Identified needs of the Children in Kansas City:

• Easier and more access to information
• Information on SIDS
• Literacy
• Mentoring/volunteering
• Community intervention and involvement network
• Affordable mental health care
• Respite for parents - help prevent child abuse by giving them a break
• Baby-sitting education and training
• Prenatal care and education for teen moms who are concerned about confidentiality and do not know where to go
• Safe, nurturing environment
• Immunizations
• Injury prevention
• Education for practitioners and parents
• Baby fair -- already existing in Kansas.  Need more events, locations, and transportation to reach a variety of populations.
• Child care -- quality, affordabe, special needs, all ages, flexible hours
• Education -- high dropout rate -- first three years are the most important
• Parent education training
• Insurance - public and private - How/where do parents sign up?  Where do the go for care?  Difficult to sort out the details
• More involvement with the "Home Alone" program - education on caring for younger siblings after school or when parents are not home.
• Free car seats
• Child abuse

Adopted February 20, 1999