Health & Safety Resources

• California Women, Infants & Children Program
  

  
  

   

  

  California WIC is a federally funded health and nutrition program for women, infants, and children. WIC helps families by providing checks for buying healthy supplemental foods from WIC-authorized vendors, nutrition education, and help finding healthcare and other community services. Participants must meet income guidelines, and the program will only help pregnant women, new mothers, and children under age five. In California, 84 WIC agencies provide services locally to over 1.45 million participants each month at over 650 sites throughout the State.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  

  In addition to their role responding to disease, the Centers for Disease Control website offers extensive nutrition advice, covering a wide spectrum of related topics. Good nutrition is vital to good health, disease prevention and essential for healthy growth and development of children and adolescents.

• FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education)

  

  Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) works on behalf of the 15 million Americans with food allergies, including all those at risk for life-threatening anaphylaxis. This potentially deadly disease affects 1 in 13 children in the United States – or roughly two in every classroom. FARE’s mission is to ensure the safety and inclusion of individuals with food allergies while relentlessly seeking a cure.

• Healthy & Active Preschoolers

  Healthy and Active Preschoolers is a nutrition learning center for child care professionals. It offers a variety of online courses and resources to improve the nutrition and physical activity environment in child care programs.

• Megan's Law

  All registered sex offenders in California can be found on the Megan’s Law website. If you would like to know more about sex offenders or search for registered offenders in your area, please refer to the website.

• My Health Resource

  MyHealthResource is California's largest directory of low cost or free health clinics & other resources. You can search for resources based on your address, medical specialty, and how far you’re willing to travel.

• MyPlate Kids’ Place (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
  

  
  

   

  

  The USDA’s MyPlate helps families put the latest dietary guidelines into practice, with a special emphasis on giving children tools to choose their own proper foods. The “Choose My Plate” logo features shows the five basic food groups and the relative proportions of each group that make up a healthy meal.

• Riverside Network of Care

  The Network of Care website provides Mental Health and Behavioral Health information and resources from sexual assault to child abuse to housing assistance or mental/behavioral health. They also offer self-help support groups.

• Shaken Baby Syndrome

  20% to 30% of all shaken infants die, and many more have some form of permanent damage caused by shaking. For more information and support for when you are frustrated with a crying infant, visit the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, or talk to a staff member immediately.

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/ Crib Death

  The UC Riverside Early Childhood Services will only sleep children on their backs due to SIDS. Click here for more information regarding SIDS.