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  • A New World for Children - Offers monthly action columns on global children's issues, including AIDS, land mines, child labor, hunger and poverty.
  • American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences - Woks to improve the quality and standards of individual and family life through programs that educate, influence public policy, disseminate information and publish research findings.
  • Board on Children, Youth, and Families Homepage (BOCYF) - Created in 1993 to provide an authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of child, youth, and family issues. Board members, current research projects, publications, and meeting information included.
  • Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family - Provides educational programs and information on Bowen theory and the study of family systems. Features mission statement, links and newsletter.
  • Centre for Europe's Children - Documentation centre for the Council of Europe's Program for Children, including bibliographies and UNICEF statistics.
  • Childhood and Youth Division - Center of expertise, leadership, and coordination for children and youth programs, issues and activities within the federal government and Health Canada.
  • Children and the Law - Established in 1978, the ABA Center on Children and the Law's mission is to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy.
  • Children and Violence - Researchers are becoming increasingly interested in violence and its affect on children. The site contains many links to other sites addressing different aspects of children and violence
  • Children Now - A nonpartisan, independent voice for children based in California, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action. Provides articles and resources in the areas of Children and the Media, Talking with Kids, and Working Families.
  • Children's Partnership - Undertakes research and policy analysis, publishes reports and multimedia materials, and forges new alliances among parents, policymakers and the private sector to achieve tangible gains for children.
  • Childrens Budget Report - A detailed analysis of spending on low-income childrens programs in 13 states(1998).
  • Childstats.gov - Provides statistical reports on the status of U.S. children and their families, including population, family characteristics, economic security, health, environment, education. From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
  • Connect For Kids - Information for adults who want to make their communities better places for children. News, a directory of groups working on behalf of children and families, and articles on many parenting topics.
  • D.A.R.E. - Provides children with the information and skills they need to live drug and violence free lives.
  • Focus International - Details the factors causing issues such as pornography, AIDS, premarital sex, divorce, marriage and parenting and talks about organizations addressing them.
  • Generation - Youth Issues - Challenging the ways children and young people are viewed and discussed - includes a critical look at the concept of "children's rights".
  • I Am Your Child - Public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a national priority, emphasizing the importance of the first three years of life for emotional and intellectual growth.
  • Losing Generations: Adolescents in High-Risk Settings - Complete text of the book by the Panel on High-Risk Youth, National Research Council.
  • Promoting Christian Child Care Alternatives - Resources for child protection, advise and help for those suffering abuse and for those who have a resposibility for children.
  • Separated Somali Children - Detailed special report by IRIN News on child-smuggling, including personal accounts, photo gallery and audio files.
  • The Children's Society - Children and young people are shaped by the communities they live in, and by the people who surround them. The Children's Society concentrates its resources on tackling the root causes of the problems these children and young people face.
  • The Future of Children - Online publication by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation whose primary purpose is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being.
  • The Prevention Researcher Online - A quarterly newsletter about At-Risk Youth. Contains abstracts and references as well as full length articles on At-Risk Youth issues such as teen violence, teen pregnancy prevention, substance abuse, dating violence and eating disorders.
  • YNIC and SCC - Social Change Center - A computer database, with over 300 different youth projects and 60 countries, all over the world.
  • Youth On Track - American Freedom Assembly is a non-profit corporation concerned for today's youth. The founder travels across the country speaking to Americas youth at schools, camps and churches. The site also provides a newsletter and a speaking schedule.
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