- Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) -- A division of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services. Federal programs aimed at children and families include:
- Adoption
and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System -- Includes many
state-by-state comparisons of data on foster care.
- Child Welfare
Information Gateway -- "Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child
Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information
Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information
and resources to help protect children and strengthen families."
- America's Children
in Brief -- A report from the Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics that presents indicators
on critical aspects of children's lives such as poverty, crime, health care,
math and reading proficiencies, and childhood immunizations.
- National Child Care
Information Center -- An adjunct ERIC clearinghouse for information on
child care. Includes the full text of Child
Care Bulletin and information on Children Home Alone And
Babysitter Age Guidelines.
- National
Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities -- Funded by the U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), this
website contains information on topics related to a broad array of
developmental, physical, and emotional disabilities. Website includes links to
information on A-Z Topics
and publications.
- AdoptionNetwork
-- Includes an overview of adoption issues and provides information on federal,
state, and local adoption agencies.
- Annie E. Casey
Foundation -- A private charitable organization dedicated to helping build
better futures for disadvantaged children. Includes a link to the report KIDS COUNT.
- Child Trends,
Inc. -- A non-profit research organization that studies issues relating to
children, youth, and families. Produces Facts at a
Glance, a fact sheet on teen pregnancy. Their Child Trends DataBank contains a
variety of statistical data on children.
- Child Welfare League
of America -- An organization of nearly 1,000 public and private non-profit
agencies. Includes the League's publications
on topics such as parenting, kinship care, adoption, and raising healthy
teenagers.
- Children's
Defense Fund -- Provides information on the activities of the CDF as well
as statistics on children.
- Early
Childhood and Parenting Collaborative Information Technology Group (ECAP/ITG)
-- Includes links to their own publications
and an archive of
publications and resources from the former ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary
and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE).
- The
First Three Years: A Governor's Guide to Early Childhood -- This
website by the National
Governors Association (NGA) provides links to the latest reports,
initiatives, and information on early childhood.
- The
Future of Children -- An electronic journal from the Center for the
Future of Children at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. An excellent
source for articles about current research and policy issues relating to the
well-being of children.
- National Center for
Children in Poverty -- From the Columbia
University School
of Public Health. Includes state
profiles on policies, demographics and economic conditions for children and
families.
- National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children -- Includes a database of missing
children.
- National SAFE KIDS
Campaign -- A national organization dedicated to the prevention of
unintentional childhood injury.
- Stand For Children
-- An organization committed to improving the quality of children's lives.
- The State of the
World's Children 2006 -- A report from UNICEF
that provides statistics on children's health, mortality, education, and other
indicators for gauging the well-being of children throughout the world.
- A
World of Prevention -- A worldwide directory of programs, research,
references, and resources dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the
promotion of nurturing children. Compiled by The Texas Youth Commission Office of Prevention.
Links compiled from a variety of sources,
including Wikipedia
, Google , the
Minnesota
Legislative Resource Library , and user submissions.
These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational
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