Harold & Wilma Good Library: Social Work: Children and Family

REFERENCE BOOKS

Child Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, providing information to help protect children and strengthen families.

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Topics listed include: Family-Centered Practice, Child Abuse & Neglect (plus prevention and response), Supporting and Preserving Families, Out-of-Home Care, Achieving and Maintaining Permanency, Adoption, Cultural Competence and Assessment.

Resources include: National Adoption Directory Search (with State-by-State contact information for a variety of adoption-related organizations and services), Publications Search, Statistics, National Organizations and others..
Internet Resources on Aging
Access to 500 sites that AARP has reviewed and selected. Each link is reviewed and tested and either updated or removed every four months. Eleven broad topics available for searching, includes abstracts of publications.
National Center for Children in Poverty
NCCP is a Columbia University research organization to prevent child poverty in the United States and improve the lives of low-income children and families. They research policies that promote: --Economically secure families, --Children entering school ready to succeed , --Stable, nurturing families.