Department of Social Work

Child Welfare Internet Resources

On-line Resources from Child Welfare Conferences

The following internet resources may be helpful to persons interested in Child Welfare.

Of particular interest to students taking SW 8031 Child Welfare:

www.search-institute.org/assets/ Search Institute

www.childpolicyintl.org Child Policy International

www.csulb.edu/projects/ccwrl/index.html California Child Welfare Resource Library

www.socservices.com Best practices

www.firstwitness.org First Witness
 

General Child Welfare

Child Welfare Information Gateway Consolidates and expands upon the services formerly provided by the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. Topics include: family-centered practice, preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect, supporting and preserving families, out-of-home care, achieving and maintaining permanency, adoption and system wide issues and information.

Children Now Children Now is a nonpartisan, independent voice f or children. This site provides asccess to Children Now publications, policy papers, press material, and current inforrmation from the state and federal governmetns on children's issus.

Childhelp USA Childhelp USA is a website that abused children can access help.

Coalition For America's Children An alliance of national, state and local non-profit organizations working to call attention to the serious obstacles impending childrennn's well-being and to boosst children's concerns to the top of public policy agendas. Tells you how to join and who is politically supports children's issues.

Prevention

Child Abuse Prevention Network This is a nerve center for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect. This site provides unquire and useful tools ttffo workers to support the identifcation, investment, treatment, prevention and adjudiactio of child abuse.

Prevention Yellow Pages A worldwide directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children

The National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse (NCPCA) This agency publishes booklets and brochures on a variety of topics such as parenting, child development, children with special needs and parent support group programs. They focus on prevention programs, research, education training, advocacy, and prevention piolets.

Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) The mission oof CAPA is to prevent and treat all forms of child abuse by creating changes in individuals of families and society which strengthens relationships and promotes healing. This site gives a brief history of CAPA as well as ideas for abuse prevention programs.

Minnesota Center Against Violece and Abuse A clearing house for many types of abuse and prevention issues, including child abuse.

Committee for Children Committe for Children provides award-winning classroom curriculla for the prevention of child abuse and youth violence; we also offer training and parent education, and conduct original research.

Indian Child Welfare

National Indian Child Welfare Association NICWA has served hundreds of American Indian tribes throughout the country by helping to strengthen and enhance their capacity to deliver quality child welfare services. This site includes information about NICWA and links to

Native Child Native Child gives information about Head Start programs and curriculums available based in Native Culture.

Amendments to the Indian Child Welfare Act regarding Indian Family Doctrine Gives the latest infromation on the laws regarding Indian Child Welfare in MN.

National Congress of American Indian Resolution of Amdmendment to the ICWA Gives the latest information on the laws regarding Indian Child Welfare in the United States

Action Alert on ICWA Gives ways to become politically involved with Indian Child Welfare, espeically regarding the ICWA.

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Child Welfare with Other Special Populations

Child Abuse and Neglect Clearing House The Clearinghouse is a repository for reports and studies covering various aspects of child maltreatment. More products may be available than are described here.

Search the Internet for Other Human Behavior Resource

You can also search the internet to find additional resources on the World Wide Web. In general, you will go to a search engine and type in a term for which you would like to find Web-based resources. Generally, if you have two or more words in the topic that you are searching, it will be more efficient to put quotations marks -- " -- around the topic. Numerous search tools are available by clicking the link in this sentence.