Children, Youth and Family Issues Society

Online publication by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation whose primary purpose is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being.

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I Am Your Child

- Public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a national priority, emphasizing the importance of the first three years of life for emotional and intellectual growth.
Division of Childhood and Adolescence

- A focal point for policy development, research, and strategic analysis of trends regarding broad determinants of health regarding children and youth in Canada.

Pre-K Now - Collaborates with advocates and policymakers in a movement issues to provide society high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten education for all issues three and four year society olds.
kidsnutrition.org - A site by the Children\\'s Nutrition Research Center issues (CNRC) of the Baylor College of Medicine. Research, issues news, and information and resources for parents.
The Stepfamily Life - A weekly column highlighting the joys and unique issues challenges of society stepfamily living.
Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Communities - Located at Eastern Michigan University, the Institute applies scholarly research and practical expertise to issues such as foster care and child welfare.
The Urban Institute | Children - Current publications and projects on policy issues affecting children from society the Urban Institute.
Action for Child Protection - A consulting and training organization providing resources and technical assistance society to national, state and county child welfare professionals and agencies society primarily in the area of child protective services.
American Association for the Child's Right to Play - Protects, preserves, and promotes play as a fundamental society right for society all humans.
Parents Helping Parents - Free and ongoing support groups throughout Massachusetts for parents, or children, youth and family other adults in a parenting role, who feel isolated, overwhelmed, children, youth and family or afraid of their anger towards their children. Parent stories, children, youth and family group locations, and volunteer and donation opportu
FLAME Network - A voluntary network within the Church of England issues working for the enhancement of family life, marriage issues and human relationships.
Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society - Academic and documentation centre based at the University of Glasgow children, youth and family which conducts research, offers teaching, consultancy and policy advice primarily children, youth and family in the areas of child welfare, children\\'s rights, child protection children, youth and family and young people and crime. Services
Youthworker - Provides support and information to youthwork practitioners in the United society Kingdom. Includes forum, news, and policy papers.
Monroe County Coalition for Children and Families - A West Virginia Family Resource Network. Includes a resource directory, issues tobacco prevention coalition, and breast cancer awareness.
The Comic Book Project - A project of Teachers College, Columbia University that society engages children children, youth and family in a creative process leading to society literacy reinforcement, social awareness, children, youth and family and character development. Student society galleries, publications, and news.
The Prevention Researcher Online - A quarterly newsletter about At-Risk Youth. Includes abstracts issues and references children, youth and family as well as full length articles issues on At-Risk Youth issues children, youth and family such as teen violence, issues teen pregnancy prevention, substance abuse, dating children, youth and family violence and issues eating disorders.
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement - Helps state, county and tribal child welfare agencies improve management, children, youth and family measure outcomes, and make decisions that protect children. Toll-free number, children, youth and family publications, and programs.
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences - Works to improve the quality and standards of society individual and society family life through programs that educate, society influence public policy, disseminate society information and publish research society findings.
The Child Well-Being Index - Produced by Duke University researchers, the Child Well-Being society Index is issues an evidence-based measure of trends over society time in the quality issues of life or well-being society of America’s children and young people. issues Description of society index, data, and press information.
Who's Minding the Children? - Essays about parenting and childcare, and about society\\'s treatment of issues important issues that affect children.
National Committee of Grandparents for Children's Rights - Advocates and lobbies for substantial and urgent legislative children, youth and children, youth and family family changes that protect the rights of grandparents and children, youth children, youth and family and family children.
Houston Family Foundation - A non-profit, Christ-centered organization dedicated to helping parents issues raise children children, youth and family and build families with virtue.
D.A.R.E. - Provides children with the information and skills they issues need to live drug and violence free lives.
Deliver The Dream - A respite and retreat program that serves families facing serious society illness or crisis by helping them to enhance coping skills, society reduce stress and cultivate relationships. Press releases, newsletter, information on society retreat weekends, and volunteer opportuniti
Kids First Coalition - Seeks to promote and encourage traditional families. Policy children, youth and children, youth and family family initiatives, congressional testimony, and press releases.
The Urban Institute | Family/Parents - Current publications and projects from the Urban Institute society on policy issues affecting families/parents.
Promoting Christian Child Care Alternatives - Resources for child protection, advise and help for issues those suffering children, youth and family abuse and for those who have issues a resposibility for children.
Child Trends - An independent, nonpartisan research center dedicated to improving issues the lives children, youth and family of children and their families. Projects, issues news, and publications.
Forum for Youth Investment - Seeks to help organizations and individuals in the society allied youth fields by providing research, publications, and society issue discussions. Resources, news, and the periodic publication society Forum Focus.
