How Early Start Family Resource Centers (FRCs) can support young children with developmental delays or disabilities
Bay Area Showcase
October 1, 2025
October 1, 2025
For health care providers, care coordinators, and all others working with infants and toddlers with or at risk of developmental delays or disabilities, the webinar linked below shares vital information about Early Start Family Resource Centers (FRCs) and how they can help families.
FRCs work in partnership with local regional centers and education agencies to help many families get information about early intervention services and navigate the Early Start system. Each Early Start FRC is unique, reflecting the needs of their community, and all are staffed by parents who have children with special needs that can provide information and parent-to-parent emotional support. While this webinar showcases parents and staff from four Early Start FRCs serving the Bay Area, there is an Early Start FRC available to every community in the state (find an FRC near you at frcnca.org/get-connected).
- Statewide Co-Hosts: Children Now; California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC); Family Resource Centers Network of California (FRCNCA); Family Voices of California (FVCA); and First 5 Center for Children’s Policy
- Bay Area FRC Showcase Presenters: Support for Families, Parents Helping Parents, Inc., Family Resource Navigators, and FRC San Mateo County by AbilityPath
Webinar Resources
- Early Start Community Infographic – This resource is an illustration of Early Start agencies, within the context of other service systems. QR codes provide links to websites with information about Early Start and other community agencies that provide services to young children and their families throughout California. Available in multiple languages here.
- Early Start Neighborhood Central Directory – The Central Directory of Early Intervention Resources helps parents, family members, service providers, and members of the public find resources for infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities or delays and concerns.
- Get connected with an Early Start Family Resource Center near you: https://frcnca.org/get-connected/
- California Early Start Family Resource Centers brochure. Available in multiple languages here.
- Support for Families and the SF Kids Collaborative have partnered to create resources for families, including a map to show you how to access Early Start Services for your child.
- Parents Helping Parents, Inc. developed the Family Care Notebook for disability caregivers and adult self-advocates as a system for managing the paperwork involved for an individual with a disability. The Family Care Notebook is free and available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
- Family Resource Navigators holds parent and community leadership trainings in multiple languages.
- FRC San Mateo County by AbilityPath has an Online Provider Referral Form for families living in San Mateo County.
- Find more information about the Early Start program, California’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or at risk for having a developmental disability and their families.
- Learn more about Medi-Cal for Kids & Teens, which provides free services to keep your child healthy from birth to age 21. These services include check-ups, shots, and health screenings. Also included are treatments for physical, mental, and dental health problems.