Children's
Collaborative Action Team
(CCAT)

The San Mateo County
Child Abuse Prevention Council

Resources

There are many resources available through the Internet which provide information on Child Abuse Prevention, Child Health & Wellbeing and Child Safety.  The following are links and/or phone numbers to local resources as well as important state and national resources.

• Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• Parental Stress Hotline (San Mateo County): 24 hour hotline
  1-888-220-7575
• Family Service Agency of San Mateo County: Child Abuse Treatment Program
  www.familyserviceagency.org
• State of California Office of Child Abuse Prevention
  http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/childabuse_188.htm
• Parents Anonymous: self-help groups for parents
  www.parentsanonymous.org
• Child Help USA Hotline: 24 hour crisis telephone assistance for individuals under stress
  1-800-422-4453
• SafeState: recent information regarding crime and violence prevention (child abuse) in California
  www.safestate.org
• Prevent Child Abuse America
  www.preventchildabuse.org
• Citizen's Review Panel
  www.smcrp.org
  Citizens Review Panel Report
• Shaken Baby Syndrome Resource for Parents
  What to do when Baby cries
• Lucile Packard Foundation For Children’s Health Community Calendar
  www.kidscal.org
• Community Information Program
  cip.plsinfo.org
• Megan’s Law Registry (California) – Provides access to information about persons required to register in California as sex offenders. Allows searches by offender’s name, zip code, city, etc. www.meganslaw.ca.gov
• Child Welfare Information Gateway – Provides information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
  www.childwelfare.gov
• California Department of Justice Child Protection Program – provides information about the California Attorney General’s Child Protection Program and the Child Abuse Central Index: http://ag.ca.gov/childabuse/index.htm
• California Child Protective Services (by county): Telephone numbers and contact information for county child welfare agencies responsible for receiving reports of suspected child abuse and neglect.
• Child Deaths In California: The California Department of Justice’s June 2005 report of data concerning natural, intentional, and unintentional child fatalities in California.
• Kids Data
  www.kidsdata.org/sanmateo
• Gift From Within-PTSD Resources for Survivors & Caregiversis – is a non-profit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals.
  www.giftfromwithin.org
• Youth Mental Health Resources Brochure (San Mateo County)
  
  English Version
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