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Family |
| Baby Bag Online (http://www.babybag.com) |
| For new parents. A clearinghouse for everything from health and safety tips to feeding, nutrition and entertainment ideas. |
| BabyCenter (http://www.babycenter.com) |
| For parents with very young children. Provides advice for parents and expectant parents. |
| Boot Camp for New Dads (http://www.newdads.com) |
| Mixes human and no-nonsense advice about the issues new fathers will face, and how the can cope. |
| Child Family WebGuide (http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/) |
| Metasite created by Tufts Univ. librarians and child development faculty. |
| Childstats.gov (http://www.childstats.gov/) |
| Statistical reports on the status of US children and their families. From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. |
| Familyeducation.com (http://familyeducation.com/home/) |
| Compilation of articles about parenting. |
| FamilyFun (http://familyfun.go.com/) |
| Part of Disney Online. Articles and listings from about 100 publications, information on travel and food planning, plus message and chat boards. |
| Fathers' Forum Online (http://www.fathersforum.com/) |
| For new and expectant fathers. Information and materials from classes, workshops and groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
| Grief in a Family Context (http://www.indiana.edu/%7Efamlygrf/sitemap.html) |
| This site outlines in very detailed fashion, the goals, readings, expectations, and other aspects of a course on grief in families. |
| How to Obtain Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Certificates: Where to Write for Vital Records (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm) |
| From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also available as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file. |
| National Parenting Center (http://www.tnpc.com) |
| Product reviews, with some items earning a seal of approval, as well as expert advice and parenting chat rooms. |
| National PTA: Common Sense (http://www.pta.org/commonsense/) |
| An information hub for the promotion of drug- and alcohol-free children. Divided into three sections of both serious and fun activities. Produced in conjunction with Verizon. |
| Parental Media Guide (http://www.parentalguide.org/) |
| Industry guidelines and ratings systems for motion pictures, television, cable, recordings, and interactive software. |
| Parenting Adolescents (http://www.parentingadolescents.com/) |
| Access to free, extended responses to questions about parenting teens and preteens, from licensed clinical social workers. |
| The Parents' Choice Foundation (http://www.parents-choice.org/) |
| Nonpartisan evaluator of children's books, videos, toys, audio products, computer software, television, and magazines. |
| ParentsPlace.Com (http://www.parentsplace.com/) |
| Resources for parents. |
| Parent Soup (http://www.parentsoup.com/) |
| Resources intended to make better parents, and better sons and daughters. Advice, interactive chats, and a searchable library are available. |
| Sf.net: Stepfamily Network, Inc. (http://www.stepfamily.net/) |
| Nonprofit organization "dedicated to helping stepfamily members achieve harmony and mutual respect in their family lives through education and support." |
| Slowlane.com: the Online Resource for Stay-at-Home Dads (http://www.slowlane.com/) |
| Searchable online reference, resource and network for Stay At Home Dads (SAHD) and their families. |
| Stepfamily Association of America (http://www.saafamilies.org/) |
| Education and help from the nation's largest organization for single and divorced people and for stepfamilies. |
| Zero to Three, the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families (http://www.zerotothree.org) |
| Cutting-edge research, advice and other resources regarding children and childcare. |
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Feminism and Women's Issues |
| American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/) |
| From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. |
| Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (http://www.crlp.org/) |
| Laws, legislation, and opportunities concerning such issues as abortion rights, availability of contraception, and female genital mutilation. |
| Feminist.com (http://www.feminist.com/) |
| Sponsors of this site are a coalition of people affiliated with various national women's organizations such as Ms. magazine, Third Wave, and the Washington Feminist Faxnet. Extensive regional information. |
| Feminist Majority Foundation Online (http://www.feminist.org) |
| Gateway site that provides access to a wide range of resources. Foundation aims to promote equality between men and women and to enhance feminist participation in public policy. |
| For You Network (http://www.foryounetwork.org/) |
| Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women grow both personally and professionally. 14 networks in Southern California, including 5 in San Bernardino County. |
| MomAlone.com (http://www.momalone.com/) |
| Designed "to celebrate single motherhood and offer tools, resources, and support." |
