RESOURCES and INFORMATION ON
SERVICES, ORGANIZATIONS,
ISSUES AND AGENCY PROGRAMS
INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS http://www.igc.org/
The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations
and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights,
democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online
technologies. Partnerships include: WomensNet, PeaceNet, EcoNet and
AntiRacismNet.
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM http://www.wilpf.org
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915
during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to
acheive through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial
and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those
political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom,
and justice for all.
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ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (ACYF)
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) administers the
major Federal programs that support: social services that promote the positive
growth and development of children and youth and their families; protective
services and shelter for children and youth in at-risk situations; child care
for working families and families on public assistance; and adoption for
children with special needs. These programs provide financial assistance to
States, community-based organizations, and academic institutions to provide
services, carry out research and demonstration activities and undertake
training, technical assistance, and information dissemination.
The oldest federal agency for children, the Children's Bureau (CB) is located
within the United States Department
of Health and Human Services' Administration
for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
It is responsible for assisting States in the delivery of child welfare services
- services designed to protect children and strengthen families.
ADULTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER AGAINST VIOLENCE http://www.actagainstviolence.org/
ACT--Adults and Children Together--Against Violence is a violence prevention
project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach children ages 0 to
8 years. It is designed to prevent violence by providing young children with
positive role models and environments that teach nonviolent problem-solving. The
project includes a national media campaign and training for community
professionals.
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN, INC. http://www.allforchildren.org/
40 William St., Suite G-80
Wellesley, MA 02481-3902
Tel (781) 431-7148 Fax (781) 431-7474
A non-profit, international adoption agency serving families throughout the
United States. We help families adopt from China, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala,
India, Romania, Russia, the United States, and Vietnam.
CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND: AMERICA'S STRONGEST VOICE FOR CHILDREN http://www.childrensdefense.org/
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind®
and to ensure every child a Healthy
Start, a Head
Start, a Fair
Start, a Safe
Start, and a Moral
Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of
caring families and communities.
CHILDREN NOW http://www.childrennow.org/
Children Now uses research and mass communications to make the well being of
children a top priority across the nation. Many articles of interest and value
to adults, links, action alerts and e-news. Has an Extensive Directory
of Children's Issues on the World Wide Web, 321 Links Total
General Resources: Child welfare, education, government, parenting, missing
children (152 links)
Children & the Media: How the media affects children. (46 links)
California Focus: Children's issues in California. (16 links)
Children's Health Health issues facing children. (80 links)
Working Families: Child care, child support, & more. (27 links)
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPORTS AND CLEARINGHOUSES
By publishing reports and guides, and by maintaining clearinghouses of
information, the Federal government makes available to the public
state-of-the-art knowledge on children's and youth issues. Check the offerings
on academic enrichment, child care and families, and community and youth
development!
- Communities and Youth Development
– Clearinghouses
- National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth, Administration for Children
and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Building Blocks for Safe and Health Communities: An Ideas and Information
Guide
- Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Justice, phone number 1
(800) 638-8736
- Reading Room, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Rural Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Child Care and Families
– Clearinghouses
- Child Care, Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
- Child Care Aware
- Military Child Care Development Program
- National Center for Education on Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Child Care Information Center, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Information Center on Children and Youth with Disabilities, U.S.
Department of Education
- National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse, Health Resources and
Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Resource and Information Center, Women's Bureau, U.S. Department
of Labor
- Parent's Guide to the Internet. Learn about using the Internet as an
educational tool, regardless of your technological know-how. This guide
suggests how parents can allow their children to tap into the wonders of the
Internet while safeguarding them from its potential hazards. U.S. Department
of Education.
- Reaching All Families: Creating Family-Friendly Schools. Learn about
school outreach strategies to get all families involved in their children's
education. U.S. Department of Education.
- Seven Good Practices for Families (poster) Check the Publications and
Products section of the U.S. Department of Education for availability:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs or 1 (877) 4-ED-PUBS.
- Supporting Your Adolescent: Tips for Parents. this brochure offers parents
a general framework for under-standing and supporting their child during
adolescence. It also provides guidance on recognizing signs that children
might need help, locating and interacting with community resources that
assist youth, and supporting children who are in trouble with the law. (Also
available on audio cassette and in Spanish
- U.S. Department of Health of Human Service's National Clearinghouse on
Families and Youth for availability: http://www.ncfy.com.
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR VACCINE & IMMUNIZATION (GAVI) http://www.vaccinealliance.org/
Click on "How You Can Help." Every year, up to three million
children’s lives are saved by immunization. But almost three million more
lives worldwide are lost from diseases that are preventable with existing
vaccines. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is a partnership
dedicated to ensuring that all children, however poor, have equal access to
these vaccines. It also works to spur the development of new vaccines against
major killers that primarily affect the world’s poorest people. It is founded
on the principle that immunization is a human right and a key step towards
overcoming poverty.
