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Resources for Parents & Providers

Explore our trusted child care resources—supporting families and child care providers in Sacramento since 1976.

Resource Lending Library

Child Action offers a library of resources available for loan to parents, teachers, child care providers and other members of the community working with children. You can browse the library at our office or online.

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Community Support Services

  • Supporting Families
Finding help for food, health care, housing, or bills can feel overwhelming. Community support services in Sacramento connect families to resources for groceries, medical and…
  • Date 10/24/25
Children sitting outdoors reading books together as part of community support services that encourage learning and connection.

Safe Sleep

  • Health & Safety
Why Safe Sleep Matters Every baby deserves a safe, cozy sleep space. These tips help lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and…
  • Date 10/22/25

Child Care Advocacy Coalitions We Support

Lasting change for children and families happens when we work together. For this reason, Child Action partners with child care advocacy coalitions across Sacramento and…
  • Date 10/22/25

Basic Steps to Getting Licensed

  • Business Practices
Start Your Licensing Journey Opening your own family child care business is an exciting way to support children and families in your community. The licensing…
  • Date 10/21/25

The Importance of Play Activities for Children

  • Business Practices
  • Supporting Families
Play is an essential part of every child’s healthy growth and development. It’s how children learn about themselves and the world around them. Through play,…
  • Date 10/17/25

Caring for Infants & Toddlers

  • Guidance & Development
Helping Infants and Toddlers Thrive Infants and toddlers grow and change at an incredible pace. During these early years, their brains build the foundation for…
  • Date 10/17/25
Toddler and infant playing together in a caring, supportive environment.”

Foster Bridge: Child Care Support for Foster Families

  • Parenting
Foster Bridge offers time-limited child care assistance, one-on-one navigation, and trauma-informed coaching for child care providers. It’s designed to stabilize new placements and connect families…
  • Date 10/15/25
Husband and Wife with a foster child who can also benefit from the foster bridge program

Preparing For Disaster

  • Health & Safety
Disasters can strike without warning — from wildfires and floods to power outages and earthquakes. But preparing for disaster helps you respond quickly and keep…
  • Date 10/15/25

Setting Your Rates

  • Business Practices
Build a Plan to Help you Set your Rates You deserve a pricing plan that sustains your quality care. Setting child care rates can feel…
  • Date 10/14/25
A child care provider smiling with a young child, symbolizing confidence and success after setting child care rates that support quality care.

Fun Places for Children and Families

  • Supporting Families
  • Working With Familes
Discover Fun Places to Learn, Play, and Grow Spending time with your child—talking, playing, and exploring together—is one of the best ways to support their…
  • Date 10/14/25
Mom and baby feeding a giraffe at a zoo can be fun places for children

Inclusion of Children

  • Working With Familes
Every child deserves to belong. Here are simple, doable ways providers can provide inclusion—focusing on relationships, small adaptations, and a positive, strengths-based approach.
  • Date 10/14/25
Inclusion of children with provider