Children & Youth
(This page includes sites addressing the myriad of topics in the blue box below. Click on the topic and it will automatically take you to that section of the page, otherwise scroll down. Other related pages include: Child Protection / Welfare, Child Sexual Abuse / Assault / Violence, Child Support / Custody, Girls and Teen Dating Violence.)

ABDUCTED AND MISSING CHILDREN

International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children – promotes the safety and well-being of children through activism, policy development and multinational coordination. Their programs and initiatives are uniting the world and providing international solutions to the problems of child abduction and exploitation, Alexandria, VA.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children®, Alexandria, VA.

BULLYING

Committee for Children – a nonprofit organization, is a leader in social and emotional learning and violence prevention. Our award-winning programs and prevention curricula focus on the topics of youth violence, bullying, child abuse, and personal safety. Each year our programs reach millions of children and educators throughout the world, Seattle, WA.

International Bullying Prevention Association – the mission is to support and enhance quality research based bullying prevention principles and practices in order to achieve a safe school climate, healthy work environment, good citizenship and civic responsibility, Falmouth, MA.

SafePlace School-Based Services (includes Expect Respect and bullying programs, information for both teens and educators), SafePlace, Austin, TX.

Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now! Campaign, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

Violence and Bullying – believes you have the power to make a difference. It is our aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of doers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action. At DoSomething.org we provide the tools and resources for you to convert your ideas and energy into positive action. Be part of a generation of doers, New York, NY.

CHILD AND YOUTH ADVOCACY

Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families, Washington, DC.

Children’s Defense Fund – the mission 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, Washington, DC.

Fighting 4 Youth – the mission is to be the compass that gives direction, empowers, trains, and positively impacts youth and those who serve them. This is accomplished through seminars / workshops for adults, parenting workshops, interactive youth presentations, and sex / relationship workshops for youth. The messages are reinforced through a number of resources we offer consisting of best selling books, powerful pledge cards, and cutting edge posters, San Antonio, TX.

National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association – support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes, Seattle, WA.

Project NoSpank – a resource for parents, students, educators, education policymakers, healthcare providers, children's advocates, and all others who are concerned with the safety and well being of children, Alamo, CA.

Promising Practices Network on Children, Communities and Families – Healthy and Safe Children Research in Brief – dedicated to providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families, Santa Monica, CA.

Search Institute – an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. To accomplish this mission, the Institute generates and communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state and national leaders, Minneapolis, MN.

CHILD ABUSE

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children – seeks to improve the quality of practice provided by professionals who work in child abuse and neglect through: providing professional education that promotes effective, culturally sensitive, and interdisciplinary approaches to identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect; and promoting research and practice guidelines to inform all forms of professional practice in child maltreatment, Charleston, SC.

Child Abuse and Neglect Research, Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children & Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

Hostile Aggressive Parenting – this site is dedicated to the children who are suffering under the hands of HAP parents. We strive to educate the public about this growing problem in hopes of getting help to the HAP parent, and to the suffering kids. HAP parents may not realize they have HAP. It's up to friends, family & the community to educate them and encourage them to seek help.

National Child Assault Prevention Project – the mission is to improve the quality of life for children by reducing the level of interpersonal violence through assault prevention education. This site is geared towards helping individuals who wish to bring the internationally recognized CAP programs and training to their community, Sewell, NJ.

National Children’s Advocacy Center – a non-profit agency providing prevention, intervention, and treatment services to physically and sexually abused children and their families within a child-focused team approach. Since opening in 1985 as the nation’s first Children’s Advocacy Center, the NCAC has become a leader in the field of prevention and intervention of child maltreatment, Huntsville AL.

National Children’s Alliance – (formerly the National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers) is a nationwide not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote and support communities in providing a coordinated investigation and comprehensive response to victims of severe child abuse, Washington, DC.

National Council on Child Abuse & Family Violence – bringing community organizations, advocates and civil authorities together to prevent domestic violence (spouse / partner abuse), child abuse & elder abuse, Washington, DC.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Break the Cycle – a nonprofit organization whose mission is to end domestic violence by working proactively with youth, Washington, DC.

Deana’s Educational Theater – preventing bullying, dating/domestic violence and sexual assault by developing and producing high impact programs to promote healthy relationships. Our professional actors are specially trained to lead dynamic discussions following each performance. Deana's Educational Theater now has the Yellow Dress available on DVD, Stoneham, MA.

National Center for Children Exposed to Violence – works to increase the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the incidence and impact of violence on children and families; to train and support the professionals who provide intervention and treatment to children and families affected by violence; and, to increase professional and public awareness of the effects of violence on children, families, communities and society, New Haven, CT.

National Council on Child Abuse & Family Violence – bringing community organizations, advocates and civil authorities together to prevent domestic violence (spouse / partner abuse), child abuse & elder abuse, Washington, DC.

Safe Start Center – a national resource center designed to support the Safe Start Initiative. The Center works with national partners and a multidisciplinary group of experts to provide training and technical assistance to the 15 Promising Approaches Pilot States. The Safe Start Initiative broadens the knowledge of and promotes community investment in evidence-based strategies for reducing the impact of children's exposure to violence, North Bethesda, MD.

