Resources for September Observances

Various organizations, states, and nations recognize a number of observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and child care professionals acknowledge and navigate them.

Here is a list of resources for September observances.

Month-Long Observances

Attendance Awareness Month

• Attendance Awareness Campaign 2025, Attendance Works

• Key Research: Why Attendance Matters for Achievement and How Interventions Can Help, Attendance Works

Baby Safety Month

• PA Promise for Children List Focuses on Bedroom Safety for Children, Trying Together

• Safety and Emergencies: Family Resources, Trying Together

• Directory for Emergency and Safety Services, Trying Together

• Baby Safety Month Safety Tips, Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA)

• 5 Tips for New Parents During Baby Safety Month, SafeKids.org

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

• What is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month?, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

• Free Resources from the American Childhood Cancer Organization, American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO)

• Are There Disparities in Childhood Cancer?, New York State Department of Health

• Childhood Cancers, NIH National Cancer Institute

• Participate in a September Childhood Cancer Awareness Event, Children’s Cancer Cause

Hispanic Heritage Month

• Family Guide to Discussing Race and Equity with Young Children, Trying Together

• One in Four Children Nationwide Are Latino, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

• Characteristics of the Early Childhood Workforce Serving Latino Children, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
  PLDIC Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month, Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

• Supporting Childhood Physical Health: A Guide for Families: The Importance of Exercise, Trying Together

• Preventing Childhood Obesity: 6 Things Families Can Do, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Help Your Child Stay at a Healthy Weight, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: September 2025, National Today

National Recovery Month

• National Recovery Month 2025, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Recovery Month, Community Care Behavioral Health

• National Recovery Month, Allegheny County Department of Human Services

• Celebrating Roads to Recovery, Pittsburgh Recovery Walk

Newborn Screening Awareness Month

• Newborn Screening, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• What is Newborn Screening?, Baby’s First Test

• Newborn Screening Tests for Your Baby, March of Dimes

• About Newborn Screening, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Weeks of Recognition

September 21 - 27 is Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week 

• Car Seat Safety for Children, Trying Together

• Car Seats and Booster Seats Overview, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

• Safe Kids Worldwide Car Seat Guide Videos, Safe Kids Worldwide

• Boost Your Child Passenger Safety Knowledge and Skills Trainings, National Child Passenger Safety Board

• All Children Are Pedestrians: Prevention Tips and Recent Statistics, Children’s Safety Network at Education Development Center

Days of Recognition

September 6 is National Read a Book Day

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Releases 2025 Best Books for Babies List, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• PA Promise for Children Releases August Books for Children, Trying Together

• PBS for Parents Recommends Books from Around the World for Kids, Trying Together

• Children’s Books on Race and Equity, Trying Together

• Resource: Books to Celebrate Gender Expression, Inclusion, and Pride, Trying Together

• Children’s Books About Transitions, Trying Together

• Children’s Books About Mental Health, Trying Together

September 22 is National Family Day

• Family Engagement Toolkit, Trying Together

• Family Guide: Family Dynamics, Trying Together

• Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Development: A Guide for Families, Trying Together

• Family Transitions and Routines: Resources, Trying Together

• Trying Together Releases Family Resources in Spanish, Trying Together

• Navigating Sibling Relationships, Psychology Today

• Foster and Adoptive Families: Supportive Strategies, PennState Better Kid Care

• Blended Family and Self-Parenting Tips, HelpGuide.org

• Keeping in Touch with Family Can Keep You Healthy, WebMD.com

• Healthy Communication in Stepfamilies, National Stepfamily Resource Center (NRSC)

• Get to Know Your Stepkids, National Stepfamily Resource Center (NRSC)