“A Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy Children” is supported by Raising Texas, Texans Care for Children, and the Department of State Health Services. This parent guide is a statewide public awareness campaign in assisting parents in understanding the importance of early childhood development.
The resource guide provides information relating to the development, health, and safety of a child from birth to five. You can download the guide in PDF format.
Download the guide in English (PDF)
Download the guide in Spanish (PDF)
The resource guide is available free of charge to prenatal care providers, including hospitals, birthing centers, physicians, nurse midwives, and midwives, who provide prenatal care or deliver an infant of a pregnant woman enrolled in Medicaid. Orders can be placed through Best Press. Orders must be placed in a bulk amount to exceed 100 in order to receive the guides free of charge and orders may be placed for up to a one-year supply. To ensure prompt processing of your order, please include in the additional information box, “For HB 1240″. Other entities can order the resource guide for a small fee through Best Press as well. For more information, visit the Department of State Health Services or Texans Care for Children.
Programs and agencies that contributed to the dissemination of the calendar include the Office of the Attorney General – Child Support Division, the Department of State Health Services – Texas HealthSteps and Immunization branch, the Texas Association for Infant Mental Health, Parents as Teachers, Texans Care for Children, and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
