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This page contains links on agencies, consumer issues, nutrition, and parenting.
Michigan State
University Extension Children, Youth and Family Programs
(www.msue.msu.edu/msue/cyf/cyfindex.html)
Learn about all the programs that Michigan State University Extension has to offer in the
children, youth and families area.
CYFERNET (www.cyfernet.org)
Research based information on children, youth and families from the network of University
Extension Systems in all 50 states.
Family Independence Agency Home Page (www.michigan.gov/fia)
Early On Michigan (www.earlyonmichigan.org)
Van Buren County Intermediate School District (www.vbisd.org)
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Heat and Warmth Fund (THAW) (www.thawfund.org)
THAW is a fuel fund that provides emergency energy assistance to help consumers in
southern Michigan maintain their home energy service when faced with an inability-to-pay.
Money
2000 (www.msue.msu.edu/msue/cyf/family/money2000.html)
Link to this site for information about this new money management program.
JumpStart
(www.jumpstartcoalition.org)
Provides information on personal finance for high school students. Includes
educational materials for educators.
Federal Trade Commission
(www.ftc.gov)
This site has publications on everything from consumer scams, to taxes, to credit repair.
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5 A Day - http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/5aday
www.5aday.com)
Fightbac! (www.fightbac.org)
An educational campaign to promote food safety.
Food Safety
Education Database (www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modfs/masterfs.html)
This site contains information about curricula and resource materials developed through
the Food Safety and Quality National Initiative Projects.
Food Preserving
Database (www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod01/master01.html)
This site contains information about canning, freezing, and drying food based on the USDA
Complete Guide to Home Canning.
Utah
State University Extension
Provides access to the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning.
National Center for Home Food Preservation (http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/)
Food and Drug Administration
(vm.cfsan.fda.gov)
Food safety information and dietary guidelines.
USDA's Food, Nutrition and Consumer
Services (www.fns.usda.gov/fncs)
This site has information about WIC, food stamps, child nutrition and more.
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service
(www.fsis.usda.gov)
This site provides many food safety and safe food handling publications.
March of Dimes (www.modimes.org)
Find out how to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby (also available in Spanish).
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National Network for Child Care
(www.nncc.org/homepage.html)
This site has information for parents and child care providers. It includes over
1,000 publications and resources. (Also available in Spanish.)
March of Dimes (www.modimes.org)
Provides information on how to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby (also available
in Spanish).
The Search Institute
(www.search-institute.org)
Provides practical research and ideas about youth development.
The Kids Campaign
(www.connectforkids.org)
This site provides parents, grandparents, educators, volunteers, and other children's
advocates with information and ideas for community action.
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Dole 5 A Day
(www.dole5aday.com)
Explore the wide world of fruits and vegetables. Kids can play produce games, meet
cartoon fruit and veggie characters, and learn all about the tasty benefits of 5 A Day.
Teachers can preview 5 A Day resources, and find out how to order cookbooks and
CD-ROM games.
Milk: Where's Your Mustache?
(www.whymilk.com)
At this cool commercial site, you will find: milk mustaches on lots of famous faces;
interactive Club Milk; contests, games and prizes; a personal trainer for nutrition and
fitness advice; tons of tasty milk-based recipes; and a milk mustache screen saver that
you can download into your computer.
Nutrition Cafe
(www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/)
Where Nutrition Information is Fun - Play fast-paced nutrition games from the Pacific
Science Center and Washington State Dairy Council. Your students can try their skill
at Nutrition Sleuth, Grab a Grape, and Have-a-Bite. You can also link to the Dairy
Council's site filled with nutrition information and a catalog of educational materials.
FDA Kids' Home Page
(www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm)
Designed with children 9-12 in mind, includes an interactive human skeleton and medicine
cabinet word search and a food safety quiz.
Kids Health
(www.kidshealth.org/kid/)
Investigate the Food Guide Pyramid and food labels, as well as the latest facts about
eating disorders and sports nutrition on this very cool site. Contains tons of
information about kids' health issues, several interactive games, a medical word list, and
other tasty treats.
USDA for Kids
(www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/)
See information about science, weather, and nature. Go on an adventure with Rus the
Surfin' Squirrel, ask S.K. the Worm your questions about soil and stuff, and learn about
the Beagle Brigade.
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