Web portals in plain language

There is a lot of information for mothers and fathers on the Internet.
The information is on various topics.
For example:

• Services for families
• Early education
• Early opportunities
• Colorful daycare centers

We explain to you here:

• What is the Family Portal.NRW?
• Where can you find information on early help?
• Where can you find information for rainbow families?
• What is the Early Opportunities Portal?
• What is the state program "kinderstark"?

The Familien-Portal.NRW is a website
for parents and families.
The website provides lots of information for families.

For example:

• What money can families get?
• How can my child stay healthy?
• Where can I get help if there are problems?

There are also tips and addresses for many life situations.
The website helps parents and children in all phases of life.

For example:

• When a woman is pregnant
• When one parent is bringing up the child alone
• When the children are getting older

Here is the Family Portal.NRW:
www.familienportal.nrw

In North Rhine-Westphalia, there are many advisory services
for parents.
They help to ensure that children can grow up well.
And develop well right from the start.

One of the advisory services is Early Help.
Early help is a free service for:

• nascent parents.
• Families with children aged 0 to 3 years.

Early help supports families in difficult situations.
Kitas, family centers and children's day care work together with early help.
They are important partners for Early Help
because they are in contact with families every day.

The professionals

• recognize early on when parents and children need support
• can talk to parents and suggest suitable services.

You don't know where to find an advice center for early help
Then you can:

• ask at your daycare center
• ask at the family center in your part of town
• or search on the Internet.

The website is:
www.elternsein.info/fruehe-hilfen/suche-fruehe-hilfe
You can find the early help services in your area there.

You can find more information on this website:
www.elternsein.info/fruehe-hilfen/was-sind-fruehe-hilfen

The information is in difficult language.

Two mothers live together with a child.
They are the parents of the child.
Or:
Two fathers live together with a child.
They are the parents of the child.
Some parents are not just men or women.
These parents are queer.

Queer is an English word.
It means:
These families live differently
than many people are used to.
Such families are also called rainbow families.

Rainbow families should have the same rights
as other families.
All people should treat rainbow families kindly.

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia says:
All families are important.
And diversity is good.

Important:
Rainbow parents should work well with the daycare center.
And they should work well with daycare providers.
This will improve daycare for all children.

The vielfältig e.V. association has written a brochure.

The brochure is called:
We're in!
The brochure contains lots of information.

• Tips for parents from rainbow families
• Good books
• Addresses of advice centers

You can find the brochure on the Internet:
Empowerment brochure "Wir sind dabei! - Resources and skills of rainbow families in child daycare"

The brochure is written in difficult language.

The website Frühe Chancen is from the
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

On this website there is a lot of information for parents and professionals.

The information is about day care for children.
For example:

• How can day care for children be improved?
• How can more child daycare be created?

There is also information about early childhood education.
Early childhood education means:
Children should learn at an early age.

The website is called:
www.fruehe-chancen.de
The information is in difficult language.

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia wants
all children and families to have good opportunities,
regardless of where the family comes from or how much money the family has.

That's what the program is for:
kinderstark - NRW schafft Chancen

The program helps cities and municipalities.
So that there are good offers for families.
Children and parents should get help early on.

What is the aim of the "kinderstark" program?
The program aims to:

• protect children and young people better from poverty
• help families so that children can learn and participate well
• strengthen and support parents and children

What services are available for families?
Cities and municipalities can use the program to support various projects for families.
For example:

• Family Primary School Centers:
  Parents and children receive help with learning there.
  Parents and teachers work together
  so that children have good chances at school.
• Pilot services:
  Pilots are helpers.
  The pilots work for example:
  in hospitals
  or doctors' surgeries.
  The pilots show families
  where they can find advice and support.
• Family offices:
  Family offices are contact points for parents.
  This means:
  Parents can go there.
  And they can get information there.
• Offers in daycare centers or family centers:
  Specialists visit families
  who are living in a difficult situation.

For example:

• When families have little money
• When they have just arrived in Germany
• Or when they need other help.

You want to know more about the program
Then go to the website:
www.kinderstark.nrw
The information is in difficult language.