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CDC Resources
Child Development
CDC's web page on child development includes information on developmental milestones, screening, and positive parenting.
Other Federal Resources
Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families, within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
Administration for
Children and Families, Children's Bureau
The Children's Bureau is designed for professionals concerned with child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Child Welfare Information Gateway (a merger of the former National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse) provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
FRIENDS National Resource Center
FRIENDS National Resource Center is a federally mandated Training and Technical Assistance Provider for agencies working to prevent child abuse.
Additional Online Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their
efforts and resources to the health, safety, and well-being of infants,
children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP has approximately 60,000
members in the United States, Canada and Latin America. AAP develops
guidelines on a variety of pediatric health issues and distributes a wide
range of patient education materials.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) is a
nonprofit national organization focused on meeting the needs of
professionals engaged in all aspects of services for maltreated children and
their families. Especially important to APSAC is the dissemination of
state-of-the-art practice in all professional disciplines related to child
abuse and neglect.
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) identifies and disseminates information about evidence-based practices relevant to child welfare. The CEBC provides guidance to statewide agencies, counties, public and private organizations, and to individuals. This guidance is provided in a simple, straightforward format, reducing the user's need to conduct literature searches, review extensive literature, or to understand and critique research methodology.
Center for the Study of
Social Policy
The Center for the Study of Social Policy was established in 1979 to provide public policy analysis and technical assistance to states and localities. The Center's work focuses on family, children, and neighborhood-based services; family and income supports; education reform; disability and health care policy; and long-term care for the elderly.
Children's Safety Network
National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
Childhelp USA
Childhelp® is a
national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse
and neglect. Childhelp's approach focuses on prevention, intervention, and
treatment. The Childhelp® National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD,
operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives calls from
throughout the United States, Canada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,
and Guam. Childhelp's programs and services also include residential
treatment services (villages); children's advocacy centers; therapeutic
foster care; group homes; child abuse prevention, education and training;
and the National Day of Hope®, part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month
every April.
Child Welfare League of
America
Generation Five
Generation Five
is a nonprofit organization that brings together diverse community leaders
working to end child sexual abuse within five generations. Programs provide
leadership training to community members, activists, and agency
professionals and foster national strategy and information exchange on child
sexual abuse. The organization collaborates with service providers to ensure
that affordable, culturally relevant support is available to survivors,
offenders, and affected families.
International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
National
Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides assistance
to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in
recovering missing children and raising public awareness about ways to help
prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation. Hotline
(800-THE-LOST).
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
The National Children's Advocacy Center's Child Abuse Library Online
National Exchange
Club Foundation
National Indian Child
Welfare Association
National Maternal and Child Health Center for Child Death Review:
Keeping Kids Alive
This organization promotes, supports, and enhances child death review
methodology and activities at the state, community, and national levels. It
builds public and private partnerships to incorporate Child Death Review
(CDR) findings into efforts that improve child health. Building on the
extensive knowledge of current CDR programs, the Center actively involves
states in its service development.
National Scientific
Council on the Developing Child
Shaken Baby
Alliance
The Shaken Baby Alliance collaborates with community agencies and
professionals to provide support for victim families (including adoptive and
foster parents) of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), to advocate justice for SBS
victims, and to increase awareness of the problem.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
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