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Child Welfare Information Gateway |
These results are current as of: September 28, 2012
Organizations that provide information and services that support physical and mental health of children and families. If you are aware of any others, please contact Child Welfare Information Gateway at OrganizationUpdates@childwelfare.gov. Inclusion on this list is for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement by Child Welfare Information Gateway or the Children's Bureau.
To search for child-welfare related national organizations by topic, use the Related Organizations Search at http://www.childwelfare.gov/organizations/search.cfm.
Phone: | (202) 347-8600 |
(847) 434-4000 | |
Fax: | (202) 393-6137 |
(847) 434-8000 |
The Section on Child Abuse and Neglect (SOCAN) is a member-based interest group which provides an educational forum for the discussion of problems with treatments relating to child abuse and neglect and its prevention. For more information, visit http://www.aap.org/sections/childabuseneglect.
The AAP's Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect is concerned with issues relating to the physical, sexual, and mental abuse and neglect of children, adolescents, and their families. The committee develops appropriate policy recommendations and serves as a liaison with other organizations concerned with the health and well-being of children and their families.
Education Specific: The Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP The Curriculum®) provides pediatric professionals a way to complete their continuing medical education credits and to study for the Pediatric Maintenance of Certification. For additional information, see http://www.aap.org/profed/prep.htm.
The PREP: CAP (Pediatrics Review Education Program: Child Abuse Pediatrics) provides child abuse specialists, general pediatricians, other physicians, and allied health professionals with an intensive review and update of topics in child abuse pediatrics and enables participants to apply child abuse updates and case presentations readily in their own practice settings.
Other training resources include but are not limited to the Advanced Pediatric Life Support (ALPS) curriculum. ALPS presents the information physicians need to assess and care for critically ill and injured children during the first few hours in the emergency department or office-based setting. For more information, see http://www.aplsonline.com/.
The Healthy Children website offers tips and training for parents on a variety of issues such as safety and injury prevention, mental health, and child development. For more information, see http://www.healthychildren.org/.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Committee on Early Childhood, Adoption, and Dependent Care - http://www.aap.org/sections/adoption/resources.htm
- Healthy Foster Care America - http://www.aap.org/fostercare/index.html
- Children's Mental Health in Primary Care - http://www.aap.org/mentalhealth/
- Oral and Dental Aspects of Child Abuse and Neglect - http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;116/6/1565
Phone: | (877) 33 AACRC |
Fax: | (877) 36 AACRC |
Phone: | (973) 989-1122 |
The website is made possible in partnership with MentalHelp.Net.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Local Self-Help Centers Across the Country & World - http://www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/selfhelp.php?id=859
Phone: | (202) 682-0100 |
Fax: | (202) 289-6555 |
Phone: | (402) 498-1300 |
Fax: | (402) 498-1348 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 448-3000 |
- Intensive Residential Treatment Centers
- Specialized Treatment Group Homes
- Intervention and Assessment Services
- Treatment Family Services
- Foster Family Services
- In-Home Family Services
- Child and Family Support Services
Phone: | (609) 528-8400 |
Fax: | (609) 586-3679 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Adolescent Health - http://www.chcs.org/info-url_nocat5108/info-url_nocat_list.htm?attrib_id=8412
- Children With Special Needs - http://www.chcs.org/info-url_nocat5108/info-url_nocat_list.htm?attrib_id=8420
- Children's Behavioral Health - http://www.chcs.org/info-url_nocat5108/info-url_nocat_list.htm?attrib_id=8414
Phone: | (215) 590-1000 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 879-2467 |
CPTS has recently received additional funding by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to further its work in preventing and treating medical traumatic stress in healthcare settings.
Phone: | (301) 443-5700 |
Fax: | (301) 443-8751 |
TDD: | (800) 487-4889 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 662-HELP |
(877) 767-8432 |
Phone: | (405) 573-9191 |
(405) 271-5700 | |
(405) 271-8858 | |
Fax: | (405) 271-8835 |
(405) 271-2931 | |
(405) 573-9292 |
CCAN is a university-based center that directs research, professional and public education, clinical services, and administrative programs in the field of child maltreatment.
