At QPL, we’re here to support you as you connect with your child.
Use these resources to help you raise a strong and healthy child.
Literacy
City’s First Readers offers early learning programs and activities to foster literacy development for NYC families with children birth to age 5.
Reach out and Read gives young children a foundation for success in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books at check-ups and encouraging families to read aloud together.
LiteracyNYC provide reading and learning opportunities for children so that they grow into competent readers, and helps parents learn new skills, get free books, create community, & discover a love for reading.
Jumpstart helps preschool children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Health
CDC Parents Resources offers information to parents to help them learn how they can give their children a healthy start in life.
DOHMH Healthy Homes offers information to parents on how to keep their homes healthy and safe.
The Pediatric Newborn Service, consisting of 4 nurseries and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, cares for the more than 4,500 infants born at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst each year. For more information on Pediatric Services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, please call 718.334.4000.
Healthy Children from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Healthy Children offers information related to child health and guidance on parenting issues with the goal of attaining optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Parenting
Zero to Three offers information and tools designed to support parents in developing their own ways to promote their children’s growth and development
Sesame Workshop works to create a community built on diversity, equity, and inclusion, where creators, educators, partners, and unforgettable characters come together on a mission to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.
PBS kids for Parents uses the power of media to open worlds of possibilities for all children by offering free access to media content and community-based experiences that support learning for young children.
In Home Service
ParentChild+ (location and eligibility requirements)
ParentChild+ uses education to break the cycle of poverty for low-income families. They provide a school readiness program to families challenged by poverty, lack of educational opportunities, and language and literacy barriers, wherever they call home. They have partners across the world, and in Queens specifically have locations based in The Child Center of NY-Astoria and Child Center of NY-Jamaica.
Nurse-Family Partnership (eligibility requirements)
Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based nurse home visiting program for low-income first-time mothers. Clients up to 28 weeks pregnant are paired with specialty trained nurses, who provide information and guidance throughout the pregnancy and until the child’s second birthday.