| National Museum of Women's History (http://www.nmwh.org/) |
| Features an online exhibit that defines the political culture and imagery of American woman suffrage. |
| National Women's Law Center (http://www.nwlc.org/) |
| Searchable advocacy and information site. |
| Women in the United States (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/women/) |
| Articles, speeches, biographies and links relating to women's rights. From the US Dept. of State International Information Programs. |
| Women.com (http://www.women.com/) |
| Similar content to traditional women's magazines. |
| Women's Rights (http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/women/) |
| From the Conversations with History Archive, University of California, Berkeley. Interviews with several political leaders and activists, sociologists, and economists concerning the "unfinished struggle to secure women's rights." |
| WSSLinks: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites (http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html) |
| Maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Assoc. of College and Research Libraries. Thirteen major thematic sections, each maintained by a subject librarian at a different university library. |
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Genealogy |
| About Genealogy (http://genealogy.miningco.com/index.htm) |
| Helps users find family history resources on line, plus chat areas and bulletin boards. From About.com. |
| American Family Immigration History Center (http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/) |
| From the American Family Immigration Center at Ellis Island. Records on the 22 million passengers and ship crew members whose passed through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924. |
| Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/default.aspx) |
| Numerous searchable databases. The Social Security Death Index and the Ancestry World Tree are free, but more obscure databases require a monthly fee. |
| Cemetery Junction (http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/index.html) |
| Directory of cemeteries in the United States and Australia. |
| Cemetery Records Online (http://www.interment.net/Default.htm) |
| Almost 3 million burial records and tombstone inscriptions for over 5,800 cemeteries worldwide. |
| Census Finder: A Directory of Free Census Records (http://www.censusfinder.com/) |
| Over 17,000 links to census information for genealogists. |
| Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet (http://www.cyndislist.com/) |
| Well-presented gateway site the universe of genealogy on the web, with links to almost 190,000 sites arranged in about 150 categories. |
| Familyrecords.gov.uk (http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/) |
| Portal to the primary UK family history and resources. |
| FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service (http://www.familysearch.org/) |
| Massive, comprehensive genealogy site sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). |
| Family Tree Maker (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/) |
| Sponsored by Broderbund's Family Tree Maker software. An important clearing house for genealogical research. Post requests for information or search through the information that others have posted. Users need to by the sponsor's CD to fully exploit the site, but it is still a good jumping-off point. |
| Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/) |
| Locate burial sites from database of 4.5 million burial records. Includes celebrity graves and grave information needed for genealogy research. |
| Genealogy.com: Genealogy Learning Center (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/?Welcome=1077307086) |
| Basics of genealogy research for beginners. "How-to articles, genealogy classes and other resources that will help you dig deeper into your family's past." |
| Genealogy Home Page (http://www.genhomepage.com/full.html) |
| Guides, libraries, newsgroups, software and more. |
| Genealogy Sleuth: Search for your Ancestors on the Internet (http://progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm) |
| Metasite clearinghouse. From the Family History Research Group. |
| Genealogy Today.com (http://www.genealogytoday.com/) |
| Divided into broad sections, including Getting Started, Family History, and Research Tools. |
| Helm's Genealogy Toolbox (http://www.genealogytoolbox.com/) |
| Index offering links to genealogy guides, family data and histories, and newsgroups. |
| Heraldry on the Internet (http://digiserve.com/heraldry/) |
| Links to information on arms and armor, clan plaids, insignia, etc. Includes copyright-free clip art. |
| National Genealogical Society (http://www.ngsgenealogy.org) |
| A service organization that leads and educates the national genealogical community. |
| ObitFinder (http://www.legacy.com/LegacySubPage1.asp?Page=ObitFinder&CoBrand=Legacy) |
| Recent obituaries from over 1000 newspapers. |
| Obituary Daily Times (http://www.rootsweb.org/~obituary/) |
| Over 7 million obituaries indexed, with 1500 to 2000 being added per day. |
| Progenealogists (http://progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm) |
