Child Well-being
Childcare
Childhood Poverty
Education
Teen Pregnancy
Early Childhood Education
Head Start
Juvenile Criminal Justice
Publications
Website Links
Reports
Creating
a Children's Policy Agenda in the Digital World: Strategies for Advocates
The Children's Partnership; Next Generation Report discusses how
advocates can work to influence the public agenda around technology in ways that
help youth.
Technology,
Learning, Kids, & Community: Challenges for Connecticut in the New
Economy (pdf)
(2/00) Janice Gruendel, Ph.D., Connecticut
Voices for Children
Trends
in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth
Comprehensive report on a variety of aspects
affecting children in the U.S.
Ten
Critical Threats to America's Children
National School Board Association, National League of
Cities, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Youth Crime Watch of America,
and National Association of Children's Advocates wake-up call to America
and an action plan for the future.
The
Right Start: A New Report on Infants in Largest U.S. Cities
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Websites
ABA Center on Children and
the Law
Works to improve childrens' lives through law and public policy
U.S. Administration For Children and Families (ACF)
American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Association on
Mental Retardation
Annie
E. Casey Foundation
National children's advocacy group
Because
I Love You
Non profit parent support group helping families deal with children on
drugs, runaways and other behavioral problems.
Boys and Girls Clubs of
America
Over 2,100 clubs that support programs dealing with good health, substance
abuse, gang prevention and teen pregnancy.
The Bureau For At-Risk Youth
An educational publisher and distributor of programs, videos,
publications and products for youth at-risk and their caregivers.
Catholic
Charities USA
The largest private network of social service organizations in the
United States that works to support families, reduce poverty and build
communities.
Center for
the Future of Children (Packard Foundation)
Publishes The Future of Children, disseminating timely information on
major issues related to children's well-being.
Child Abuse Prevention
Network
Childhelp USA
National Child Abuse 24-Hour Hotline and referrals to over 55,000
local service organizations across US and Canada.
Children
Now
Children’s
Defense Fund
The Children's Protection and Advocacy Coalition
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children's
Partnership
National nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to
inform leaders and the public about the needs of America's children.
Children's
Protection and Advocacy Coalition
Children's Rights Council
Goal that children of divorced and separated parents have meaningful
relationships with both parents, both parents receive fair treatment.
Child Trends,
Inc
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying
children, youth & fheir families. Major research areas are teen
pregnancy, effects of poverty on children and parenting issues.
Child
Welfare League of America
Coalition for America's
Children
An alliance of national, state, and local nonprofit organizations
working to call attention to the serious obstacles impeding children's
well-being and to boost children's concerns to the top of the public
policy agenda.
Committee For Children
Nonprofit organization that develops and publishes curricula to
encourage social and emotional literacy and to prevent youth violence and
child abuse.
Community Intervention
Training & publishing organization that helps troubled youth &
families.
Connecticut Association Of Foster and Adoptive Parents
Connecticut Center For Prevention Of Child Abuse
CT Council of
Family Service Agencies
Works to strengthen families in CT and throughout the
US, and to expand the capacity of member agencies to serve families
CT Office of
the Child Advocate
CT Department of Children and Families
Connecticut Center for School Change
Connecticut School Age Child Care Alliance
Covenant House
Programs provide outreach, counseling, crisis care, and on-going
assistance to runaway and homeless youth under age 21.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Family Resource Coalition
Helping the family support movement grow by producing publications and
materials, advocating for public policy and providing consulting services.
The
Governor's Prevention Initiative For Youth
State of Connecticut
Heartwood
To promote the understanding and practice of ethical values that are
the foundation of community, with particular emphasis on children and
families.
H.U.S.K.Y
Official website for Connecticut's Health Insurance for
Uninsured Kids and Youth program.
Inner City Outings
Program
New Haven, CT; introduces youth to nature and helps youth develop
leadership, interpersonal, problem-solving skills and increased self-esteem
through supportive peers and adult mentors
The Institute for Families in Society
University of South Carolina
The Institute for Youth Development - non-profit organization that promotes a comprehensive risk avoidance message regarding alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco and violence.
Jewish Family Service
Provides support services geared towards maintaining the family
Kids
Counsel: Center For Children's Advocacy
Kids Helping Kids
Ideas from children on how to help homeless children.
