Services for Children in Lane County

• EC CARES - EC CARES provides early intervention and early childhood special education services to infants, toddlers, and preschool age children in Lane County.
• Head Start - Head Start is a national program which provides comprehensive developmental services for America's low-income, pre-school children (ages three to five) and social services for their families. Specific services for children focus on education, socio-emotional development, physical and mental health, and nutrition.
• Direction Service - Direction Service is a non-profit multi-program family support agency located in Eugene, Oregon.
• Birth to Three - Birth To Three is a private non-profit organization that provides parenting education and support to families with young children.
• Maternal & Child Health (MCH) - Maternal & Child Health (MCH) Programs function to ensure that mothers and babies are healthy in Lane County.
• Babies First! - Babies First! Program identifies children at risk for developmental delays or other health conditions.  Nurses provide parents with information to help them overcome or cope with developmental delays and connect with other medical or support services.
• CaCoon - CaCoon Program helps families with medically fragile infants to care for their children as independently as possible.
• Healthy Start - Healthy Start assists first time parents in developing strong, nurturing families and healthy, thriving children with a voluntary home visiting program.
• Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services - Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services strives to provide a responsive, cooperative lifespan delivery system of support, training, care, monitoring, protection and crisis response for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Services are designed to maximize opportunities for self-determination and self-sufficiency. We value integration, independence and productivity.
• Relief Nursery - The Relief Nursery works with low-income families with children between birth and six years of age, who are at risk of child abuse and neglect.
• Child Development and Rehabilitation Center - The CDRC improves the lives of individuals with disabilities or special health needs through leadership and effective partnerships with individuals, families, communities, and public and private agencies. We serve as an exemplary local, state, and national resource through our commitment to excellence in interdisciplinary clinical practice, research, education, policy development, and community service.
• The Child Center - The Child Center is a non-profit human services agency that offers a continuum of psychiatric and special education programs throughout Lane County
• The Arc of Lane County - The Arc of Lane County advocates to enhance the dignity, expand the opportunities, and protect the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and related developmental disabilities and their families.
• TheLane.net - Community resources database.

Other Services for Children in Oregon

• Oregon Department of Education - including outcomes
• Oregon Advocacy Center - OAC is an independent non-profit organization which provides legal advocacy services for people with disabilities anywhere in Oregon. OAC is designated under federal law as the protection and advocacy system for Oregon, but it is not a part of the state or federal government. OAC has attorneys and advocates who assist people with disabilities.

Nationwide Resources

• Disability Compass - Disability Compass provides information on services, products, and special health care resources for people with disabilities, their families and their supporters.