Access to information is most important when advocated on behalf of your self, child and family.  Here are some helpful tools and web sites that can provide the information you may need across many different topics.

Options for Working Families provides families and businesses with reliable child, dependent and elder care resources and referrals to make productive employment possible and the lives of working families easier.

Children's Mental Health:  System of Care Family Guide and Fact Sheets

Family Guide in English

Family Guide in Spanish

This Bi-lingual Family Guide is intended to inform caregiver and families about how to seek help for children with mental health problems. Information is provided on what caregivers and families need to know, ask, expect, and do to get the most out of their experience with systems of care.  System of Care has also developed the following facts sheets:

Fact Sheet on ADHD

Fact Sheet on ADHD (Spanish)

Fact Sheet on Bi-Polar

Fact Sheet on Bi-Polar (Spanish)

American Academy of Child & Adolescent  Psychiatry:  Facts for Families

Not all children grow from infancy through their adolescent years without experiencing some bumps along the way. While every child is unique and special, sometimes they encounter emotions, feelings or behavior that cause problems in their lives and the lives of those around them. Families often worry when their child or teenager has difficulty coping with things, feels sad, can't sleep, gets involved with drugs, or can't get along with family or friends. 

AACAP Facts for Families in English

AACAP Facts for Families in Spanish

Welcome to NICHCY and a wealth of information on disabilities!

NICHCY stands for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. Information provided by NICHCY includes:

• disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth,
• IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education,
• No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and
• research-based information on effective educational practices.

NICHY Home Page

NICHCY Parents Guide:  Developing Your Child's IEP

Wraparound Family User Guide-English

Wraparound Family User Guide-Spanish

Rhode Island Technical Assistance Project - The Rhode Island Technical Assistance Project (RITAP) is a statewide resource center for technical assistance and support, professional development and training, and policy analysis and interpretation. The resources of the RITAP are organized to assist state and local agencies, institutions of higher learning and families in the delivery of quality education and support services for all children including those with disabilities.

The Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) is an organization dedicated to ending domestic violence. We were formed in 1979 to support and assist the six domestic violence prevention agencies in Rhode Island. We not only support and give leadership to the six member agencies, but also strive to create justice for victims, and create awareness on the issue of domestic violence in RI.