Klingberg Family Centers
New Britain, CT; strengthens children and families in accordance with the
Judaeo-Christian heritage
Life Skills
Training
Substance abuse prevention/competency enhancement program designed to
focus primarily on the major social and psychological factors promoting
substance use/abuse.
National
Association of Child Advocates
Professional association of non-profit state and local child advocacy
organizations united to battle for children's safety, security, health and
education.
National
Center For Missing and Exploited Children
National Child Welfare
Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
American Bar Association; works to improve the outcomes for abused and neglected
children through improved laws and judicial decisions.
National
Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
National Resource Center
for Youth Services
Provides training, management services, information and referral,
conference planning, teen conferences, and a wide variety of affordable
publications and videos.
National Black Child
Development Institute
Service organization that promotes the education, public welfare &
social well-being of African American Children & their families.
National Clearinghouse on
Child Abuse and Neglect
National Mentoring
Partnership
Advocates for the expansion of mentoring; a resource for mentors and
mentoring initiatives nationwide.
Partnerships Against Violence
(PAVNET)
Prevent
Child Abuse America
National child abuse information and resource directory.
Prevent Child Abuse
Connecticut
The Wheeler Clinic
The Safer Society
Foundation, Inc.
Non-profit agency that acts as a research, advocacy and referral
center on the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse.
Stand
Up for Kids
National organization to rescue homeless and at-risk youth living on the
streets.
ToughLove
International parent support group for regaining control of out-of-control
children.
Tutor/Mentor
Connection
Chicago based organization combining volunteers, leaders, kids, and
business partners to mentor students and help them with school to work
programs.
U.S.
Administration for Children and Families
Statistics on welfare reform, child care, head start, and
other programs.
Vanished
Children's Alliance
Non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention,
location, recover and reunification of mission children. Provides
free services to victim families of abductions and runaways.
Worldview
Publishing, Inc.
Videos on conflict resolution, social skills and discipline training
for pre-teens, teenagers and parents.
Youth Today
Only independent, national newspaper geared to people who work with
young people.
Best Interests-- The E-Magazine for Children's Advocates
Reports
Child Care
Quality: Does it Matter and Does it Need to be Improved?
(5/00) Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with
the Institute for Research on Poverty released this report detailing the
economic justification for public intervention in the improvement of child
care for non-parental low-income families.
Better
Strategies for Babies: Strengthening the Caregivers and Families of
Infants and Toddlers
(1/00) National Center for Children in Poverty; Elizabeth Gelman and Ann
Collins highlight strategies states and localities can use to promote the
healthy development of infants and toddlers in the context of promoting
parental economic self-sufficiency.
Access
to Child Care for Low-Income Working Families
(1999) US ACF & ASPE; number of children receiving subsidies through
the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) in fiscal year 1998 and on the number of
children eligible for assistance, by state.
Child Care
and Early Education
Links to research from the National Center for Children in Poverty
Websites
Hartford Area Child Care
Collaborative
Brings groups together to maximize resources for effective child care in
greater Hartford.
National
Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
NACCRRA is a national network of community-based
child care resource and referral agencies, which serve as the link between
child care providers and families in local neighborhoods.
2000
Kids Count Data
Annie E. Casey Foundation
NCCP
Attitudinal Research
(3/00) National Center for Children in Poverty; public opinion surveys
show strong support for investing a portion of the projected federal
budget surplus to reduce child poverty.
Promoting
Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance
Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform
(3/00)National Center for Children in Poverty; Jane Knitzer addresses the
needs of an especially vulnerable population of families affected by
welfare reform, those whose parental risk factors, either singly or in
combination--domestic violence, substance abuse and serious mental health
issues, including depression--significantly increase the likelihood that
their young children will have developmental, behavioral, or school
problems.
