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| Louisiana Adoption Resource Exchange - Louisiana's children available for adoption | |||||||||
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American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law - The advocacy links goal of the ABA Children’s Law Division is to improve the lives of children through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy. This site includes child welfare tips and a lot of great child. |
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| American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) - APSAC would like to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives a professional response by providing scholarly and clinical materials. This site includes information on state chapters, legislation, and additional resources. | |||||||||
| Child Abuse Prevention Network - This site is for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect. Child maltreatment, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse and neglect are their key areas of concern. They provide unique and powerful tools for all workers to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. | |||||||||
| Child Maltreatment Reports - Published annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these reports contain national and state data on reports, victims, perpetrators, fatalities, and services. | |||||||||
| Child Trends Research: The Multiple Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect - New Insights into an Old Problem | |||||||||
| Future of Children -This site features special issues of the journal on "Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect" and on "Children, Families and Foster Care." | |||||||||
| Kempe Center - This site was designed to provide a clinically based resource for training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research regarding all forms of child abuse and neglect. The center is committed to multidisciplinary approaches to improving the recognition, treatment, and prevention of all forms of abuse and neglect. | |||||||||
| Missing and Exploited Children’s Training Programs - The Missing and Exploited Children’s Training Programs serve law enforcement, social workers, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, and elected officials. Courses are offered on many topics, including child abuse and exploitation investigative techniques; child abuse and exploitation team investigative process; child sexual exploitation; and responding to missing and abducted children. | |||||||||
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website offers success stories, educational resources, and current events. The “About Us” section has a list of topics varying from child pornography to services for law enforcement. | |||||||||
| National Children’s Advocacy Center - This agency provides prevention, intervention, and treatment services to physically and sexually abused children and their families within a child-focused team approach. | |||||||||
| National Clearinghouse for Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) - NCCAN is a national resource for professionals seeking information on child maltreatment, all aspects of child abuse and neglect, prevention identification, treatment of child abuse, and other child welfare issues. Their excellent website provides informational databases, links, and current highlights. | |||||||||
| National Sex Offender Registry - Child Awareness Services opened this website of accessible links to individual states’ searchable databases of registered sex offenders in the United States and other select countries. | |||||||||
| Parents Anonymous - This national child abuse prevention organization seeks to strengthen families and improve outcomes for children who may be at risk for child abuse. | |||||||||
| Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) - PCA is a nationally recognized organization for the prevention of child abuse through media, training, and technical assistance. The site has several links/resources, along with child abuse facts and special events. | |||||||||
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| Board on Children, Youth and Families - BOCYF provides studies on a variety of policy-relevant issues relating to the health and development of children, youth and families. | |||||||||
| Child Trends' Guide to Effective Programs for Children and Youth - This electronic resource presents information on programs found to enhance children's development. Many of these programs seek to prevent threats to a child's well-being, and as such this guide may identify programs and approaches that can help prevent child abuse and neglect. | |||||||||
| I Am Your Child - The “I Am Your Child” campaign has involved the nation’s leading experts in early childhood and neurodevelopment in an ongoing effort to educate families, professionals and policymakers about the crucial role of early childhood in creating healthy children. This site has a wealth of information about early childhood and brain development. | |||||||||
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| American Academy of Pediatrics - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers materials for professionals working in the field of child abuse, including policy statements, a program on the visual diagnosis of child physical abuse, and resources for prevention, recognition, and treatment. | |||||||||
| Online Medical Dictionary - This resource allows you to search for information on any medical term through a wide search and can also link you to a multilingual dictionary and a drug database. | |||||||||
| Trauma Information Pages - Dr. David Baldwin’s Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. Site includes information on trauma resources, bookstore, articles, and links. | |||||||||
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| The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) - ATSA focuses on the preventing sexual abuse by furthering research and professional education in the field of sex offender evaluation and treatment. | |||||||||
| A Child's Journey through the Child Welfare System | |||||||||
| Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - This site provides online fact sheets that describe ACF-funded activities, projects, shelters, resource centers, community/school-based programs, Head Start, welfare reform, and much more. | |||||||||
| Administration for Children and Families (ACF)—Children’s Bureau - Part of the Department of Health and Human Services, the ACF Children’s Bureau provides federal reports on child maltreatment, current initiatives, and special events. | |||||||||
| Adoption, Child Protection & Foster Care Assistance Programs - this portion of the 2003 Green Book, a publication of the House Committee on Ways and Means, presents background information and statistics on major entitlement programs and major social programs | |||||||||
| Child and Youth Well-Being - the Child Trends DataBank is a continuously updated online resource providing information on more than 80 indicators of child and youth well-being. Also posted on the site is a data brief titled, "Violence in the Lives of Children." | |||||||||
| Child Trauma Academy—CIVITAS Child Trauma Programs - Central to the Child Trauma Academy is its mission to improve the systems that educate, nurture, protect, and enrich children. Current research projects, training activities, publications, and progress reports are included in this site. | |||||||||
| Child Welfare - This gateway site provides information and links to state-based data sources on adoption, foster care, child protective service reports and more. | |||||||||
| Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) - CWLA is an association of public and private nonprofit agencies that assist abused and neglected children and families through a wide range of services. The site offers information on their programs, publications, and upcoming conferences and trainings. | |||||||||
| Children and Family Research Center - The center conducts and supports research that contributes to keeping children safe, ensuring permanent homes for children and supporting child and family well-being. | |||||||||
| How Does the Child Welfare System Work? | |||||||||
| KIDS COUNT - A national and state-by-state project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It tracks the status of children in the U.S., measuring educational, social, economic and physical well-being of children. | |||||||||
| North American Resource Center for Child Welfare - NARCCW is an education and research center with a mission to promote "best practices" through the formulation and dissemination of policy addressing the most important, difficult and controversial practice issues and dilemmas in child welfare. | |||||||||
| Online Paradigm is dedicated to supporting everyone involved with helping children and families on their journey towards health. It is designed to be a source of encouragement and accurate information from dedicated professionals who share our common values of honor, respect, teamwork, responsibility, accountability and honesty. | |||||||||
| Trends on the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth - Presents 80 indicators of well-being, offering an accessible overview of data describing the condition of children in the United States. | |||||||||
| Child and Family Services Reviews - This site includes reviews of state child welfare agencies conducted by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Those programs not found to be in conformity with federal requirements must develop Program Improvement Plans, maintained electronically. | |||||||||
| Child and Family Statistics - The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics provides access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families with information about population and family characteristics, economic security, education, health, behavior and social environment. | |||||||||
| Connect for Kids - Connect for Kids is a virtual encyclopedia of information for adults who want to make communities a better place for kids. Most topics include information on substance abuse, schools, and media issues. | |||||||||
| Facts for Families - Facts for Families offers information for parents and families on issues affecting children and adolescents, such as depression, teen suicide, step-family problems, and child sexual abuse. | |||||||||
| National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies. | |||||||||
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| Center for the Study of Biracial Children - The Center for the Study of Biracial Children produces and disseminates materials for and about interracial families and biracial children. The center provides advocacy, training, and consulting. Its primary mission is to advocate for the rights of interracial families, biracial children, and multiracial people. | |||||||||
| The Center for the Study of White American Culture - This website supports cultural exploration and self-discovery among white Americans. It encourages a dialogue among all racial and cultural groups concerning the role of white American culture in the larger American society. The Center operates on the premise that knowledge of one's own racial background and culture is essential when learning how to relate to people of other racial and cultural groups. A premise of this site is that the task of building genuine and authentic relationships across racial and cultural lines is crucial to the future well-being of America. | |||||||||
| Coalition for Positive Sexuality - This site offers information about sexuality for teens, both homosexual and heterosexual. | |||||||||
| Cultural Competence Website - This site contains information, resources, and links to other sites, provided by the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice. | |||||||||
| Footsteps: Celebrating African American History and Achievement - This online magazine celebrates the heritage of African Americans and explores their contributions to our culture. | |||||||||
| Human Rights Campaign -The largest national lesbian and gay political organization, the HRC envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights. They lobby the federal government on gay, lesbian, and AIDS issues; educate the public; participate in election campaigns; organize volunteers; and provide expertise and training at the state and local level. This site has upcoming legislation and informational material. | |||||||||
| Interracial Voice - This site includes a variety of information on interracial people and resources. Included are poets’ writing samples, relationship forums, discrimination information, and information on building diversity. | |||||||||
| Lesbian Mothers Support Society - This site includes parenting articles, children’s resources, adoption information, and other links. | |||||||||
| National Black Development Institute - NBCDI’s website includes information on membership, public policy, resources, and a calendar of upcoming events. | |||||||||
| National Gay and Lesbian Task Force - NGLTF is a national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Their site contains updated information on GLBT law and current issues. | |||||||||
| National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Youth - The NGLTF Youth Institute offers young people the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to create change. | |||||||||
| Resources for Working with LGBTQ Youth- National CASA's annotated bibliography of resources to serve the advocacy needs of those working with lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and questioning youth and their families. | |||||||||
| Youth Assistance Organization/Youth Action Online (YAO) - Youth Action Online is a service run by volunteers, created to help self-identifying gay, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning youth. YAO exists to provide young people with a safe space online to be themselves. | |||||||||
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| The Arc - This organization is devoted to advocacy for all people with disabilities, originally focused on mental retardation. The site includes topics such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, managed care, fetal alcohol syndrome, and the human genome project. | |||||||||
| The Arc of Baton Rouge- The Arc Baton Rouge provides advocacy, services and support to people with mental retardation and other disabilities as well as their families. | |||||||||
| Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) - CHADD works to improve the lives of people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder through education, advocacy, and support. Their site offers great information on ADD and disability issues in the legislature. | |||||||||
| Early Intervention Contacts by State Offices - Locate programs for early intervention in your state | |||||||||
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) - This site provides information on fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol effects, and alcohol-related birth defects, as well as information on prevention methods and teaching students with these problems. | |||||||||
