community.
Prenatal care is essential for the health of an unborn baby.
The report aims to promote the President's agenda with ambitious legislative and administrative changes to move children more rapidly from foster care to safe, permanent homes. In its first phase, the campaign will focus on preventing alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use among girls. Subsequent phases will address related issues such as premature sexual activity, physical activity, nutrition and mental health. This campaign was initiated to heighten awareness among Medicare beneficiaries that the program will pay for their flue shots.