Scenes from a Shelter: Talking About Domestic Violence, Family Communications – designed to help young children who have been exposed to domestic violence. The materials help children's advocates, teachers, counselors, and other professionals as they work with young children from violent homes.

MISCELLANEOUS

Child & Adult Care Food Program, Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture – CACFP plays a vital role in improving the quality of day care for children and elderly adults by making care more affordable for many low-income families. Through CACFP, 2.9 million children and 86,000 adults receive nutritious meals and snacks each day as part of their day care, Washington, DC.

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network – is an organization creating safe schools for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.  GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity / expression.  Thousands of volunteers participate in a national network comprised of local chapters.  These chapters work with local school boards, principals, educations and school librarians to create positive change in hometown schools, New York, NY.

Give RESPECT! – the Campaign is the Family Violence Prevention Fund's latest initiative to advance a national movement to promote healthy relationships through positive role modeling and respect education. By individuals everywhere to be part of the solution, the RESPECT! Campaign provides everyday tools and resources to help teach young people about respect in relationships. Through this campaign, the Fund seeks to amplify a national conversation about the critical role that parents, teachers, coaches, and other living breathing role models to young people have to play in helping all of our sons and daughters shape a world that is free of relationship violence, San Francisco, CA.

Man Up – a global campaign to activate youth to stop violence against women and girls. News Release.

Mind On The Media – inspiring independent thinking and fostering critical analysis of media messages, Northfield, MN.

National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children is comprised of individuals and organizations concerned about children endangered by caregivers who manufacture drugs, deal drugs or use them and by doing so physically or psychologically endanger children, San Diego, CA.

Peer Solutions – our mission is to cultivate positive social change by uniting schools, families and communities through STAND & SERVE, an asset-based, primary prevention initiative fostering respect, empathy and ownership of solutions, Phoenix, AZ.

Safe Start Center – the goal is to broaden the knowledge of and promote community investment in evidence-based strategies for reducing the impact of children's exposure to violence, North Bethesda, MD.

William Gladden Foundation – the mission is to educate kids, parents and professionals about issues that adversely affect families and the outcomes of young people. WGF advances it mission through publishing and research. Since 1982, WGF has published more than 300 youth and family related materials sold to 20,000 schools, agencies and organizations and distributed to 5,000,000 readers. On October 12, 2004, WGF launched williamgladdenfoundation.org, the internet website that provides free access to to its library of youth and family information, Tallahassee, FL.

Youth Activism Project – aims to prove that MINORS can play a MAJOR ROLE. Our national clearinghouse also provides help and information to parents, mentors, teachers, principals, policy-makers and other adult allies who want to collaborate with youth to achieve positive community change.

Youth Radio – promotes young people's intellectual, creative and professional growth through training and access to media and produces the highest quality original media for local and national outlets, Oakland, CA.

STATISTICS

ChildStats.gov – the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics Forum is a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The mission is to foster coordination and collaboration and to enhance and improve consistency in the collection and reporting of Federal data on children and families. The Forum also aims to improve the reporting and dissemination of information on the status of children and families, Washington, DC.

KIDS COUNT, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, – a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. The Data Center now includes community-level data in addition to city, state, and national data. Find more than 100 indicators of child well-being, including economic status, health, safety, and risk factors. Create your own maps, graphs, and charts, Baltimore, MD.

State-by-State Child Care and Early Education Data, Center for Law and Social Policy – CLASP's child care and early education work highlights state-by-state data where available, Washington, DC.

Youth Violence, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – provides national and state-specific statistics on youth homicide and non-fatal assault-related injury rates. These data can help public health officials, researchers, practitioners and the public to describe and monitor youth violence trends and to develop and evaluate prevention programs and strategies. Together we can create communities in which youth are safe from violence, Atlanta, GA.

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth through Violence Prevention (UNITY), Prevention Institute – is designed to strengthen and support cities in preventing violence before it occurs and to help sustain these efforts. Young people are severely impacted by violence and those who live in urban areas are disproportionately affected. It is time to consider a new approach. To maximize existing resources and promote sustainability, we are proposing a paradigm shift – from programs to strategy, Oakland, CA.

Violence Is Preventable – a multi-award winning abuse and violence prevention programme for children, young people and vulnerable adults throughout the UK and abroad. It works on three levels: 1) early disclosures –meaning abuse is stopped sooner; 2) staying safe – avoiding violence or abusive situations; and 3) prevention – changing the mindsets of potential abusers of the future, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Youth ALIVE! – a non-profit public health agency founded in 1991 dedicated to preventing youth violence and generating youth leadership in California communities experiencing high rates of violence, Oakland and Los Angeles, CA.

YOUTH VIOLENCE

Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence – based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,  the Center brings together academic institutions, city and state agencies and organizations, community groups, schools, youth groups, and faith organizations to collaborate on both positive youth development and the prevention of violence, Baltimore, MD.

National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign – the goal of this campaign is to raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center – provides key leaders in communities – local government leaders and community leaders – with dynamic resources to help support their efforts to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate effective youth violence prevention efforts.

Youth Crime Watch of America – a youth-led movement to create a crime, drug, and violence-free environment in our schools and neighborhoods, Miami, FL.

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