Cope Family Center

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE INFORMATION

Children's Advocacy Organizations
Child Care
Child Trauma
Databases
Federal Child Welfare
State Child Welfare

Children's Advocacy Organizations

Action Alliance for Children
www.4children.org

American Public Human Services Association
aphsa.org

Children Now
www.childrennow.org

Children's Defense Fund
www.childrensdefense.org

Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org

KIDPOWER
www.kidpower.org/index.html

National Association of Child Advocates
www.childadvocacy.org

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

Parent Outreach
www.parentoutreach.org

Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
www.researchforum.org

Urban Institute
www.urban.org

Child Care

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)-Child Care Bureau
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/acf_services.html#cc

Administration for Children and Families-National Child Care Information Center
nccic.org

Child Care Aware (childcare resources)
www.childcareaware.org

Community Resources for Children (CRC)
www.crcnapa.org

Families and Work Institute
www.familiesandwork.org

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
www.naccrra.net

National Institute on Out-of-School Time
www.niost.org

National School-Age Care Alliance
www.nsaca.org

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

Child Trauma

Aboutourkids.org (child and adolescent mental health and parenting issues)
www.aboutourkids.org

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

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

Ricky Greenwald's Child Trauma Home Page
www.childtrauma.com

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

Databases

Child Trends (research and data to inform decision-making that affects children)
www.childtrends.org

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

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
www.ndacan.cornell.edu

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

U.S. Census Bureau:
www.census.gov

Federal Child Welfare

Administration for Children and Families
www.acf.dhhs.gov

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org

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

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

The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
www.nichd.nih.gov

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
www.nida.nih.gov

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
www.nimh.nih.gov

Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health
rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
www.os.dhhs.gov

U.S. Government Printing Office
www.access.gpo.gov

State Child Welfare

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

California Department of Child Support Services
www.childsup.cahwnet.gov

California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
www.dss.cahwnet.gov

California Health and Human Services
www.chhs.ca.gov

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

Children and Family Services Division, CDSS
www.childsworld.ca.gov

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

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

Foster Care Ombudsman Program, CDSS
www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov

Little Hoover Commission
www.lhc.ca.gov/lhc.html

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