Child Welfare

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/opa/facts/

This site provides online fact sheets that describe ACF-funded activities, projects, shelters, re-source centers, community/school-based programs, Head Start, welfare reform, and much more.

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)—Children’s Bureau

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/

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.

American Humane Association

http://www.americanhumane.org

American Humane Association is a network of individuals and organizations working to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals and to assure that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively, and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)

http://www.apsac.org

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

http://http://child.cornell.edu

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 Trauma Academy—CIVITAS Child Trauma Programs

http://www.childtrauma.org

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, publica-tions, and progress reports are included in this site.

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)

http://www.cwla.org

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 pro-grams, publications, and upcoming conferences and trainings.

Institute for Children

http://www.forchildren.org

The Institute for Children is a foster care and adoption think tank that would like to reshape foster care and adoption in America so that every child will have the chance to grow up in a permanent, loving family. Their site includes findings based on individual states and infor -mation about legislation.

Kempe Center

http://www.kempecenter.org

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. www.

Missing and Exploited Children’s Training Programs

http://www.foxvalley.tec.wi.us/ojjdp

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 respond-ing to missing and abducted children.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

http://www.missingkids.org

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

http://www.ncac-hsv.org

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)

http://www.calib.com/nccanch/

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

http://www.sexoffender.com

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.

Prevent Child Abuse (PCA)

http://www.preventchildabuse.org

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.

Transracial Adoption Group

http://www.transracial-adoption.org

The TRA Group, a national nonprofit organization, serves as a research institute for the exchange of information on domestic and international transracial adoptive placements worldwide. The TRA Group functions as the first international support and advocacy organization for transracia l adoptees and their families. Its goal is to find permanent homes for the thousands of minority children currently in various child welfare systems by promoting transracial adoptive placements as a viable form of adoption. Their site includes contact information, adoption statistics, and program information.

Cultural Information

Appalachian Focus

http://www.appalachianfocus.org

Appalachian Focus is a nonprofit organization intent upon involving those persons most immediately and directly impacted by the problems of Central Appalachia in defining the cause of the problems, identifying barriers to solutions to the problems, and designing actions to solve the problems. Truly a great series of articles which analyze in detail the problems of the area.

Asian Community Online (ACON)

http://www.igc.apc.org/acon

This site provides links to various aspects of Asian culture, including Asian studies, advocacy, culture, education, health, sexuality, and women.

Biracial Identity

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/1103

This website gives the legal definitions of biracial individuals, along with testimonies and children’s school issues. There are a variety of fact sheets and statistics on biracial families.

Black Families

http://www.blackfamilies.com

This site provides a wide array of information for African American families, as well as many links to other sites of interest.

Center for the Study of Biracial Children

http://www.csbc.cncfamily.com

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.

Center for the Study of White American Culture

http://www.euroamerican.org/

The Center for the Study of White American Culture 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 racia l and cultural lines is crucial to the future well-being of America.

Cultural Competence Website

http://www.air.org/cecp/cultural

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

http://www.footstepsmagazine.com

This online magazine celebrates the heritage of African Americans and explores their contributions to our culture.

Hispanic Online Latino Links

http://www.hisp.com/links.html

This site includes information on culture, entertainment, politics, reference materials, and other Internet sites.

Hispanicbiz.com

http://www.hispanicbiz.com/facts.htm

This site provides information about the Hispanic culture, specifically in business.

Interracial Voice

http://www.webcom.com/~intvoice/add_site.html

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.

Latino Link

http://www.latinolink.com

Entertainment news, foods, and other hot topics for the Latino community can be found on this site.

National Black Child Development Institute

http://www.nbcdi.org/

NBCDI’s website includes information on membership, public policy, resources, and a calendar of upcoming events.

National Korean American Service and Education Consortium

http://www.nakasec.org

This national organization seeks to educate and empower Korean American communities nationwide.

UCLA’s Latino Website

http://www.latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/

UCLA’s Latino website offers a great library and links to all aspects of Latino culture.

Domestic Violence

Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)

http://www.igc.org/fund

FVPF is a national nonpr ofit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, pre-vention, and public policy reform. This site includes fact sheets on the effects of domestic violence on children, full text articles, and other relevant links.

