SOCIAL WORK
- NASW Online (National
Association of Social Workers) - Offers links to pages with extensive
web site listings, organized in sections--NASW State Chapters, The Social
Work Family, Government & Advocacy, Child Abuse Prevention &
Child Welfare Issues, Health-Mental Health-Substance Abuse, and much
more.
- Information for Practice. - Searchable site from New York University offers
weblinks to many related areas of the field, including government, higher
education, journals & newsletters, professional associations, reference,
etc. Formerly called
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers.
- Web Sites of Interest
to Social Workers Social work-related sites from among the 350 sites
reviewed in the book, THE SOCIAL WORKER'S INTERNET
HANDBOOK, coauthored by Linda Goodman and Gary Grant.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway - Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. Provides acess to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
- ChildStats.gov - The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics offers a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. It also, includes America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics - A nationally representative longitudinal study of nearly 8,000 U.S. families. Following the same families and individuals since 1968. The PSID collects data on economic, health, and social behavior.
- Stateline.org - Founded to help policy makers and engaged citizens become better informed about innovative public policies.
- Public Agenda Online - A nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization based in New York City. Its mission is to help leaders understand the public's point of view on major policy issues and more.
- The Urban Institute- A non profit policy research organization established in Washington, D.C. Focuses on society's problems and efforts to solve them, improvement on government decisions, and increased citizen's awareness about public choices.
- Influencing State Policy - Aids students and faculty in learning to influence the formation, implementation, and evaluation of state policy and legislation.
- Handsnet -Empowers organizations to effectively integrate new online strategies, strengthening their program and policy to work on behalf of people in need.
- Moving Ideas Network (formerly Electronic Policy) - A searchable network of over 250 nonprofit organizations at the forefront of progressive policy and advocacy work. Includes content from the nonprofit groups, the latest news, policy records, action alerts and more.
- The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity: - A website developed by Sociology Professor, Michael Kearl, Trinity University, San Antonio. Provides information on race, ethnicity, stereotypes, intermarriage, with linkts to African Americans, Arab Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans etc.
- Minority Links:-A quick and easy link from the Census Bureau that provides the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States.
- Cultural Survival: - A Cambridge-based organization founded in 1972, that uses the information and work it establishes to help people and ethnic groups deal as equals in their relations with the national and international societies. Included are extensive links to indigenous, ethnic and other related web sites.
- Tangled Roots: - A research project consisting of a collection of primary documents from the 17th century to the present that provides portraits of people and events from the history of African and Irish Americans. The project is dedicated to an understanding of race and ethnicity in American.
- Center for the Study of White American Culture: - A multiracial organization that looks at culture in the context of the greater American culture. It is searchable and contains links to sites on White Studies, Antiracism, Multicultural Whiteness and more.
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