External Data Links –  To support your decision-making efforts, the linked PDF file contains references that will assist you in compiling related data:

Check Out New Children's Health Data  

First 5 California and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research are offering a new online resource that provides users with quick and easy-to-read profiles of children's health statistics in California. The "Young Children's Health in California" report is available at http://www.healthsnapshots.org/profile.asp?groupid=2  

What is Studies in the News?   

A semi-monthly publication providing abstracts of current publications related to children 0 to 5 years and their caregivers.  Studies in the News is free, and is distributed electronically through a listserv.  

E-mail cslsirc@library.ca.gov to subscribe.

Evaluation Resources

Child, Family and Community Indicators (publication)

Special Needs Definition (updated 1/2008)