Additional Resources on Family Policy and Families
- Advocacy Organizations
- Alliance for Children and FamiliesChild Welfare League of AmericaChildren’s Defense FundFirst FocusFocus on the FamilyHandsnetVoices for America’s Children
- Community-Focused Extension Resources
- National Network for Collaboration
- Rural Policy Research Institute
- Community-Focused Organizations
- Community Action PartnershipNational Association of CountiesNational Civic LeagueNational League of Cities, Institute for Youth, Education, and FamiliesNational Network for CollaborationThe Responsive CommunityUS Conference of Mayors
- Current Legislation and Issues
- Governors and Legislative Control2015 Legislative Session CalendarCenter for Effective GovernmentCongressCouncil of State GovernmentsNational Conference of State LegislaturesNational Governor’s Association
- Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
- Campbell Collaboration Center for Best Practices, National Governor’s AssociationCenter for Improving Research EvidenceStrengthening America’s FamiliesThe Coalition for Evidence-Based PolicyWanted: Solutions for AmericaWhat Works, Child Trends
- Extension Related
- Cooperative ExtensionCyfernet
- Family Policy Newsletters and Policy Reports
- Child Indicator, Child TrendsComparative Family Policy: Eight Countries’ StoriesConsortium Connections, Children, Youth and Family ConsortiumDevelopments, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child DevelopmentEvaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research ProjectFamily Strengthening Policy CenterFocus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty
Monitor, American Psychological Association
Our Nation’s Kids: Is Something Wrong?, National Issues Forums Institute
Prevention Report, University of Iowa
Prevention Researcher, Integrated Research Services
Resiliency in Action Handbook, Resiliency in Action
Social Policy Report, Society for Research on Child Development
- Government Organizations
- Census BureauCenters for Disease Control and PreventionGovernment Accountability OfficeLibrary of CongressNational Insitutes of HealthOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionUS Department of Education
- Health Related
- Centers for Disease Control and PreventionChild TrendsCommunity Prevention ServicesKaiser Family FoundationMaternal & Child Health, University of MinnesotaNational Institutes of HealthRobert Wood Johnson Foundation
- International Policy
- Australian Institute of Family StudiesClearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family PoliciesComparative Family Policy: Eight Countries’ StoriesGlobal Family Matters Information SystemsOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentSocial Policy Research Institute, University of York, UKUnited Nations Social Policy & DevelopmentVanier Institute of the Family
- Listservs
- American Psychological Association Public Policy Action NetworkChildren’s Defense Fund
- Professional Organizations
- American Association of Family and Consumer ScientistsAmerican Bar AssociationAmerican Evaluation AssociationAmerican Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological SocietyAmerican Public Health AssociationAssociation for Public Policy Analysis and ManagementCommunity Development Society
Consortium of Social Science Associations
National Council on Family Relations
National Human Services Assembly
Society for Prevention Research
Society for Public Health Education
- Research Organizations
- Alan Guttmacher InstituteAustralian Institute of Family StudiesBrookings InstituteCATOChild TrendsHeritage FoundationHubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
National Association for Welfare Research & Stats
- State-focused Policy Organizations
- ALECCouncil of State GovernmentsNational Association of State Budget OfficersNational Conference of State LegislaturesNational Governors AssociationState Legislative Leaders FoundationStateline
- State-level Data on Child Welfare
- Annie E Casey Foundation – KidsCountCasey Family Programs – State Child Welfare Policy DatabaseChildren’s Defense Fund – Children in the StatesFederal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics – America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-BeingNational Center for Children in Povery, Columbia University – State Initiatives for Children and Families
- State-level Data on Education
- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsStateline
- State-level Data on Health
- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family StatisticsKaiser Family Foundation
- State Initiatives
- Council on State Governments, State Trends and PolicyWELPAN: The Midwest Welfare Peer Assistance Network
- Welfare Reform
- Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human ServicesAmerican Public Human Services AssociationLooking Forward, Looking Back: Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of Welfare Reform – National Center for Children in PovertyMDRC, The Next Generation ProjectNational Association for Welfare Research and StatsNational Governor’s Association
- Other Policy Links
- American Public Human Services AssociationAmerican Youth Policy ForumAnnie E. Casey Kids Count Book
- Annie E. Casey Foundation: Research and Policy
- Center for Law and Social PolicyChildren, Youth and Family Education and Research NetworkInstitute for Educational Leadership Policy ExchangeKauffman Foundation, Youth DevelopmentNational Youth Development Information Center
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