The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)

http://www.mincava.umn.edu

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.

Violence Against Women Resources

http://www.vaw.umn.edu

This site includes documents that address provisions of the Violence Against Women Act; issues related to child custody and protection; the overlap between child maltreatment and abuse of women; and child witnesses of domestic violence.

Education Issues

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)

http://www.chadd.org/

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.

Learning Disability Resource Guide

http://www.ldonline.org

An interactive learning disability resource guide for parents, teachers, and students, this site provides a wealth of recent articles and legislation.

Gay And Lesbian Issues

Coalition for Positive Sexuality

http://www.positive.org

This site offers information about sexuality for teens, both homosexual and heterosexual.

Human Rights Campaign

http://www.hrcusa.org/

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.

Lesbian Mothers Support Society

http://www.lesbian.org/lesbian-moms/

This site includes parenting articles, children’s resources, adoption information, and other links.

Lesbian.org

http://www.lesbian.org

Lesbian.org promotes lesbian visibility on the Internet, and includes political and cultural resources as well as additional links. resources as well as additional links. www.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

http://www.ngltf.org

NGLTF is a national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people. Their site contains updated information on GLBT law and current issues.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Youth Institute

http://www.youth.org/loco/ngltfyi/

The NGLTF Youth Institute offers young people the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to create change.

Youth Assistance Organization/Youth Action Online (YAO)

http://youth.org

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.

Law and Advocacy

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law

http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html

The 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 advocacy links.

Best Interest Newsletter

http://www.childadvocacy.com

This newsletter offers news and resources for professionals and volunteers who advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. The site includes information on legal issues, medical topics, web resources, and legislation.

Children Now

http://www.childrennow.org

Children Now utilizes the mass media to make children a top priority across the country. They work to improve the quality of news and entertainment media for children and about children’s issues.

Foster Care Youth United

http://www.youthcomm.org

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 Parent Community

http://www.fosterparents.com

This foster parent resource provides articles, website links, and information on local foster parent associations. Links include grandparent and relative caregiver links, attachment disorders, medical links, adoption, HIV, educational issues, FAS, and ADD/ADHD.

Hear My Voice

http://www.hearmyvoice.org

Hear My Voice is a unique coalition of volunteer child advocates and professionals in the areas of law, mental health, and the media. The site lists the recent success stories of difficult child advocacy cases.

Indian Child Welfare Law Center

http://www.glrain.net/icwalc

Their mission is to work with the Indian community to preserve and reunite Indian families by providing culturally appropriate legal services to Indian children, parents, extended family members, and tribes in cases governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, and to serve as a community development resource for ICWA education, advocacy, and public policy.

Juvenile Justice Center

http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html

The ABA Juvenile Justice Center is dedicated to monitoring the legislative, fiscal, policy, and administrative changes rapidly emerging in juvenile justice systems across the nation.

National Association of Child Advocates

http://www.childadvocacy.org

The National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) is the only national organization devoted to building the capacity of state and local child advocacy organizations. Founded in 1984, NACA is a nationwide network of child advocacy organizations working at the increasingly critical level of America’s statehouses, county commissions, and city councils.

National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC)

http://www.naccchildlaw.org

NACC is a nonprofit professional membership organization dedicated to quality represen-tation and protection of children in the legal system. Their purpose is to assist attorneys and other professionals in their work with children in the legal system. At the same time, NACC carries out a policy agenda designed to improve the legal system for children. This site provides advocacy links and upcoming events.

National Center for Youth Law

http://www.youthlaw.org

NCYL provides information, training, and consultation on youth law matters to legal services for attorneys and other professionals serving poor children and youth. Its areas of expertise include abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, public benefits for children, children’s health, and the rights of children living in institutions. NCYL provides information, training, and consultation on youth law matters to legal services for attorneys and other professionals serving poor children and youth. Its areas of expertise include abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, public benefits for children, children’s health, and the rights of children living in institutions.

