Child Welfare/Abuse Prevention

http://www.cwla.org The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's oldest and largest organization developing policies and programs to protect America's children and strengthen Americas's families. The site includes numerous publications, information on national and regional conferences, consultation and technical assistance, and access to data.
http://ndas.cwla.org/Default.asp The CWLA National Data Analysis System (NDAS) provides access to all states' child abuse and neglect data from 1990 to 1996, with some data available for 1997 and 1998.
http://www.calib.com/nccanch/ The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information is designed to serve professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. Technical assistance is available to assist professionals with specialized information needs, there are also publications on child maltreatment.
http://child-abuse.com/ The Child Abuse Prevention Network bills itself as the World Wide Internet Nerve Center for professionals working on child maltreatment, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. The Center provides tools to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

This site also has a link to The Family Life Development Center, established by New York State in 1974 to improve professional and public efforts to understand and deal with risk factors in the lives of children, youth, families and communities. Current areas of special interest include childhood violence prevention, holistic community development, evaluation of programs designed to prevent child abuse and neglect and acquiring, preserving, and disseminating high quality data relevant to the study of child maltreatment.
http://www.masskids.org/ The Massachusetts Campaign for Children site is currently under construction.
http://www.preventchildabuse.com/
abuse.htm
Definitions and statistics on child maltreatment from the National Exchange Club Foundation. Very thorough, and with great links.
http://www.preventchildabuse.org/ Since 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America has worked with local, state, and national groups to promote healthy parenting and community involvement as effective strategies for preventing child abuse by changing public attitudes. The site includes information about the Healthy Families America initiative, which disseminates materials on child abuse prevention efforts in local communities and ways to become more actively involved.
 

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