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Recommended Websites
Administration for Children & Families
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Includes press releases, organizational information, fact sheets on ACF programs, and links to other related federal government sites.
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
www.abanet.org/child/home.html
Information on federal child welfare laws, state child abuse laws, adoption laws, and working with the courts in child protection.
American Humane Association
www.americanhumane.org
This national advocacy organization provides numerous resources on policy and practice in child protective services.
American Public Human Services Association
www.aphsa.org
Current news, policy information, publications, upcoming conferences, a webboard, and links to similar sites.
Bureau of the Census
www.census.gov./population/www/socdemo/children.html
Sources of data on children and children's programs, lists current reports on children, and provides links to census demographic data.
Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/
Information and publications on economic security of low-income families with children and access to our civil justice system.
Child Trends, Inc.
www.childtrends.org
Research focused on children, youth and families. Also comprehensive data on how welfare reform affects children.
Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org
Lists services, advocacy information, and information on the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization.
Children, Youth and Family Education and Research Network
http://www.cyfernet.org/
Information and resources on children, youth, parents, families, communities, and evaluation. Includes a chat room.
Children's Bureau, Administration for Children, Youth & Families
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Contains information on federal initiatives in foster care and adoption and statistics, child abuse and neglect, and other programs.
Children's Defense Fund
www.childrensdefense.org
Current information on federal policy initiatives. Particular attention to the needs of the poor, minority children, and those with disabilities.
Families & Work Institute
www.familiesandwork.org
Describes the institute's research on a broad range of issues on the connections between work and family.
Family Education Network
www.familyeducation.com
An educationally focused website for parents, with resources, and on-line community, and links to other sites.
Family Resource Coalition of America
www.frca.org
Describes the organization, provides links to demonstration programs, and sources of information and support.
Father & Family Link
www.fatherfamilylink.gse.upenn.edu
Provides current, reliable information on research, practice, policy, and programs related to fathers in families.
Handsnet
www.handsnet.org
Offers information, training, and technical assistance to nonprofit agencies. Provides bulletins and summaries of recent federal policy.
Institute for Women Policy Research
www.iwpr.org
Covers welfare reform, domestic violence, reproduction, education, & issues that impact women. Also has an on-line forum for discussion.
Journal of Poverty
www.journalofpoverty.org
Includes a table of contents for the journal, abstracts, links to related sites, and a book list.
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
http://www.criminologycenter.fsu.edu/p/jje-national-data-clearinghouse.php
Links and resources on minority males, females, drugs, gangs, mentoring, general juvenile justice issues, & grants for juvenile justice.
Kids Count
www.aecf.org/kidscount
Access to data from the annual measures of educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children.
Library of Congress, THOMAS
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
Database provides information on legislation, congressional record, committee information, public laws, session calendars, and other links.
NASW Michigan
www.nasw-michigan.org
NASW's Michigan website on programs, legislation, job openings, publications, social work links, and information about NASW.
NASW National
www.socialworkers.org
National social work site including social work publications, services, resources, news, information, and information about NASW.
National Archives and Records Administration
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Database to search the Code of Federal Regulations by subject or title. Includes related documents and links.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
www.teenpregnancy.org
Includes information for parents, teenagers, advocates, and scholars on preventing teen pregnancy.
National Center for Children in Poverty
www.nccp.org
Provides statistics about children, along with information on how welfare reform affects children.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
www.missingkids.org
Includes child photos and other child search services and educational materials to prevent child abduction.
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
www.childabuse.org
Numerous resources for advocates, including information packets, publications of statistics and trends, and lists of local chapters.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
http://www.ncjfcj.org/
Daily update of news in juvenile justice, NCJFCJ policies, publications and information on a broad range of juvenile and family issues.
National Family Preservation Network
www.nfpn.org
The central coordinating point for a network of family-preservation staff and programs.
National Foster Parent Association
www.kidsource.com/nfpa/index.html
Information on becoming a foster parent, and addresses information on children, newborn through adolescence, as it relates to fostering.
National Indian Child Welfare Association
www.nicwa.org
Contains information on community development, public policy, and information exchange on child welfare services.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
www.nichd.nih.gov
Access to NICHD publications, focusing on research, research training, and information on prenatal, maternal, child and family health.
National Network for Child Care
www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/families/nncc/homepage.html
An Internet source of over 1,000 publications and resources related to child care. Also offers a e-mail listserv and newsletter.
National Parent Information Network
www.ericeece.org
Offers resources from ERIC clearinghouse and provides information on parenting and urban/minority families.
National Resource Center for Permanency Planning
www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork
Focuses on permanency planning, kinship foster care, concurrent planning, family group decision making, and HIV/AIDS.
National Resource for Family Centered Practice
www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp
Includes lists of materials available, bibliographies, and The Prevention Report.
Native Web
www.nativeweb.org
Provides a cyber-community for indigenous peoples, with an extensive search capacity and links to other sites.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://www.ojjdp.gov/
Facts on juvenile justice, available grants, program information, publications, and event information.
Parents' Place
www.parentsplace.ie
Contains parenting information on a wide range of subjects, an extensive search facility, and numerous chat rooms.
United States Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
Site includes headlines in the news, agency information, links to related sites, and a search engine on health & human service topics.
United States General Accounting Office
www.gao.gov
General Accounting Office reports, other publications, and information about the GAO. Also includes a search engine for the site.
United States Supreme Court
www.uscourts.gov
Information about the United States courts, publications, directories, news, links and searches.
Urban Institute
http://urban.org/
Offers information on all aspects of welfare reform, extensive research on families & children, and state databases with welfare reform efforts.
Welfare Information Network
www.welfareinfo.org
Clearinghouse of welfare reform-related information, with summaries of federal legislation, and calendar of welfare-related events.
Working Mother Lifenet
www.womweb.com
Information on day care for working parents, with results of state surveys on licensing laws and other consumer information.
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