USA.gov is the official U.S. government website that helps families navigate federal and state assistance programs, including food, housing, healthcare, childcare, and education benefits. The site provides plain-language guides to major programs and links to official application portals. Resources are available in English and Spanish.

The USDA Summer Food Service Program provides free meals to children 18 and under at approved sites across the country during the summer months when school is out. Families can find a summer meal site near them using the USDA's meal finder tool at FNS.USDA.gov. The program ensures children continue to receive nutritious meals when school lunch programs are unavailable.

Resources for families supporting children who learn and think differently.

Understood is a nonprofit providing free resources, expert articles, and personalized tools for families of children who learn and think differently, including ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning and thinking differences. The site includes an IEP/504 plan toolkit and a symptom checker to help parents understand what they're observing. Differentiator: learning and thinking differences specific (not physical/sensory disability), strong on day-to-day parenting strategies.

UCP is a national network of affiliates providing services and advocacy for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities across all ages. Local affiliates offer therapy services, assistive technology, employment programs, and family support. Differentiator: cerebral palsy-focused historically but serves broader disability population at many affiliate locations.