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CONTACT:   Karen Storek Lange
           Executive Director
           P.O. Box 44226
           Tucson, AZ. 85733-4226
           Business Office:             (602) 327-1451
           New Parents Network BBS:     (602) 326-9345
           Fax:                         (602) 881-8474


NEW PARENTS NETWORK SPEARHEADS NATIONWIDE COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD
NETWORK PROVIDING VITAL LINK FOR PARENTS TO SOCIAL SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS


INVITES ALL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH PARENTING TO PARTICIPATE





Tucson -- New Parents Network (NPN) has undertaken the heretofore
unaddressed task of coordinating the nation's first computerized bulletin
board network - NPNet - linking all social services, support groups and
government agencies that assist parents and children.  The network
simultaneously allows parents access to vital information.  Bulletins include
specifics on product recall, general safety, child care, support groups, as well
as government programs and crisis information.  NPNet is an innovative and
powerful tool for parents and social service agencies because it encourages
interaction on local, regional, and national levels in a way that has never
before been attempted.  Users have round-the-clock access to gathered 
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information and resources.  Anyone (agency or parent) who has access to a
computer with a modem can logon to the central Tucson-based system by
dialing (602) 326-9345 - 24 hours a day.

In addition, hundreds of thousands of bulletin board system (BBS) callers can
dial a participating NPNet BBS in their area and have immediate access to all
information.  "Instead of incurring long distance expenses, for limited periods
of time, callers now have the ability to enjoy immediate access with a local
phone call to a participating NPNet," says Jeff White, New Parents Network
Zone 79 Coordinator.  Currently, NPNet has BBS's in 14 states and will soon be
available on the commercial online network Delphi, reaching all states within
the USA and 50 countries worldwide.

New Parents Network, founded in 1988, has been providing educational
packets of information free of charge to Tucson area hospitals.  The data
gathered by NPNet will enable New Parents Network to provide a
comprehensive guide to be distributed nationally to hospital maternity
patients reflecting local, regional and national parenting resources. 
Follow-up newsletters and supplementary information will be furnished to
parents as their child grows and concerns change.

"New Parents Network is a centralized point to gather and disseminate
information of great importance to our nation's parents,"  says Karen
Storek Lange, Executive Director and Founder of New Parents Network. 
"Parenting is one of the most challenging experiences, and without

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education and access to simple information we will continue to see the
kinds of crises that frequently headline the news.  New Parents Network
provides an organized link that responds quickly and clearly to parenting
needs and concerns.  Its evolutionary character is unique because the more
it is used the more complete it will become."

NPN invites all social services, support groups and government agencies that
assist parents and children to have a file description on the network at no
cost.  New Parents Network, a non-profit organization, provides access to the
network as a national service to all people and agencies concerned with
parenting, and relies solely on public contributions, grants, and corporate
underwriting support.

New Parents Network was nominated by U.S. Robotics, Inc. for a 1991
Computerworld Smithsonian Award, given to organizations that are using
computer technology for the betterment of mankind.
                                     

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