National Children’s Alliance

http://www.nca-online.org

NCA’s Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) are community-based programs that bring together representatives from law enforcement, juvenile court counselors, mental health, and other service providing agencies to address the investigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse cases.

National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association

http://www.casanet.org

The website for the national child advocacy organization, this site includes information about the work of CASA programs as well as a library with links about several important topics impacting children including HIV, cultural awareness, and advocacy.

Office of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org

This site offers links to the latest facts and figures on juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, and violence, and includes many of their publications, grant options, and local resources.

Social Work and Social Services Website

http://www.gwbweb.wustl.edu/websites.html

This is a comprehensive site with many links to issues relevant to social welfare. This site offers a wide variety of online resources of interest to social workers and those in the social services fields.

Voices for the Children

http://www.voicesforthechildren.homestead.com/main.html

This site provides a link to a summary of the Adoption and Safe Families Act, as well as a link to a chat room for others interested in this topic.

Medical/Psychological

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

http://www.aacap.org

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry would like to assist parents and families in understanding developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents. The website includes journal information, facts, re-sources, and information on legislation.

American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org

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.

Childhood and Neurodevelopment

http://www.nga.org/HotTopics/ECIssues.htm

This is a useful overview of key early childhood websites and resources prepared by the National Governor’s Association.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

http://www.sesa.org/fasalaska/

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.

I Am Your Child

http://www.iamyourchild.org

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.

Internet Mental Health

http://www.mentalhealth.com

This site contains links for common disorders, organizations, search engines, and medical sites.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

http://www.nami.org

This organization provides resources to improve the lives of people with mental illnesses and their families. Legal issues, medical information, and many other fact sheets are included in the website.

Online Medical Dictionary

http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/index.html

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.

The Arc

http://www.thearc.org

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 Barr-Harris Children’s Grief Center

http://www.barrharris.org

The center offers help for children facing the pain of death, divorce, separation, or aban-donment, and provides a list of books/links for school professionals, parents, and advocates who deal with children’s grief.

The Child Development Website

http://www.vicinities.com/children/

Parents, educators, caregivers, Head Start and daycare center employees, child development specialists, therapists, and students join together to share and learn about child development and how to better serve and care for our children at home, in child care, and in early education settings.

The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd

This program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers a broad range of activities, including research, training, and public information. The site includes an index of world-wide literature on PTSD.

Trauma Information Pages

http://www.trauma-pages.com

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.

Miscellaneous

Adolescence Directory Online (ADOL)

http://www.education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/mental.html

This electronic guide provides information regarding adolescent issues and secondary education, including mental health risk factors for adolescents.

Connect for Kids

http://www.connectforkids.org

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

http://www.aacap.org/info_families/index.htm

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.

Juvenile Firesetting Intervention Resource Site

http://www.sosfires.com

The goal of this site is to prevent youth fire tragedy through education, intervention, and mental health support, and to facilita te the exchange of information on the topic of youth fire setting.

KidSource Online

http://www.kidsource.com

This information service for parents and educators who focus on health, education, and recreation includes useful books, articles on learning disabilities, and links.

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

http://www.naswdc.org

NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.

Youth and Family Directory

http://www.youthtreeusa.com

Search this directory to find youth and family programs and services in your own neighbor-hood and nationwide.

Native American

National Indian Child Welfare Association

http://www.nicwa.org

The public policy section of NICWA’s website provides information on how specific child welfare laws impact Indian children. The site also provides links to other information on Native American culture.

NativeWeb

http://www.nativeweb.org

This site contains over three thousand links to various aspects of Native American culture and history.

WWW Virtual Library – American Indians

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

Virtual library of the Indian culture with an index of resources on the web, including culture, history, language, health, and art.

Substance Abuse

Addiction Links Page (Directory)

http://www.drugnet.net/metaview.htm#general

This comprehensive site provides links to virtually every relevant topic on substance abuse, as well as links to fact sheets and statistics.

Bridge to Understanding

http://www.bridgetounderstanding.com

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.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

http://www.samhsa.gov/csat/csat.htm

This site includes new forms of treatment, general information, and publications, and offers a link to area professionals.

Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

http://www.casacolumbia.org

Topics on this site include the economic and socia l costs of substance abuse and its impact on lives; what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement; individual and institu-tional responsibility for combating substance abuse and addiction; the tools helpers need to succeed; and the goal of removing the stigma of abuse and replacing shame and despair with hope.

National Association of Children of Alcoholics

http://www.health.org/nacoa/

The mission of NACA is to advocate for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies. This mission drives all of their programs and materials to help children of alcoholics.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

http://www.health.org

This site includes the latest research, facts and figures, upcoming conferences, an online catalog of materials, and other links.

Washington State Resources

Casey Family Programs

http://www.casey.org

Casey Family Programs provides an array of services for children and youth, with foster care as

Child Care Resource and Referral Network

http://www.childcarenet.org

A network of 18 community-based, private, nonprofit child care resource and referral agencies across Washington State (USA). We offer consumer education, training and technical assistance to parents, child care providers, employers and the community.

Children’s Alliance

http://www.childrensalliance.org

The Children's Alliance is statewide, member based advocacy organization dedicated to improving the safety, security, health and education of Washington's children. Its activities include policy analysis and development, public education, outreach, training, and policy advocacy. The Alliance supports collaborative efforts by individuals and organizations working on juvenile justice, food program policies, medical and dental services, family support, budget priorities, and prevention strategies.

Children’s Home Society of Washington

http://www.chs-wa.org

Through adoption support, family support, parent education, early childhood development, advocacy, counseling, residential and foster care, Children's Home Society of Washington has served Washington state's children and families for more than 100 years.

Department of Social and Health Services

http://www.dshs.wa.gov

The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is an agency that helps people. We do this in partnerships with families, community groups, religious organizations, private providers, other government agencies, and the many thousands of generous foster parents, neighbors, and citizens who make Washington a special place by taking care of each other.

Northwest Adoption Exchange Program

http://www.nwae.org

The Northwest Adoption Exchange program has been providing special needs adoption services since 1976 by facilitating adoptive placements in Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington through its regularly published photo-listing book.

Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OCVA)

http://www.ocva.wa.gov

Established in 1990, OCVA serves the state on many levels by: Advocating on behalf of crime victims in obtaining needed services and resources; Administering grant funds for community programs working with crime victims; Assisting communities in planning and implementing services for crime victims; and Advising local and state government agencies of practices, policies, and priorities which impact crime victims.

Office of Family and Children’s Ombudsman (OFCO)

http://www.governor.wa.gov/ofco/

The Mission of the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombudsman is to protect children and parents from harmful agency action or inaction, and to make agency officials and state policy makers aware of system-wide issues in the child protection and child welfare system so they can improve services.

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

http://www.k12.wa.us

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is the primary agency charged with overseeing K-12 education in Washington state. OSPI works with the state’s 296 school districts to administer basic education programs and implement education reform on behalf of more than one million public school students.

TeamChild

http://www.teamchild.org

A non-profit organization, TeamChild was founded on a simple premise: many juveniles can be diverted from delinquency or other trouble if their basic needs are met. TeamChild has developed manual and training on Education Advocacy.

Treehouse

http://www.treehouse4kids.org

The Treehouse vision is to create a place for foster children and community supporters that will dramatically improve the lives of our kids. By establishing a visible source for services to youth, Treehouse has expanded programs and advocacy to far better meet demands that outstrip current capacity. No agency in the region responds to the needs of our foster children like Treehouse.

Washington Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (WCPCAN)

http://www.wcpcan.wa.gov

WCPCAN’s mission is to provide leadership and a statewide focus on the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and to encourage and support effective community prevention efforts.

Washington State Association of CASA/GAL Programs

http://www.washingtonstatecasa.org

Washington State CASA’s mission is to support effective volunteer advocacy for the best interests of abused and neglected children involved in the court system. Our vision is to ensure that every child has a safe, supportive and permanent home.

Washington State Courts

http://www.courts.wa.gov

The State Supreme Court administers the Judicial branch of the Washington State Government. The website includes information on The Office of the Administrator for the Courts (OAC).

Washington State Legislature

http://www.leg.wa.gov

State Legislature homepage.