For parents and caregivers who are looking for ways of expanding their parenting knowledge and for those who want to share their insights on parenting, our community-based education options are a great fit.
RCPC Resources
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Community Resources
We have a great in-office resource: our bulletin boards! Now that information is available to you here on our community resources page. Check back often for the latest happenings around town for everyone in the family. Below are additional resources: Community Education Classes: Workshops and classes are designed to provide information, support
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Ma Poole Lending Library
Another great resource at RCPC is a lending library of up-to-date and time-tested parenting information including books, videos, and articles about a variety of parenting topics. Looking for ideas for a fun birthday party? How about developmental information about four-year-olds? Is sibling rivalry a real challenge in your family? The
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Breastfeeding Information
Breastfeeding, the Best Choice Good nutrition is important throughout our lives. It is especially important during infancy and childhood because of its effect on growth and development. Breast milk is good nutrition. It protects your baby from illness and infection and promotes his brain development. Many of the important ingredients
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Right now caregivers are under a lot of stress. Not only is there the uncertainty of everything that is going on but we have these little ones looking up to us. We want to keep our kids busy, connected, and entertained, but how? The article below has some excellent ways to engage with kids, have fun, and combat some of that stress that we are all feeling.
chw.org/newshub/stories/covid-19-quarantine-tips-tricks
Staying busy during a COVID-19 quarantine
chw.org
Some tips to help your kids — and you! — navigate a COVID-19 self-isolation.The United Way of the Tanana Valley, has started a COVID-19 Response Fund and the link can be found at unitedwaytv.com/
100% of all donations to this fund will be passed on to nonprofit agencies who are meeting essential human needs in shelter, food and hygiene.
Please donate and help our neighbors in need!
Children more at risk for abuse and neglect amid coronavirus pandemic, experts say
www.usatoday.com
Vulnerable U.S. children could face a heightened risk of abuse and neglect as coronavirus-related school closures keep them at home.
The Resource Center for Parents and Children (RCPC) has grown in size, strength, and commitment since 1973, when it was started by a small group of concerned Fairbanks citizens who met as the Fairbanks Child Protection Task Force (FCPTF) to discuss the problems of child abuse and neglect in the Fairbanks community.