Local Investment Commission - An effort by the state of Missouri to work with citizens, businesses, and civic and labor leaders to improve the lives of children and families in Kansas City and Jackson County. Initiatives, news, and data.
National Guard Youth Challenge Program - A structured, quasi-military training and mentoring program affiliated issues with the National Guard for at-risk youth that issues develops the life skills, educational levels and employment issues potential of 16-18 year old high-school drop-outs
Invest in Kids - A nonprofit organization in Canada focused on early issues childhood development. Research, publications, and resources for issues parents and professionals.
Promising Practices Network - Features programs and practices that credible research indicates children, youth and issues family are effective in improving outcomes in the areas children, youth issues and family of child health, child safety, schooling, and family children, issues youth and family well-being. Sections on proven and promising programs, research issues children, youth and family in brief, and strengthen
Happen Inc. - A unique, non-profit organization in Cincinnati, Ohio that helps parents children, youth and family and their children share creative, bonding experiences using art as children, youth and family the medium. Classes, community programs, and volunteer opportunities.
Families Commission - The Families Commission is a government agency that issues is an children, youth and family advocate for New Zealand families. It issues funds research, seeks the children, youth and family views of the community, issues and works to influence government family children, youth and family policy.
The Children's Society - A UK based organization that assists street children, disabled children, young refugees, and children in trouble with the law. News, events, and donation and volunteer information.
Losing Generations: Adolescents in High-Risk Settings - Complete text of the book by the Panel on High-Risk Youth, National Research Council.
familyfacts.org - Sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, this site presents findings on society the family, society and religion from peer-reviewed journals, books and society government surveys.
Children and the Law - Established in 1978, the ABA Center on Children and the society Law\\'s mission is to improve children\\'s lives through advances in society law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy.
Children's Bureau Express - An online, monthly digest designed for professionals concerned with child society abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption.
Social Capital Partners - Invests in and incubates revenue-generating social enterprises that employ at-risk youth and other populations outside the economic mainstream in Canada.
Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida - A non-profit organization that supports innovative programs that issues assist at-risk children and their families. Child abuse issues prevention initiatives, fatherhood programs, Circle of Parents support issues group, and Healthy Families Florida program.
MissouriFamilies - Affiliated with the University of Missouri at Columbia, the site issues provides information on health, nutrition, finances, housing, divorce, parenting, and issues childcare. Articles, quick answers, workshops, and newsletter.
The Children's Institute, University of Cape Town - Aims to address the needs and rights of society South African issues children through policy research and other society academic activities.
The Future of Children - Online publication by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation whose primary purpose is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being.
Childstats.gov - Provides statistical reports on the status of U.S. children, youth and issues family children and their families, including population, family characteristics, children, youth issues and family economic security, health, environment, education. From the Federal children, issues youth and family Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family - Provides educational programs and information on Bowen theory and the study of family systems. Features mission statement, links and newsletter.
Embracing the Child - Provides children\\'s books and other reading material to organizations that serve at-risk children such as safe houses, foster care facilities, and emergency shelters.
Youth On Track - American Freedom Assembly is a non-profit corporation concerned issues for today\\'s society youth. The founder travels across issues the country speaking to society America\\'s youth at schools, issues camps and churches. The site also society provides a issues newsletter and a speaking schedule.
Project Destiny of Hope - An organization in Baltimore, Maryland that seeks to society make effective leaders and productive citizens of at-risk society youths and teens through interest driven programs.
National Center for Children, Families and Communities - Seeks to improve the health and social functioning children, youth and family of low income, first-time mothers, their babies, and children, youth and family families by helping communities develop Nurse-Family Partnership home children, youth and family visiting programs.
For Kids' Sake - A weblog discussing the issues that affect children issues across the world; from child abuse, to poverty, issues to child soldiers, to education, to medication, and issues everything else. Also includes ways for people to issues make a difference.
Children's Budget Report - A detailed analysis of spending on low-income children\\'s issues programs in children, youth and family 13 states(1998).
Board on Children, Youth, and Families Homepage (BOCYF) - Created in 1993 to provide an authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of society child, youth, and family issues. Board members, current research projects, society publications, and meeting information included.
Journey of a Missionary - Assists children and families in Libano, Columbia. Programs, issues newsletter, Viatorian issues Center, and donation information.
Child Trends DataBank - National trends and research on key indicators of child and children, youth and family youth well-being. News, data, and research briefs.
Children and Violence - Provides resources for researchers and others interested in children, youth and issues family issues related to violence and children.
Working With Children Checks - Explains the compulsory screening system in Western Australia, issues and the children, youth and family legislation on which it is based. issues Also provides forms, factsheets children, youth and family and FAQ.
