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The following links provide
an overview of some information available on the internet concerning
children from a variety of sources. (For more topical links, click
on Tips
for Families and Health
Care Resoures). The Center for Children and Childhood
Studies makes no guarantees about the usefulness or accuracy of
the information on any of these sites, These websites, like any
other source of information, need to be evaluated critically.
Please address your comments or suggestions to Monika
Wood. Thank you!
Mega-Sites
University-Based
Centers for Childhood Studies
Links
by Topic
Adoption
and Foster Care
Advocacy
Groups
- ABA
Center on Children and the Law - (American
Bar Association) to improve children's lives through advances
in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy.
- ABA
Juvenile Justice Center - (American Bar Association)
dedicated to monitoring legislative, fiscal, policy and administrative
changes rapidly emerging in juvenile justice systems across
the nation.
- Action
Alliance for Children is a California-based,
nonprofit agency that provides information about trends and
policy issues affecting children and their families.
- America
Links Up is a broad-based national coalition of non-profits,
education groups, and corporations concerned with raising
a public awareness campaign designed to ensure that children
have safe, educational, and rewarding experiences online.
- America's
Promise: The Alliance for Youth is a national organization
led by General Colin Powell, dedicated to mobilizing the nation
to ensure our children and youth have access to the fundamental
resources they need to become successful adults.
- The
Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children
and their families in the United States. The primary mission
of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service
reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet
the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
- Association
for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ)
is New
Jersey's foremost child advocacy organization. Its mission
aims at making children a top priority for our state
leaders and urging them to work together to build a
better future for all New Jersey children.
- Children
Now is a California-based nonpartisan, independent voice
for children, working to utilize the mass communication media
to make the well-being of children a national priority.
- Children's
Institute International, a private, nonprofit organization,
is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and strengthening the
family through the provision of child abuse prevention.
- Child
Rights Information Network (CRIN) - is
a Global Network of Organisations committed to the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child and to sharing information
on Children's Rights.
- Children,
Youth and Family Consortium -
at the University of Minnesota to serve as an electronic bridge
to information and resources on children, youths, and families.
- Child
Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's
oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being
of America's vulnerable children and their families.
- Coalition
for America's Children is an alliance of national, state,
and local nonprofit organizations working to call attention
to the serious obstacles impeding children's well-being and
to boost children's concerns to the top of the public policy
agenda.
- Coalition
for Asian-American Children and Families advocates for
social policies and programs that support Asian American children
and families in New York City.
- Connect
for Kids (Benton Foundation) - building communities
for kids and families.
- Families
USA - is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization
dedicated to educating the public and to the achievement of
high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
- Global
Youth ACTION Network (GYAN) is a collaboration
among youth and youth-serving organizations to share information,
resources and solutions.
- Juvenile
Law
Center is a
public interest law firm dedicated
to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth.
- National
Association for the Education of Young Children (naeyc)
devoted to assuring the provision of high-quality early childhood
programs for young children.
- National
Association of Child Advocates - with links to state
and local organization
- National
Children's Alliance
- Save
the Children (UK-based,
active in 65 countries)
- Stand
for Children - an affiliate of CDF, encourages individuals
to improve children's lives. Its mission is to identify, train,
and connect local children's activists engaging in advocacy,
awareness-raising, and service initiatives.
Child
Abuse and Neglect
- Children's
Institute International (CII) is a private, non-profit organization
specializing in the treatment and prevention of child abuse
and neglect. Over the past 90 years, CII has evolved from a
shelter for single mothers and their babies to an internationally
recognized model of comprehensive care and assistance for at-risk
children and their families.
Children
and Poverty
Children
with Disabilities
Children's
Health and Environmental Risks
Children's
Literature
- ChildE
- Children's Historical Literature Disseminated
throughout Europe, is a project, funded under the European Commission's
Culture 2000 programme, that uses web technology to allow wider
and more open access to images from collections of early
children's books in Europe.
- ChLA -
Children's Literature Association encourages serious scholarship
and research in children's literature; aims to enhance
the professional stature of the graduate and undergraduate
teaching of children's literature. The new website,
a "wiki," let's you contribute. Check it out.
Cities
for Children
(Europe)
- Cities
for Children.
The European Network Cities for Children has been initiated
by the City of Stuttgart with the support of the Robert Bosch
Foundation. The Network offers European cities the possibility
to exchange and to develop progressive concepts across national
borders on how to promote the well-being of children, young
persons and parents in the urban environment.
Juvenile
Justice
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