Training Specific: The CCAN provides training in the area of child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment through its Interdisciplinary Training Program (ITP) in Child Abuse and Neglect. For more information, see http://www.oumedicine.com/body.cfm?id=1520
Workforce Development: CCAN offers a Child Welfare Training Program that organizes and implements the training for all levels of child welfare workers across the state of Oklahoma. This includes CORE, Levels I, II and III, miscellaneous, and annual Supervisor training. For additional information regarding this training, please visit the training program's website at http://www.ou.edu/cwtraining/.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Native American Programs - http://www.oumedicine.com/body.cfm?id=1511
- Child Study Center (CSC) - http://www.oumedicine.com/body.cfm?id=4531
- National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth (NCSBY) - http://www.ncsby.org/
Phone: | (404) 639-3311 |
(404) 639-3534 | |
800-CDC-INFO | |
TTY: | (888) 232-6348 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 273-TALK (8255) |
Phone: | (858) 966-8572 |
Fax: | (858) 966-8018 |
Training Specific: The Chadwick Center offers accredited Professional Education to those involved in fields of prevention, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse and family violence.
Major educational activities include the annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment (http://www.sandiegoconference.org/), the Clinical Training Program for visiting professionals, the weekly multidisciplinary Child Protection Team Case Conference, and various local, county, and state trainings funded through contracts.
Fax: | (713) 513-5465 |
Toll-Free: | (866) 943-9779 |
Training Specific: CTA offers several choices for training, including live, online training, CTA University training, and onsite training. For more information, see http://www.childtrauma.org/index.php/training.
Phone: | (212) 535-9400 |
Phone: | (712) 948-3500 |
Fax: | (712) 948-3704 |
Fax: | (847) 228-7320 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 433-9016 |
HFCA addresses a wide range of health issues and needs of children and youth in foster care, provides resources on health systems of care, and makes available a Resource Library that links to other resources related to the health and well-being of children and youth in foster care.
Phone: | (410) 685-0410 |
Fax: | (410) 685-0481 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Pregnant & Parenting Teens - http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B8E484FFE-A002-49B2-B15B-223BEC235C19%7D
Phone: | (703) 970-2651 |
Training Specific: The Center also provides training, four times a year, for pre-adoptive parents. Please contact the Center for more informaton and a schedule of trainings.
Phone: | (303) 864-5250 |
Training Specific: Kempe provides advanced training for front-line professionals who will subsequently become child abuse and neglect experts in their communities. Examples of trainings offered include:
- Training Opportunities through the Colorado Department of Human Services;
- Perpetration Prevention Training;
- Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth: A Goal Oriented Approach.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Kempe's Child Protection Team - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/ChildProtectionTeam/tabid/166/Default.aspx
- Kempe Perpetration Prevention Program - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/PerpetrationPreventionProgram/tabid/244/Default.aspx
- Infants in Foster & Kinship Care Program - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/InfantsinFosterKinshipCareProgram/tabid/242/Default.aspx
- Therapeutic Preschool - http://www.kempecenter.org/Programs/TherapeuticPreschool/tabid/248/Default.aspx
Phone: | (301) 443-2170 |
Fax: | (301) 443-1797 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Children's Safety Network - http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org/
- Family Voices - http://www.familyvoices.org/
Phone: | (541) 343-2388 |
Fax: | (541) 343-2764 |
Phone: | (415) 502-4856 |
Fax: | (415) 502-4858 |
The NAHIC was established with funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is based within the University of California, San Francisco’s Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Health Policy Studies.
Phone: | (703) 684-1355 |
Fax: | (703) 684-1589 |
Phone: | (202) 784-9770 |
Fax: | (202) 784-9777 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Bright Futures - http://www.bright-futures.org/
Toll-Free: | 1-866-9NCMHJJ |
Major support for the Center comes from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- MacArthur Initiative on Mental Health & Juvenile Justice - http://www.ncmhjj.com/projects/macarthur.asp
- OJJDP Mental Health & Juvenile Justice - http://www.ncmhjj.com/projects/ojjdp.asp
Fax: | (703) 548-9517 |
Toll-Free: | (866) 254-4819 |
NCTIC facilitates the adoption of trauma-informed environments in the delivery of a broad range of services including mental health, substance use, housing, vocational or employment support, domestic violence and victim assistance, and peer support.
