|
Helpful Links
- American Library Association
The Association for Library Service to Children is a network of more than 3,700 children's and youth
librarians, children's literature experts, and publishers committed to improving and ensuring the future of the nation through
exemplary library service to children, their families, and others who work with children. The link above, to ALSC's Resources
for Children and Families section, provides book and audiovisual lists, useful websites, internet safety tips, and other information
geared for children and families.
- American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APSAC is an interdisciplinary professional organization drawing professionals from the fields of child
protective services, education, law, medicine, nursing, mental health, social work, and others in an effort to ensure that
everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response. APSAC provides professional education,
promotes research and practice guidelines, educates the public, and ensures that American public policy concerning child maltreatment
is well informed and constructive. APSAC provides a quarterly newsletter, a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, and a network
of state chapters and professional education events.
- Artists Helping Children
A nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing comfort to children in hospitals, clinics, and shelters
by brightening their environment with murals and other art.
- Camp to Belong
Reuniting siblings placed in separate foster homes.
- The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids
A national photolisting of children awaiting adoption.
- Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine
Since 1978, Exchange has remained the source of support, encouragement, and up-to-date information
on the management side of early childhood education. In each bimonthly issue, you can count on finding practical ideas and
proven strategies for dealing with the serious challenges administrators face on a daily basis. For the latest information
on Employment Opportunities in Early Child Care, please visit Exchange's website.
- Field Guide to Child Welfare Online
For more than 10 years, the Field Guide to Child Welfare
has been an essential practice resource for child welfare staff, caregivers, and university students. Now, the entire text
of the four-volume Field Guide to Child
Welfare is available in a searchable web-based format. You can
purchase a subscription allowing you unlimited access for as little as $20/year. Subscribers will receive all updates at no
additional cost. You can also try it out before subscribing. Click here and follow the "Try it Out" link to request your free five-day trial. Or purchase the print version
here.
- Foster Family-based Treatment Association
Committed to enhancing the lives of children with families through strengthening family-based organizations,
FFTA is an agency-led organization of treatment foster care providers established in 1988 with an initial purpose of defining
and refining treatment foster care practices.
- Help Network
CWLA is proud to be a member of this international network of medical and allied organizations dedicated
to reducing firearm injuries and deaths. To achieve this goal, HELP promotes strategies based on public health research.
- Help Starts Here
The National Association of Social Workers presents this website as a resource for professional advice,
inspiring stories, even a social worker directory.
- Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
A national effort to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood.
- Marygrove College
A liberal arts college in Detroit, Michigan, that has been around for more than 75 years. See their
following program areas:
- National CASA
The National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association speaks for the best interests of
abused and neglected children who are involved in the juvenile courts. National CASA works with state and local CASA and volunteer
guardian ad litem programs to promote and support quality volunteer advocacy to help ensure each child a safe, permanent,
nurturing home.
- National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY)
Established by the Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
as a free information service for communities, organizations, and individuals interested in developing effective strategies
for supporting young people and their families, the NCFY website features a free online shopping cart for NCFY publications,
information on funding opportunities, an explanation of the Positive Youth Development approach, Ask NCFY (an FAQ section
for youth-serving professionals), a calendar of training events, and links to other youth development websites. The site also
offers a searchable literature database with abstracts of more than 13,000 publications on youth and family issues.
- The National Mentoring Partnership
When you become a mentor, you can change a child's life for the good.
- National Runaway Switchboard
The National Runaway Switchboard works to help keep America's runaway and at-risk youth safe and off
the streets. Between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away every year. Call 1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager who is thinking
of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home through
our Home Free program. Call if you are a teacher looking for information to pass along to your students about alternatives
to running from home. Call if you care about a youth and want information on how you can help someone who may be at risk of
running from home. The 24-hour crisis line has an experienced team member ready to help you now. It's anonymous, confidential,
and free.
- National Youth Development Information Center
A one-stop website for youth workers with interest in any and all of the following areas: funding,
programming, research, policy, job and training opportunities. NYDIC is a project of the National Collaboration for Youth/National
Assembly.
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Established in 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, NJ, is the largest philanthropy
devoted exclusively to health and health care in the United States.
- Teen Central
What's it like to be a teen today? Who know better than other teens!
- U.S. Census Bureau -- American Fact Finder
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
- The Wallace Foundation for Student Achievement
An independent private foundation that seeks to enable institutions to expand learning and enrichment
opportunities.
- World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers (WWWRSW)
A joint project of New York University's School of Social Work and the Division of Social Work and
Behavioral Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, WWWRSW has more than 85,000 links to resources for social work, including
full text electronic journals; scientific, technical, and policy reports; more than 2,650 scholarly journals and newsletters;
and a range of links to relevant government agencies, educational institutions, and professional organizations.
 Contact Us
Thanks to www.CWLA.org
The Morlock Foundation
 Return to Home Page
|
