Cope Family Center

Resource Information

Children's Advocacy Organizations:

* Action Alliance for Children:
http://www.4children.org

* American Public Human Services Association:
http://www.aphsa.org

* Children Now:
http://www.childrennow.org

* Children's Defense Fund:
http://www.childrensdefense.org

* Child Welfare League of America:
http://www.cwla.org

* Coalition of Non-Profits:
http://www.napanonprofitcoalition.org

* National Association of Child Advocates:
http://www.childadvocacy.org

* National Center for Children in Poverty:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp

* Parent Outreach:
http://www.parentoutreach.org

* Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism:
http://www.researchforum.org

* Urban Institute:
http://www.urban.org

Child Care:

* Administration for Children and Families (ACF)-Child Care Bureau:
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb

* Administration for Children and Families-National Child Care Information Center:
http://nccic.org

* Child Care Aware (childcare resources):
http://www.childcareaware.org

* Community Resources for Children (CRC):
http://www.crcnapa.org

* Families and Work Institute:
http://www.familiesandwork.org

* National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies:
http://www.naccrra.net

* National Institute on Out-of-School Time:
http://www.niost.org

* National School-Age Care Alliance:
http://www.nsaca.org

* Zero to Three (the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life):
http://www.zerotothree.org

Child Trauma:

* Aboutourkids.org (child and adolescent mental health and parenting issues):
http://www.aboutourkids.org

* The Child Trauma Academy (articles on child trauma and the effects of violence on children):
http://www.childtrauma.org

* National Center for Resource Family Support, Casey Family Programs:
http://www.casey.org/cnc/support_retention/trauma.htm

* Ricky Greenwald's Child Trauma Home Page:
http://www.childtrauma.com

* Safe from the start (Reducing children's exposure to violence):
http://www.safefromthestart.org

Databases:

* Child Trends (research and data to inform decision-making that effects children):
http://www.childtrends.org

* National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information:
http://www.calib.com/nccanch

* National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu

* Thomas (federal legislative information):
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html

* U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov

Federal Child Welfare:

* Administration for Children and Families:
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov

* American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:
http://www.aacap.org

* Forum on Child and Family Statistics-reports of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics:
http://www.childstats.gov

* National Center for Health Statistics:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

* The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities:
http://www.nichcy.org

* National Institute of Child Health & Human Development:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov

* National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA):
http://www.nida.nih.gov

* National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
http://www.nimh.nih.gov

* Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health:
http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu

* U.S. Department of Health & Human Services:
http://www.os.dhhs.gov

* U.S. Government Printing Office:
http://www.access.gpo.gov

State Child Welfare:

* Bill information (search for bills in the California State Legislature):
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html

* California Department of Child Support Services:
http://www.childsup.cahwnet.gov

* California Department of Social Services (CDSS):
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov

* California Health and Human Services:
http://www.chhs.ca.gov

* California Youth Connection (CYC) (information about youth in the foster care system):
http://www.calyouthconn.org/index.html

* Children and Family Services Division, CDSS:
http://www.childsworld.ca.gov

* Child Welfare Services Stakeholder Group, CDSS:
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/ChildWelfa_285.htm

* The Federal Child and Family Services Review Project, CDSS:
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cfsr

* Foster Care Ombudsman Program, CDSS:
http://www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov

* Little Hoover Commission:
http://www.lhc.ca.gov/lhc.html

* Research and Development Division, CDSS (annual reports, etc.):
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/research/default.htm



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