NCTIC is a technical assistance center within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Phone: | (801) 447-9360 |
Fax: | (801) 447-9364 |
Training Specific: The Online Training Center contains three training modules: the Period of PURPLE Crying® program overview, Basic Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS/AHT) education, and Intermediate Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS/AHT) education. For more information on these training modules, please see http://www.dontshake.org/lms/index.php.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Period of PURPLE Crying Program - http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=4&subNavID=32
Phone: | (310) 235-2633 |
(919) 667-9578 | |
(919) 682-1552 | |
Fax: | (310) 235-2612 |
The NCTSN is funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through a Congressional initiative, the Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative. The NCTSN is jointly coordinated by UCLA and Duke University.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Child and Adolescent Refugee Trauma - http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=typ_rt
- Early Childhood Trauma - http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=typ_early1
- Physical Abuse - http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=typ_pabuse
- Sexual Abuse - http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=typ_sa_prom
TDD: | (800) 487-4889 |
Toll-Free: | (877) 767-8432 |
(800) 729-6686 |
The Clearinghouse is funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- CSAP FAS - Center for Excellence - http://www.fascenter.samhsa.gov/
Phone: | (843) 792-8209 |
(843) 792-2945 | |
Fax: | (843) 792-3388 |
The NCVC offers a variety of specialized, evidence-based assessment, intervention, and treatment services to victims of violent crime and their families, as well as victims of other forms of trauma, such as natural disasters. In addition, the NCVC conducts research focused on investigating the impact of criminal victimization and trauma on adults, children, and their families.
Phone: | (703) 837-4792 |
Fax: | (703) 684-5968 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- text4baby - http://www.hmhb.org/text4babypr.html
Toll-Free: | (800) 370-2943 |
Phone: | (301) 496-4000 |
Phone: | (703) 684-7722 |
Fax: | (703) 684-5968 |
TTY: | (800) 433-5959 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 969-6642 |
The Association's National Mental Health Information Center (MHIC) offers referrals to mental health services and provides educational material about mental illness and mental health to the public, local mental health associations, corporations, and other mental health organizations.
Phone: | (202) 785-4585 |
Fax: | (202) 466-6456 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 663-0327 |
Phone: | (973) 972-0410 |
Fax: | (973) 972-0399 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 362-0071 |
The National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center is supported, in part, by the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Phone: | (202) 687-5000 |
In addition, the TA Center assists States and communities in building systems of care and providing technical assistance through research, training programs, peer-to-peer consultation, and publications.
The TA Center is funded and supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Center for Mental Health Services, the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, and the Special Programs Development Branch. Other funding sources include the Federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Toll-Free: | (800) 444-6472 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Closing the Health Gap Campaign - http://www.omhrc.gov/healthgap/index.htm
Phone: | (202) 619-0257 |
Toll-Free: | (877) 696-6775 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Office of Health Policy - http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/index.shtml
- Office of Planning and Policy Support - http://aspe.hhs.gov/progsys/index.shtml
- Office of Disability, Aging, and Longterm Care Pol - http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/home.shtml
- Office of Human Services Policy - http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/index.shtml
- Office of Science Policy Analysis - http://ospp.od.nih.gov/policy/
Phone: | (866) STO-PFAS |
Toll-Free: | (866) 786-7327 |
The FASD Center is a Federal initiative of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
SPARC will engage, build, and support a network of reform-minded child welfare stakeholders. Initially, SPARC will provide intensive technical assistance, communications, and coalition building efforts in 15 States and will ensure that support is available to advocates in every State.
First Focus will coordinate SPARC. Partners include ChildFocus, Child Trends, the North American Council on Adoptable Children, and Yali Lincroft.
Phone: | 202.403.6827 |
Fax: | 202.403.5007 |
Phone: | (413) 774-2340 |
Fax: | (413) 772-2090 |
Training Specific: The Institute offers training programs in child/adolescent trauma assessment, management, and treatment, for mental health professionals and others. For more information, see http://www.childtrauma.com/tr.html.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Information for Parents - http://www.childtrauma.com/inf.html
Phone: | (202) 619-0257 |
Toll-Free: | (877) 696-6675 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Questions and Answers - http://faq.acf.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/acfrightnow.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
- Information & Hotline Directory - http://www.hhs.gov/about/referlst.html
- Administration for Children and Families - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
- Children and Youth - http://www.hhs.gov/children/
- Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Federal Resource Site - http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/index.shtml
Phone: | (813) 974-9156 |
Online Learning provides access to current knowledge and practical skills needed to work in systems serving the mental health needs of children, youth, and their families. Courses are taught by national experts in children's mental health and related fields. Learning opportunities are grounded in principles of family-driven, youth-guided, culturally and linguistically competent care.
The development of this program has been supported through CFS, the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health, and the Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Phone: | (202) 638-1144 |
Toll-Free: | (800) 899-4301 |
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Behavior & Development - http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/
- Early Head Start NRC - http://www.ehsnrc.org/
- Maltreatment - http://www.zerotothree.org/maltreatment/
To search for other child welfare-related national organizations by topic, use the Related Organizations Search.
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