Web sites
Government Agencies
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
540 Gaither Road, Suite 2000
Rockville, MD 20850
E-Mail: info@ahrq.gov
www.ahrq.gov
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore MD 21244-1850
1.410.786.3000
www.cms.hhs.gov
Child Care Bureau
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Public Affairs
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW
Washington, DC 20595
Even Start
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartformula/index.html
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Section
Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
National Center for Environmental Health, MS F-15
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
1.770.488.7370
E-mail: ncehinfo@cdc.gov
Head Start
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Public Affairs
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW
Washington, DC 20447
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb
Insure Kids Now
(For information on free and low-cost health insurance for children)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA-Health Resources and Services Administration
1.877.543.7669
www.insurekidsnow.gov
Internal Revenue Service
1.800.829.1040
(For information about how to file your taxes with a dependent)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration – MCHB
5600 Fishers Lane Parklawn Building, Room 13A-37
Rockville, MD 20857
1.301.443.0767
www.mchb.hrsa.gov
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)
(For car seat information)
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
West Building
Washington, DC, 20590
1.888.327.4236
www.nhtsa.dot.gov.htsa
TTY 1.800.424.9153
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Child Health
Building 31, Room 2A32, MSC-2425
31 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)
c/o Dr. Michael D.Shelby
NIEHS EC-32
P.O. Box 12233
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
1.919.541.3485
www.cerhr.niehs.nih.gov
The National Women's Health Information Center
The Office on Women’s Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue , SW Room 712E
Washington, DC 20201
1.800.994.WOMAN (1.800.994.9662)
TTY: 1.888.220.5446
www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy
Product Safety Hotline: 1.800.638.2772
(For information about toys, appliances, furniture and other household products)
Quit Smoking
(For information from the Centers for Disease Control)
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/index.htm
Smokefree.gov
(created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute)
www.smokefree.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(For information on nutrition assistance programs)
Food and Nutrition Service Administrative Office
3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
1.703.305.2062
www.fns.usda.gov/fns
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(For information on pregnancy discrimination)
1801 L Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20507
1.202.663.4900
TTY: 1.202.663.4494
www.eeoc.gov/types/pregnancy.html
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Office of Women’s Health
1.301.827.0350
www.fda.gov/womenshealthinformation/pregnancy.html
National Organizations
American Academy of Family Physicians
Attn: Special Projects Dept.
11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
Leawood, KS 66211-2672
E-mail@familydoctor.org
www.familydoctor.org
American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org
E-mail: kidsdocs@aap.org
National Headquarters
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098
1.847.434.4000
Washington, DC Office
Department of Federal Affairs
601 13th Street, NW Suite 400 North
Washington, DC 20005
1.202.347.8600
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2915 Vine St.
Dallas, TX 75204
1.214.871.1619
www.abog.org
American Cancer Society Guide to Quitting Smoking
American Cancer Society
1.800.227 2345 (1.800 ACS-2345) or 1. 866.228.4327 for TTY
www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center
409 12th Street SW
PO Box 962920
Washington, DC 20090-6920
1.202.638.5577
www.acog.org
American Diabetes Association
ATTN: National Call Center
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
1.800.DIABETES (1.800.342.2383)
Email: AskADA@diabetes.org
www.diabetes.org
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
14750 Sweitzer Lane Suite 100
Laurel, MD 20707-5906
1.800.638.5352 or 1.301.498.4100
www.aium.org
Child Care Aware
A service of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
3101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 350
Arlington, VA 22201
1.800.424.2246
www.childcareaware.org/en
ChildHelp National Hotline
(For 24 hour advice and referrals for children and adults with questions or in a crisis)
15757 N. 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
1-800.4ACHILD (1.800.422.4453)
Family Voices, Inc. National Office
2340 Alamo SE, Suite 102
Albuquerque, NM 87106
1.888.835.5669 or 1.505.872.4774
E-mail: kidshealth@familyvoices.org
www.familyvoices.org
Group B-Strep Association
P.O. Box 16515
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
1.919.932.5344
E-mail: bstrep@mindspring.com
www.groupbstrep.org
Lamaze International
2025 M Street, Suite 800
Washington DC 20036-3309
1-800-368-4404 or (202) 367-1128
www.lamaze.org
National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse
www.ask.hrsa.gov/MCH.cfm
Child Welfare Information Gateway
(For information on adoption and other issues)
Children’s Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
1.800.394.3366 or 1.703.385.7565
www.childwelfare.org
National Association of Childbearing Centers (NACC)
(For information on locating birth centers)
3123 Gottschall Road
Perkiomenville, PA 18074
1.866.54BIRTH (1.866.542.4784) or 215.234.8068
E-mail: NACC@birthcenters.org
www.birthcenters.org
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
810 Seventh Ave.
New York, NY 10019
(212) 541-7800
www.plannedparenthood.org
Pregnant With Cancer Support Group
P.O. Box 1243
Buffalo, N.Y. 14220
1.800.743.4471
E-mail: info@;pregnantwithcancer.org
www.pregnantwithcancer.org
Sidelines High Risk Pregnancy Support National Office
P.O. Box 1808
Laguna Beach, CA 92652
1.888.447.4754 (HIRISK4)
www.sidelines.org
Single Parents Association
1-800-704-2102
www.singleparents.org
Resources for parents of multiples
Mothers of Supertwins (MOST)
P.O. Box 306
East Islip, NY 11730-0306
1.631.859.1110
www.mostonline.org
National Organization of Mothers of Twins Club, Inc.
2000 Mallory Lane, Suite 130-600
Franklin, TN 37067-8231
1.248.331.4480
Email: info@nomotc.org
www.nomotc.org
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation
(For information from non-profit organization for families dealing with twin-related diseases)
411 Longbeach Parkway
Bay Village, OH 44140
1.800.815.9211 or 1.440.899.8887
www.tttsfoundation.org
Twins Magazine
5748 South College Avenue, Unit D
Fort Collins, CO 80525-4917
1.800.328.3211
www.twinsmagazine.com
The Triplet Connection
P.O.Box 429
Spring City, UT 84662
1.435.851.1105
www.tripletconnection.org
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