| Learning Disability Resource Guide - An interactive learning disability resource guide for parents, teachers, and students, this site provides a wealth of recent articles and legislation. | |||||||||
| Louisiana Disability Resources | |||||||||
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| Domestic Violence | |||||||||
| The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence. | |||||||||
| The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence-The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV) is a statewide network of battered women's programs, supportive organizations, and individuals who share the goal of ending violence against women and children in Louisiana. LCADV empowers its members through advocacy, education, resource development, and technical assistance. | |||||||||
| The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) - MINCAVA operates an electronic clearinghouse that provides scholarly papers on battered spouses and their children, a searchable database on the link between child maltreatment and woman battering, and links to additional resources. | |||||||||
| The Safe Space - The Break the Cycle program engages, educates and empowers youth to build lives and communities free from domestic and dating violence. | |||||||||
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| American Indian College Funding - The American Indian College Fund offers scholarships for American Indian college students to give hope to, and create better lives for, generations of Native American students and their families and communities. | |||||||||
| Bridge to Understanding - This is the most complete resource on the web for information about programs, facilities, and schools helping young people who are not meeting expectations due to emotional, behavioral, or addiction problems. | |||||||||
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Educational Issues for Foster Children - Casey Family Programs
provides information to help youth in out-of-home care achieve a
successful education. This website provides quick access to the eleven
key education objectives that Casey targets and the practices and
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| Educating Children in Foster Care A comprehensive article from the National Conference of State Legislatures' Children's Policy Initiatives on the educational issues facing children in foster care. | |||||||||
| KidSource Online - This information service for parents and educators who focus on health, education, and recreation includes useful books, articles on learning disabilities, and links. | |||||||||
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Office of Special Education: Ideas that Work - These materials provide information that will help guardians or parents become active and informed participants in IEP discussions and other decision making meetings that support students with disabilities and their families. Also covers IDEA and NCLB. |
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Zero to Three- Zero to Three's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. |
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| Children in Foster Homes: How are They Faring? - a research brief by Child Trends | |||||||||
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| No Place for a Child - Watch clips and learn about this documentary, which follows five children over seven years in the child welfare system. | |||||||||
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Foster Teens- The links included in this section provide information for adults working with foster teens but also link to important resources and web communities designed specifically FOR foster teens. |
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| Adolescence - A series of links addressing adolescent issues. | |||||||||
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Adolescence Directory Online (ADOL) - This electronic guide provides
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Adolescent Health Transition Project - A resource for adolescents with special health care needs, chronic illnesses, physical or developmental disabilities. |
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| Aging Out - a research brief by Child Trends | |||||||||
| California Youth Connection - An organization guided and led by foster youth, CYC promotes the participation of foster youth in policy development legislative change | |||||||||
| A Family for Every Child: Strategies to Achieve Permanence for Older Foster Children and Youth - Identifies successful programs, policies and strategies that have been helping older children find permanent families | |||||||||
| Forum for Youth Investment - The Forum provides youth and adult leaders with the information, technical assistance, training, network support and partnership opportunities needed to be ready for college, work and life. | |||||||||
| Foster Care Youth United - This is a teen-written foster care magazine that discusses issues facing children throughout the foster care system. Their goal is to train, inform, and provide a voice for teens through print journalism. This site has samples of teen writing and order forms for their books. | |||||||||
| Foster Club - A national network for youth in foster care, this site includes resources for youth to provide encouragement and resources. Includes sections on life books and message boards as well. | |||||||||
| FYI3.com - Designed specifically for youth transitioning out of the foster care system, this site offers message boards, news and available opportunities in dozens of communities | |||||||||
| Legal Rights of Teens in Out-of-Home Care - This booklet answers some of the questions youth might have about out-of-home care, courtroom appearances, group home, foster home, and emancipation. | |||||||||
| Scholarships for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care - Orphan Foundation of America helps thousands of foster teens across America prepare for the real world. | |||||||||
| Teen Growth - TeenGrowth is a unique and interactive Web site specifically tailored toward the health interests and general well-being of the teenage population. TeenGrowth offers a secure environment to search for, request and receive valuable health care information on topics such as alcohol, drugs, emotions, health, family, friends, school, sex and sports. | |||||||||
| Teens Health - TeensHealth was created for teens looking for honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships, and growing up. It is a safe, private place that's accessible 24 hours a day to get the doctor-approved info needed to understand changes teens may be experiencing. | |||||||||
| Youth Communication- Helps teenagers develop their skills in reading, writing, thinking, and reflection, so they can acquire the information they need to make thoughtful choices about their lives. Featuring true stories by teens. | |||||||||
| Youth Works - Learn about and search for youth mission trips | |||||||||
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| Law and Advocacy | |||||||||
| American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law - The advocacy links goal of the ABA Children’s Law Division is to improve the lives of children through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy. This site includes child welfare tips and a lot of great child. | |||||||||
| American Public Human Services Association - This organization is made up of individuals and agencies concerned with human services, working together to educate Congress, media, and the public on state issues of welfare, child welfare, health care reform and other issues involving families and the elderly. | |||||||||