Chapin Hall Center for Children - A research center located at the University of Chicago that society informs policymakers, service providers, and administrators on issues affecting the society well being of children. Projects, publications, and newsletter.
Kidsdata - Lists and tracks information on 30 health topics for children in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties in Northern California, and shows comparable California and U.S. data where available.
Brothers and Sisters - Offers a Christian perspective and practical tools on children, youth and family building successful relationships between brothers and sisters.
YouthAction Net - Provides a virtual community for young leaders. Discussion children, youth and society family forum, virtual library, events, and profiles of young children, youth society and family leaders around the globe.
Kids First! - Evaluates, rates, and endorses video, film, software, and other media products designed for children using a volunteer, community-based jury comprising professionals, teachers, parents, and children. Reviews, articles, and newsletter.
YNIC and SCC - Social Change Center - A computer database, with over 300 different youth projects and issues 60 countries, all over the world.
Childwelfare.com - Provides publications and data at the state and national level on adoption, child abuse, welfare reform, foster care, and child poverty.
Evaluation and Research Database - A UNICEF database that contains evaluations, studies and society surveys related issues to UNICEF programs. Reports can be society sorted by country, by issues region, by theme or society by date.
Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work - A national source for news, views and important society developments in society the youth service field from a society nonprofit organization.
cpinfo - The child policy service of the National Children\\'s Bureau of the UK. It provides information on issues relating to children and young people from Westminster and Whitehall.
Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies - This website is sponsored by the Columbia University Institute for issues Child and Family Policy and provides cross-national, comparative information and issues linkages regarding the policies, programs, benefits and services available in issues the advanced industrialized c
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth - A national collaboration of researchers, policy makers and practitioners devoted children, youth and family to building a better future for Australia\\'s children and young children, youth and family people. Programs, publications, and media centre.
Children's Partnership - Undertakes research and policy analysis, publishes reports and multimedia materials, society and forges new alliances among parents, policymakers and the private society sector to achieve tangible gains for children.
National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Based at Georgia State University, the National Center seeks to assist grandparent-headed households via education, advocacy, and the promotion of informed legislation, policy, and practices.
Child Welfare Information Gateway - A service of the Children\\'s Bureau, Administration for children, youth and family Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and children, youth and family Human Services. Provides access to print and children, youth and family electronic publications, websites, and online databases on topics children, youth and family such as child welfare, child abuse
Office for Children in Victoria - Focused on the health, safety, development, learning and children, youth and children, youth and family family wellbeing of children, young people and families in children, youth children, youth and family and family Victoria, Australia.
D-aRts Youth Organization - As an after school arts initiative, D-aRts plans events for children, youth and family youth ages 14 to 20 with its main focus being children, youth and family to get youth involved with the arts. Currently our event children, youth and family productions include, Spoken Word, Fine Arts, Dance, Music, Fashion.
Military HOMEFRONT - Department of Defense web site providing information on military children society and youth issues, programs, initiatives, and military and civilian partnerships.
How to Make a Family - Columns, essays, and advice on issues pertinent to society "family" in issues both its broadest and most intimate society contexts.
Connect For Kids - Information for adults who want to make their society communities better children, youth and family places for children. News, a directory society of groups working on children, youth and family behalf of children and society families, and articles on many parenting children, youth and family topics.
Youth as Resources - Supports young people in funding, designing, and implementing service projects children, youth and family in their communities.
Eurlyaid - The European Association on Early Intervention - An association of scientists, professionals and parents focused children, youth and children, youth and family family on children with special needs. News, conferences, children, youth children, youth and family and family and discussion forums.
Middle of Somewhere - Web magazine for children of missionary families. Published issues by students children, youth and family from the American Christian School in issues Japan.
Toll-Free Numbers for Health Information - A list of toll-free numbers, and description of services, on issues health topics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and issues Human Services. Several topics related to children are included.[PDF]
Thrasher Research Fund - Research in Children's Health - A private organization that finances practical, applied pediatric health research and demonstration projects. Grant and contact information.
Center for the Study of Social Policy - Strives to help states and localities implement strategies children, youth and family that strengthen disadvantaged communities and ensure that children children, youth and family grow up healthy, safe, successful in school, and children, youth and family ready for productive adulthood.
The Urban Institute | Adolescents - Current publications and projects on policy issues affecting children, youth and issues family adolescents from the Urban Institute.
Center on Media and Child Health - Educates children, parents, and the public on media children, youth and issues family and their effects on the physical, mental, and children, youth issues and family social health of all children.

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