Adoption
Adult survivors
Advocacy
Advocacy tools/resources Child abuse  & neglect
Child care
Community resourcesCorporal Punishment
Data
Domestic violence
Education
Families
Family support & services
Foster care
Gay-lesbian-bisexual-transsexual
Health care data & policy
Health
Housing
Infants & toddlers
Juvenile justice
Legal resources
Legislative info resourcesMental healthMissing/runaway children
Parenting
Policy
Poverty & low income
Pregnancy/pre-natal care
Prevention
Resources & training
School-age children
SchoolsSex/family planning/STDs
Sexual abuse/assault
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Smoking & tobacco
Social service programs
Special needs children
State & local policy
Substance Abuse
Teens-adolescents-youth
Urban issues
Violence prevention
Welfare
Women

 


RESOURCES & TRAINING
American Association of Medical Colleges
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Cambridge Forum
Presents live public forums for the discussion of the issues and ideas that shape our lives.
CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences Study website
Examines the possible effects that adverse childhood experiences can have on numerous public health, social, and individual medical problems across the life stages, and has already established a link between adverse childhood experiences and development of chronic illnesses throughout the life stages.
Children Now
Children Now utilizes research and mass communications to make the well-being of children a top priority across the nation.
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
Improving the quality of life of Latino children and families through community education, youth services and public advocacy at the city, state and national levels. Current initiatives include providing child care training and referral services, youth services such as family counseling and after school care, health education addressing AIDS/HIV, domestic violence prevention and education, and public advocacy.
Early Care and Education Collaborative
A multi-year project of several state-based agencies, which uses public education strategies to expand the supply and the quality of early care and education resources.
Family Support America
Focuses on strengthening and empowering families and communities so that they can foster the optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members.
Gordon Training International
Provides communication and conflict resolution skills for creating effective and lasting relationships at home and in the workplace.
Guide to Careers in Child and Family Policy
A guide to training opportunities for careers in child and family policy.
Kempe Children's Center
A clinically based resource for training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research in all forms of child abuse and neglect.
Lawyers for Children (NY)
Non-profit organization in NY dedicated to representing children in foster care. Provide free legal and social work services to children who are the subject of abuse, neglect, termination of parental rights, adoption, guardianship, paternity, custody and visitation proceedings.
National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
NCJFCJ represents America's 9,000 plus judges who exercise jurisdiction over delinquency, abuse and neglect, divorce, custody, support, domestic violence and similar types of cases throughout the country.
National Resource Ctr for Family-Centered Practice
provides training and technical assistance, program evaluation, and information services for family-centered services
Parenting Coalition International Inc.
A membership organization working to make tools, information, resources and research easily accessible to all parents and caregivers enabling them to raise healthy, successful and responsible children.
Statewide On-Line Resource Guide
Database to locate resources and/or make referrals to agencies across the state of Massachusetts and other states.
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Conducts public policy research on the role of state and local governments in American federalism and the management and finances of states and localities in major areas of domestic public affairs.
Women's Institute for Housing&Economic Development
Builds supportive communities that work for low-income women and their families.

 

 


Massachusetts Citizens for Children
14 Beacon Street, Suite 706 ~ Boston, MA 02108
phone: 617-742-8555 ~ fax: 617-742-7808 ~ www.masskids.org