MOTHERS AGAINST VIOLENCE IN AMERICA http://www.mavia.org/
Mothers Against Violence in America (MAVIA) is dedicated to preventing
violence by and against young people through education, outreach and advocacy.
Founded in 1994, MAVIA is a national leader in the field of violence prevention.
Through a powerful network of parents, MAVIA is creating strong and effective
partnerships with school, business and community leaders in cities across
America to change the culture of violence.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC) http://www.naeyc.org/
Young Children International web site http://www.naeyc.org/yci/default.asp
Purpose: Leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and
groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all
young children. NAEYC is the nation's largest and most influential organization
of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of
programs for children from birth through third grade.
NATIONAL FAMILY AND PARENT INSTITUTE http://www.nfpi.org/
A new independent charity established to enhance the value and quality of
family life. They work to support parents raising children, to promote the
well-being of families and to make society a more family-friendly place.
NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP http://www.mentoring.org/
The organization provides resources for adults who want to mentor young
people in their area. (1-888-432-6368)
PROJECT LINUS http://www.projectlinus.org/
An all-volunteer organization that provides handmade "security
blankets" to seriously ill or traumatized children. Named after the
character in the "Peanuts" comic strip, Project Linus, relies on
volunteers to create afghans, quilts, and other handmade security blankets to
give comfort children.
SEARCH INSTITUTE http://www.search-institute.org/assets/
Positive Vision for Young People through HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, HEALTHY YOUTH
Programs.
At a time when many people feel overwhelmed by the problems and challenges
facing children and adolescents, communities across the country are discovering
new energy in working together toward a positive vision for young people.
Instead of focusing only on reducing risks and intervening in problems, these
communities are rallying to rebuild the foundation of development that all young
people need--a foundation that has crumbled for far too many young people in our
society.
Uniting a community to nurture the positive development of youth means
creating a community-wide commitment to youth and working toward a common vision
of what is needed to promote the healthy development of young people.
STORY TIME REVIEW http://www.bravemonster.com/
Story Time Review provides an online guide to award-winning children’s
books, news and more.
TALKING WITH KIDS http://www.talkingwithkids.org/
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues is a national initiative by Children
Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation to encourage parents to talk with their
children earlier and more often about tough issues like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence,
alcohol, and drug abuse.
WELCOME TO CONNECT FOR KIDS
http://www.connectforkids.org/index.htm
Connect for Kids, an award-winning multimedia project of the Benton
foundation, helps adults make their communities better places for families and
children. The Web site offers a place on the Internet for adults—parents,
grandparents, educators, policymakers and others—who want to become more
active citizens, from volunteering to voting with kids in mind.
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AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS! http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu
This project of the Drury University School of Education and Child
Development originated with the Springfield-Greene County Libraries and Ozarks
Public Television of Missouri and is now nationwide. Its goal is to promote
literacy and creativity by introducing young readers, parents, teachers, and
librarians to the work of "real, live" children's authors. Please see
MISSOURI WRITES FOR KIDS! for a short history of this project. http://mowrites4kids.drury.edu/
All children's authors currently living in the United States who have at least
one trade book available in the Springfield-Greene County Libraries are invited
to join AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS! Both web sites have loads of links to other
children's books, child authors and playwrights, reading activities, and quality
information.
WESTERN MISSOURI-EASTERN KANSAS
KANSAS CITY BRAIN CHILD http://www.kcbrainchild.org/
Overview: Kansas City Brain Child Campaign is a parent
education campaign to help parents understand brain development in
children and how their parenting can make a difference in the social,
emotional and intellectual growth of their children. There are many
links with information for parents, volunteers and professionals.
The campaign is motivated by the recent scientific discoveries that
tell us how the brain grows and develops during the first years of life.
we now know that a child’s early experiences dramatically affect the
architecture of the growing brain. Research shows that along with a rich
food diet, relationships with loving, attentive adults are vital
nutrients for the growing brain. Ten Tips for Parents to boost baby’s
brain power are found at
http://www.kcbrainchild.org/
PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN http://www.pfc.org/
The Partnership for Children is Greater Kansas City's leading children's
advocacy organization. It was created in 1991 to improve conditions for children
and youth in Kansas City's five-county metropolitan area. The Partnership for
Children stands for the principle that children are the most valuable and
vulnerable natural resource. The #1 Question Campaign, launched in April
1997, is an attempt to get every individual and organization to use the question
-- "Is it good for the children?" -- as a litmus test for every
decision made in their lives because those decisions affect children in some
way.
One of the Partnership for Children's primary responsibilities is to issue
the annual Report
Card on the Status of Children and Youth in Metro Kansas City. The Report
Card measures the progress children in Greater Kansas City are making in 17
benchmark areas in five categories. Grades in each category and an overall grade
on children's well-being are issued every fall. The Partnership for Children
works on a wide-range of children's issues, with a special emphasis on early
care and education, children's
health, and youth
violence prevention. Opportunities to volunteer include everyone in a
community working together to make it a great place to be a kid!
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