| Metasite clearinghouse. From the Family History Research Group. |
| RootsWeb.com (http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/) |
| Search engines and databases, family trees (over 70 million names), surname and geographical mailing lists, and message boards. |
| USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.com/index.html) |
| Quick way to link to genealogical sources in all 50 states. State and county web pages are designed and maintained by volunteers who cover most US counties. |
| WorldGebWeb Project (http://www.worldgenweb.org/) |
| Resource for international genealogists. A nonprofit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for worldwide access. |
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Marriage and Divorce |
| DivorceInfo (http://www.divorceinfo.com) |
| Offers support and information on the most common issues: taxes, children and the future. |
| DivorceMagazine.com (http://www.divorcemag.com/) |
| Daily news, advice columns, bulletin boards, referrals, links, divorces statistics, and FAQs. |
| DivorceNet: Family Law Advice (http://www.divorcenet.com/) |
| Help for those going through a nasty divorce. Information on helps from marital asset searches to custody and visitation issues. |
| Divorce Online (http://www.divorceonline.com/) |
| Articles and information on the financial, legal, psychological, property, and other aspects of divorce. |
| Divorce Support Page (http://www.divorcesupport.com/index.html) |
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| soc.couples.wedding WWW page (http://herecomestheguide.com/) |
| Online wedding planning guide for California locations and prescreened event professionals. |
| SupportGuidelines.com (http://www.supportguidelines.com/) |
| By Laura Wish Morgan, a family law/child support attorney. Primarily an aid to attorneys, but also links to guidelines for each state, links, and overviews of notable cases and legal issues. |
| Weddings (http://www.wam.umd.edu/~sek/wedding.html) |
| From the soc.couples.wedding newsgroup - everything on marriage and wedding plans. |
| Weddings, Gowns, Gifts: The Knot (http://www.theknot.com/) |
| Plan and manage everything in your wedding, from your budget, to the vows, reception, honeymoon, and life happily ever after. |
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Safety |
| America Goes Back to School Program (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/america.html) |
| Downloadable publications from the Consumer Products Safety Commission to "protect the children of your community as they go to and from school or while they are at play." |
| Disaster! Finder (http://disasterfinder.gsfc.nasa.gov/) |
| Searchable directory of links to disaster information. From the NASA Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program. |
| Find Your Poison Center (http://www.aapcc.org/findyour.htm) |
| A directory of centers in the United States. From the American Assoc. of Poison Control Centers. |
| Firewise (http://www.firewise.org/) |
| "Educational information for people who live or vacation in fire-prone areas of the United States. It was designed to acquaint YOU with the challenges of living with wildland fire...All information is supplied and approved by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, a consortium of wildland fire agencies." |
| National Crime Prevention Council (http://ncpc.org/) |
| Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to crime prevention. The organization is best known for its spokesperson, McDuff the Crime Dog. |
| National Safe Kids Campaign (http://www.safekids.org/) |
| Dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury--the number one killer of children ages 14 and under. |
| National Safety Council (http://www.nsc.org/) |
| International public service organization dedicated to improving the safety, health and environmental well-being of all people. |
| National Sexual Violence Resource Center (http://www.nsvrc.org/) |
| Statistics, information, and resources about sexual violence, targeting caregivers, policy makers, and crisis centers. |
| Osh.Net: Gateway for Safety Health Information Resources (http://osh.net/) |
| Geared to physicians, nurses, safety professionals in all fields, school personnel, and to individuals concerned about safety at work, home, and on the road. |
| The Otto Club (http://www.ottoclub.org/) |
| Comprehensive traffic safety site from the California State Automobile Assoc. Primarily for children. |
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| Summer Safety Tips (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/summertips.htm) |
| Child safety tips for popular summer activities. From the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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Seniors |
| AgeLine Database: Books and Articles About Life at 50+ (http://research.aarp.org/ageline/) |
| "Searchable electronic database containing detailed summaries of publications about older adults and aging, including books, journal and magazine articles, research reports, and videos." From the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). |
