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Selected Web Sites Listed below are selected Web sites that may be useful to child advocates. Many ofthe sites have links to other sites. Keep in mind that the Web changes rapidly; although all of these addresses were accurate at press time, some ofthem may have changed since. CDF does not endorse any ofthe sites, nor vouch for the accuracy ofany of the information found there. Government Agencies US. Department of Agriculture US. Department of Education US. Department of Health and Human Services US. Department of Justice US. Department of Labor White House Links to state governments Links to county governments http://www.usda.gov/ http://www.ed.gov/ http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ http://www.usdoj.gov/ http://www.dol.gov/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/ http://www.nasire.org/ss/STstates.html http://www.naco.org/members/counties/stlist.htm Statistical Agencies Bureau ofLabor Statistics Census Bureau Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Care Financing Administration National Center for Education Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Social Security Administration Advocacy Groups Bread for the World Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Child Trends Child Welfare League of America Children Now Children's Defense Fund Families USA Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) Kids Count Stand For Children Other Useful Sites GPO Access (Federal Register) IFAS (e-mail members ofCongress) Thomas (federal legislation) http://stats.bls.gov/ http://www.census.gov/ http://www.cdc.gov/ http://www.hcfa.gov/ http://nces.ed.gov/ http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/index.htm http://www.ssa.gov/ http://www.bread.org/ http://www.cbpp.org/ http://www.childtrends.org/ http://www.cwla.org/ http://www.childrennow.org/ http://www.childrensdefense.org/ http://www.farniliesusa.org/ http://www.frac.org/ http://www.aecf.org/aeckids.htm http://www.stand.org/ http://www.access.gpo.gov/ http://www.ifas.org/activist/index.html http://thomas.loc.gov/ 124 CHI L D R EN'S D E FEN S E FUN D
Index Abortion, 94 Above and Beyond, 73 Abuse, see Alcohol abuse; Child abuse; Drug abuse Academy for Career Excellence (NY), 91 Act for Better Child Care, 41 Adolescent Pregnancy: An Anatomy 0/a Social Problem in Search o/Comprehensive Solutions, 99 Adoption, 64, 65, 69; promoting, 66-68 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (1980), 64 Adoption Opportunities Act (1978), 64 Adoption and Safe Families Act (1997),66-67,72,74 AFDC, see Aid to Families with Dependent Children Alrican Americans, see Blacks Alter-school programs, 40, 42, 45, 47, 61-62, 84-85; cost of, 78; in states, 119 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 3, 6, 7, 22; benefits by state, 110 AIDS, 24, 33-34, 36, 65,97 Alabama, 10, 12, 107-123 Alan Guttmacher Institute, 94, 96 Alaska, 10, 107-123 Alcohol abuse, 64, 71-72, 74, 85 Allegheny County, PA, 85-86 Allen, Joseph, 100 American Cancer Society, xxii American Humane Association, 72 American Orthopsychiatric Association, 70 American Public Welfare Association, 66 American Youth Policy Forum, 84 AmeriCorps, 90 Anemia, 55, 58 Apfel, Kenneth, 12 Apgar, William, 16 Arizona, 9, 26, 57, 107-123 Arkansas, 9, 26, 30, 107-123 Arrests, juvenile, 79-81, 83 Asians: child poverty among, 4, 109; Head Start enrollment of, 118; maternal and child health among, 23; teen births to, 95, 96 Assault Weapons Ban (1994), 79 Assignment Adoption (MA), 68 Asthma, 17,24-25,29,36 ''Back to School" Is Not/or Everybody, 44 Baker, Russell, xi Balanced Budget Act (1997), 10,26,30,31,32,54,90 Barth, Richard, 71-72 "Battered child syndrome," 63 Before-school programs, 40, 42, 47, 61; in states, 119 Benso, Joan, 35 Big Brothers/Big Sisters, 84 Births: to teens, 93-96, 97-98, 105; to unmarried mothers, 94, 95, 105. See also Low birthweight Black Community Crusade for Children, 60 Blacks: child poverty among, 4, 108; educational achievement of, 48-49; and food stamps, 56; gun deaths among, 79; Head Start enrollment of, 118; income of, 2; and infant mortality, 22, 33; maternal and child health among, 23; teen births to, 95, 96; unemployment among, 88 Boston, 85, 86 Bradley, Omar, xvii Brady Act (1993),79,81 Brookdale Foundation, 69 Brookings Institution, II Brooks~unn,Jeanne, 4 Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 81 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 79, 88, 91, 124 Burtless, Gary, II Bush, George, 49 Butler, George Lee, xvii CACFP, see Child and Adult Care Food Program Califano, Joseph, xlii California, 45, 57, 82, 99, 107-123; Child Care Resource and Referral Network, 45; foster care in, 67, 68, 72; kinship care in, 68-69; Partnership for Children, 68; uninsured children in, 26; welfare benefits in, 10 CAPTA, see Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Carnegie Corporation, 40 CASSP, see Child and Adolescent Service System Program CCDBG, see Child Care and Development Block Grant CDC, see Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDF, see Children's Defense Fund Cedar Rapids, lA, 72 Census Bureau, see U.S. Census Bureau Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 10, 53, 55, 124 Center on Children and the Law, 67 Center for Law and Social Policy, 10 Center for tbe Study of Social Policy, 73 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 93-94, 124 Chase Manhattan Bank, 24 Chicago, 44, 82 Child abuse, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69; 73-74; by state, 121 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA, 1974), 63 Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP), 66 Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), 42, 47, 54, 57, 62; participation in states, III; reductions in, 58-59 Child care, 17,37-47; agenda for action on, 46-47; costs, 41, 43; facts and figures about, 39; federal action on, 42; health and safety issues, 39, 40; inadequacies of, 38, 39, 42; for infants and toddlers, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47; research flOdings on, 44-45; resources, 41-42; standards, 39-40; state action on, 42-44,45-46; subsidies, 40-41, 42, 43; training, xviii, 39, 40,41; variety ofarrangements for, 44; wages, xviii, 38-39 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), ix, xvii, 41,43,45 Child Health Now coalition, xxii, 26 Child protection, see Child welfare CHI L D R EN' S D E FEN S E FUN D 125
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