See below for resources for: Education and testing for children not doing well in school or that have dropped out; mental health; healthy weight; childhood dentists and dental care; teens; youth violence reduction; smoking cessation; and safety.
Use these handouts to give to families to directly link to resources on the Cap4Kids website.
Hover your camera app over the code and a link to the website will pop up. Click below for handouts
Basic Needs Handouts
Food Resources
Health Insurance Resources
Housing Help During COVID Spanish Version
Housing Help
Utility Issues
Educational Handouts
College Prep and Scholarships
School Issues
Other Great Resources
Afterschool Programs
Behavioral Concerns
Benefits
Discounts to Museums
Educational Library Programs
Free Gym Memberships
Free Text Health Tips
Immigrant Issues
Legal Resources
Physical Health Resources
Reduced Cost Internet
Teen Resources
The process of asserting oneself or interceding on behalf of others within a system to get the benefits for which they are eligible. Through both direct aid to families and broader-based policy work, the goal of advocacy is to foster the self-empowerment of families by educating them about their own rights.
Click here for tips on getting a special education evaluation for your child
Click IEP 504 plan for info
Click here for great resource for Parents to Advocate for Child’s IEP/Special Needs
From Philadelphia Youth Network’s, Project U Turn
Click here for Guide
Click here for powerful book and share
Click here for info on WRAP around servies for children with severe behavioral needs.
Click below for referral.
Click here for referral
Click below for a comprehensive listing of smoking cessation resources for Philadelphia and the surrounding communities
Click here for Resource List
From Drexel College of Public Health. Working on hunger issues in our community.
www.centerforhungerfreecommunities.org
Free YMCA and other fitness center membership for HP members under 18 years old. See attached.
Click here for info
Click below for a comprehensive guide to oral health for kids as well as a listing of children’s dentists in Philadelphia.
Children’s Oral Health Guide
A Guide to Vision Servies for Children and Teens in Philly by PCCY.
Click here for Vision Care Guide
Put together by White Williams Scholars, this comprehensive guide lists great resources for Teens in Philadelphia.
Click here for guide
If you want to display a CAP4Kids poster in your office, use it for a social service project, or just give it to a friend, this is the place.
Cap4Kids Poster
Click below for Cap4Kids Parent Social Needs Questionnaires.
In English
In Spanish