| American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) (http://www.aarp.org) |
| Enormous advocacy organization's site provides valuable information to members and nonmembers. |
| American Geriatrics Society (http://www.americangeriatrics.org/) |
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| BenefitsCheckUp (http://www.benefitscheckup.org/) |
| From the National Council on Aging, with assistance from a number of organizations and companies. |
| CarePlanner (http://www.careplanner.org/default.htm) |
| Decision support tool to help seniors and caregivers understand options for "successful living and care choices." From the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
| Death and Dying Grief Support (http://www.death-dying.com/) |
| Essays and personal insights. Comprehensive resource for the grieving. |
| FirstGov for Seniors (http://www.seniors.gov/) |
| Gateway to government information and services for seniors and those who work on their behalf. |
| FuneralNet (http://www.funeralnet.com/) |
| The most extensive US and Canadian funeral home directory on the Internet. |
| Infoaging.org (http://www.infoaging.org/) |
| Searchable site presenting advances and news in aging research. From the American Federation for Aging Research. |
| Internet Resources on Aging (http://www.aarp.org/internetresources/) |
| Sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). |
| Merck Manual of Geriatrics (http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mm_geriatrics/contents.jsp) |
| Full text, searchable 3rd ed. (c2000) from Merck's family of medical references, updated frequently. |
| National Senior Citizens Law Center (http://www.nsclc.org) |
| Covers legal issues that affect the security and welfare of older persons of limited income. |
| North American Menopause Society (http://www.menopause.org/) |
| Nonprofit professional organization for health care practitioners, psychologists, and social scientists. |
| Nutrition Screening Initiative (http://www.aafp.org/nsi.xml) |
| Established by a coalition of health, aging, and medical groups because older Americans are at disproportionate risk of poor nutrition that can adversely affect their health and vitality. |
| Retire.Net (http://www.retire.net) |
| Variety of retirement-related interests, most notably a state-by-state listing of retirement communities and a hobbies section. |
| Retired Life Fun (http://www.retiredlifefun.com) |
| How to turn the sunset years into a positive experience. |
| SeniorJournal: Daily News for Active Senior Citizens (http://www.seniorjournal.com/) |
| Searchable Web site, with breaking news and articles on subjects of interest to seniors. |
| SeniorLaw (http://www.seniorlaw.com) |
| Helps older persons, families, attorneys, and financial planners to access information about elder law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts, and the rights of the elderly and disabled. |
| SeniorLink (http://www.seniorlink.com) |
| Provides access to eldercare professionals, programs and activities. |
| SeniorNet (http://www.seniornet.org/) |
| Wide variety of material of interest to seniors, with an emphasis on computers and the Internet. |
| SeniorSite (http://www.seniorsite.com/) |
| A Web community for adults 55 and older. |
| Senior Women Web (http://www.seniorwomen.com/) |
| Links and information directly relevant to its core audience, and other resources. |
| ThirdAge (http://www.thirdage.com) |
| Good mix of daily news items, book and web site reviews, columns and feature articles. |
| WidowNet (http://www.fortnet.org/WidowNet/) |
| Designed to help widows and widowers deal with grief, bereavement and recovery. |
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Social Action and Volunteerism |
| @grass-roots.org (http://www.grass-roots.org/) |
| Focus on community improvement orchestrated by ordinary citizens. |
| American Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org/) |
| Direction to local chapters; disaster prevention and safety tips. |
| California Community Foundation (http://www.calfund.org) |
| A nonprofit group which is a source of grants for non-profits serving the greater Los Angeles area. |
| Charitable Trusts (http://caag.state.ca.us/charities/) |
| Search 80,000 charities registered in California since July 1998. |
| Corporation for National Service (http://www.cns.gov/) |
| Service opportunities in federally sponsored programs: Americorp (including VISTA), Learn and Serve America, and National Senior Service Corps. |
| Foundations On-Line: A Directory of Charitable Grantmakers (http://www.foundations.org/) |
| Provides links to corporate, private, and community foundations' and grantmaker's home pages. |
| Global Impact (http://www.charity.org/bin/view.pl/261.html) |
| "Not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the poorest people on earth. Global Impact represents 50 of the most respected U.S.-based international charities in the workplace giving campaigns across the nation." |
| Go Serv (http://www.goserv.ca.gov/index.asp) |
| From the California Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism. Locate volunteering opportunities within a specified distance from a zip code. |
| Greenlining Institute (http://www.greenlining.org/) |