The
State of America's Children Yearbook 2000
(3/00) Children's Defense Fund
Statistics
for Poor Children
(3/00) Children's Defense Fund
Violent
Neighborhoods, Violent Kids (pdf)
(3/00) Marcia R. Chaiken, Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Husky
Coverage For Parents (pdf)
(2/00) Analysis of the cost of HUSKY coverage
for parents by the Connecticut Health Policy Project
Welfare
Reform and Self-Sufficiency: Research on Connecticut's First Steps
(pdf)
(2/00) Connecticut Voices for Children
Expanding
the Property Tax Circuit Breaker Program to Low-Income Families Raising
Children (pdf)
(1/00) Connecticut Voices for Children
Connecticut's
Children, Families, and the New Economy (pdf)
(1/00) Connecticut Voices for Children
Helping
Families Complete the Journey Out of Poverty: Investment Strategies and
Policy Options for Connecticut (pdf)
(11/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
Making
Children Visible in Connecticut's Tax Code (pdf)
Investing
in Connecticut's Families: Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
At-A-Glance
(11/99) Connecticut Voices for Children
Reducing
Child Poverty Through Post-Secondary Education for Low-Income Parents
(pdf)
(11/99) Connecticut Voices For Children
Child
Poverty Fact Sheet
(7/99) Data from the National Center for Children in Poverty
Enhancing
the Well-Being of Young Children and Families in the Context of Welfare
Reform: Lessons from Early Childhood, TANF, and Family Support
Programs
Report from the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
1999
Kids Count Online Data
Annie E. Casey Foundation database.
Generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state by state
profiles.
E-Notes
The on-line newsletter of Connecticut Voices
for Children
Websites
Catholic
Charities USA
The largest private network of social service organizations in the
United States that works to support families, reduce poverty and build
communities.
Child Trends,
Inc
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying
children, youth & fheir families. Major research areas are teen
pregnancy, effects of poverty on children and parenting issues.
Connecticut
Voices for Children
A wide range of data and reports from a
state leader in poverty advocacy in the following areas: Budget,
Tax, and Finance, Childcare,
Child
Welfare and Safety, Economic
Security, Education,
Health,
Juvenile
Justice, Legal
Resources, Reports
and data, Youth
Development
National
Center on Childhood Poverty
The mission of the NCCP is to identify and
promote strategies that reduce the number of young children living in
poverty in the United States, and that improve the life chances of the
millions of children under age six who are growing up poor.
The Research Forum on Children,
Families, and the New Federalism
Hosted at the National Center for Children in Poverty, the forum
encourages collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform
and child well-being. Website features an on-line of summaries of large-
and small-scale research projects.
Reports
Nation's
Report Card
(2000) National Center for Education Statistics
Public
Elementary/Secondary School Data
(2000) National Center for Education Statistics
data on all public schools and school districts in the U.S.
Strategic
School Profiles (pdf)
Data
regarding the performance of all school districts in the state
Websites
Academy for Educational
Development
Non-profit service organization committed to addressing human
development through programs with governmental agencies, community
organizations, schools and universities.
Institute for Educational
Leadership, Inc.
IEL connects leaders from every sector of our increasingly multi-ethinic
and multi-racial society and reconnects the public with our educational
institutions.
National Center for Education Statistics
National Education Service
NES provides tested, proven resources to help those who work with
youth create safe and caring schools, agencies & communities.
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
Reports
Adolescent
Sexual Behavior: Estimates and Trends from Four Nationally Representative
Surveys
(July 2000)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; by John Santelli et al.
Reviving
Interest in Policies and Programs to Help Teens Prevent Repeat Births
(June 2000) Alan Guttmacher Institute; Cynthia Dailard, Senior Public
Policy Analyst
Adolescent
Care Standards Provide Guidance for State CHIP Programs
Alan Guttmacher Institute; Rachel B. Gold, Assistant Director for Policy
Analysis. Examines adolescents' reproductive health needs.
Teen
Childbearing in America's Largest Cities - A KIDSCOUNT Working Paper
Annie E. Casey Foundation
When
Teens Have Sex: Issues and Trends - A KIDSCOUNT Special Report
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Websites
The Adolescent
Directory On-Line
Indiana University, Center for Adolescent Studies; on-line guide to
information on adolescent issues
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Baby Think It Over
Award winning program used for teen pregnancy prevention and
parenting.
Boys and Girls Clubs of
America
Over 2,100 clubs that support programs dealing with good health, substance
abuse, gang prevention and teen pregnancy.
Child Trends,
Inc
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying
children, youth & fheir families. Major research areas are teen
pregnancy, effects of poverty on children and parenting issues.
National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP)
Nonprofit initiative to create a national presence and leadership to
raise awareness and attract new resources to the cause.