| California organization is dedicated to policy research and advocacy to improve the quality of life for low-income and minority communities. |
| GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/index.jsp) |
| Activities and finances of 850,000 charities and nonprofit organizations. Search by name, by state, and/or broad subject categories. |
| Habitat for Humanity International (http://www.habitat.org//) |
| Volunteers who build affordable housing worldwide. |
| Human Rights Watch World Report 2003 (http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/) |
| Overviews of the conditions on regional and selected national levels. Events of 2002. |
| Hungersite (http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites) |
| Click-to-donate site that provides food for the U.N. World Food Programme. |
| Idealist (http://www.idealist.org/) |
| Includes a directory of thousands of links to nonprofit resources on the Internet, arranged by category and geographic region, including 153 countries. Also a library of legal, management and fundraising and other tools for nonprofits. |
| Internet Nonprofit Center: Information For and About Nonprofits (http://www.nonprofits.org/) |
| Similar to the GuideStar site above, but less extensive. |
| InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action (http://interaction.org/) |
| Coalition of more than 160 relief, development, environmental and refugee agencies working in more than 100 countries. |
| National Center for Charitable Statistics (http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/FAQ/index.php?category=31) |
| A national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the US from the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy. |
| Netaid (http://www.netaid.org/) |
| Concerts and other activities to promote poverty relief and human rights. |
| Network for Good (http://www.networkforgood.org/) |
| A one-stop online resource designed to help people find volunteer and giving opportunities in their own communities and beyond. Includes the former Helping.org. |
| Nonprofit Good Practice Guide (http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/) |
| "Ten topic areas to find articles, standards of practice, resources and glossaries...tohelp manage your nonprofit organization efficiently and effectively." |
| Nonprofit Tech Association (http://www.nonprofit-tech.org/) |
| Helps nonprofits figure out the technology they need and how to implement it. |
| Peace Corps (http://www.peacecorps.gov/indexf.cfm) |
| Information about becoming a Peace Corps volunteer, the countries that it serves, programs for those who have completed service, and World Wide Schools, a K-12 learning resource. |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles Chapter (http://www.labridge.com/PSR/) |
| Visitors can search a database of radiation hazards, learn about ways to prevent gun violence and read up on proposals for health-care reform. |
| Servenet (http://www.servenet.org) |
| Information for and about volunteers, including resources for those needing or interested in becoming volunteers, discussion boards, news groups, a calendar of volunteer events and job listings. |
| Volunteer Centers of California (http://volunteercentersca.org/) |
| Working together with a local network of forty-one Volunteer Centers and their fifty-six branch sites, the association helps coordinate statewide services that strengthen volunteerism throughout California. |
| Volunteer Match (http://www.volunteermatch.org/) |
| Offers news, live town hall meetings with government policy makers, and a massive cyberlibrary to help people use the Internet's resources to make changes in their community. Financed by the makers of the RealAudio plug-in, and depends on audio material. |
| San Bernardino County Library (http://www.volunteermatch.org/directory/org_detail.jsp?orgid=19611) |
| Volunteer opportunities with San Bernardino County Library using Volunteer Match above. |
| Volunteering Vacations (http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/time/vacation.shtml) |
| Opportunities to combine good works with travel. From the Santa Cruz County Library (Calif.) |
| WebActive (http://www.webactive.com/) |
| Offers news, live town hall meetings with government policy makers, and a massive cyberlibrary to help people use the Internet's resources to make changes in their community. Financed by the makers of the RealAudio plug-in, and depends on audio material. |
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| Welfare Information Network (WIN) (http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/) |
| "Clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance related to welfare, workforce development, and other human and community services." From the Finance Project. |
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Youth |
| ADOL: Adolescence Directory On-Line (http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html) |
| Designed to help teachers, counselors, adolescents and parents better understand teen development. |
| Alcohol and Other Drug Information for Teens (http://www.child.net/drugalc.htm) |
| Answers to troublesome questions about substance abuse which teenagers are likely to struggle with daily. |
| BabyCal (http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/babycal/) |
| California site which "focuses on educating women and their families about the importance of prenatal card, practicing healthy behaviors during pregnancy, and the availability of state programs that can help pay for prenatal care services." |
| Care Connectors (http://www.child-care-now.com/) |
| Catalog of more than 375,000 day-care centers in Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States. |
| Child Care Aware (http://childcareaware.org/) |
| "A non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community." Locate child care resources by ZIP code, access other resources. |
| Child Quest International (http://www.childquest.org/) |
| Child Quest is an inventory of missing children with photos, descriptions, and online forms for reporting sightings and new cases. |
| Child Trends (http://www.childtrends.org/HomePg.asp) |
| Research organization "dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting research and providing science-based information to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children." |
| Children Home Alone and Babysitter Age Guidelines (http://www.nccic.org/faqs/homealone.html) |
| Sample guidelines for determining if a child is old enough to stay home alone and when a child is old enough to babysit. |
| Children with Disabilities (http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/) |
| Joint effort of nine federal agencies and offices to provide children with disabilities and their parents access to federal, state, local and national resources. |
| Children's Partnership (http://www.childrenspartnership.org/) |
| Resources about children and technology. Rules and tools for families online and analysis about kids in the Information Age. |
| Connect for Kids (http://www.connectforkids.org/) |
| Find out what you can do in your family, community, state, or nation to better the lives of America's kids. Practical advice for the home, neighborhood, child care center, and work place. Statistics from the Census Bureau and other federal agencies about health, education, child care, family, child abuse, income and more. |
| Future of Children (http://www.futureofchildren.org/) |
| This journal summarizes current research and policy issues relating to the well-being of children. Online topics include early childhood education, low birth weight, welfare to work programs, teen parents, and class size in public schools. |
| Girl Power! (http://www.girlpower.gov/) |
| A "national public education campaign sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives." |
| Girls Inc. (http://www.girlsinc.org/) |
| National nonprofit youth organization dedicated to improving the lives of girls. Formerly known as Girls Clubs. |
| Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) (http://www.irsc.org/) |
| Resources in 21 categories from attention deficit disorder to cerebral palsy to hydrocephalus to visual hearing impairment. |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children (http://www.naeyc.org/default.htm) |
| The only major nonprofit group that accredits day-care centers and preschools. |
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (http://www.missingkids.org/) |
| Strives to help reunite families quickly. This organization aids in finding missing children. The searchable Missing Children Database is currently tracking almost 800 missing children. They also provide information on other sites, and resources for children's online use. |
| National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/) |
| Information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. |
| National Network for Child Care (http://www.nncc.org/) |
| Aims to make quality research, resources, and best practices available nationally for direct local access. |
| ScwabLearning.org (http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp) |
| For parents of children with learning disabilities. Practical aids for parents to identify and manage their children's learning disabilities. |
| State of the World's Children 2004 (http://www.unicef.org/sowc04/) |
| This year's United Nations Children's Fund report focuses on child participation — the ‘right’ of all children to have their opinions taken into account when decisions are being made that affect them. |
| Talking with Kids About Tough Issues (http://www.talkingwithkids.org/) |
| "A national initiative by Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation to encourage parents to talk to their children earlier and more often about tough issues like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, alcohol, and drug abuse." |
| What Kids Can Do (http://www.whatkidscando.org/) |
| Showcases examples of young people working with adults in their schools and communities on the real-world issues that concern them most. |
| Youth Suicide Prevention (http://spyc.sanpedro.com/suicide.htm) |
| Tips on recognizing the danger signs and how to react when a child talks about suicide. List of suicide prevention and crisis intervention agencies and hotlines. Los Angeles County emphasis. |