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Family DIversity Projects (FDP) - 0 views

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    Family Diversity Projects (FDP) is a non-profit organization (501c (3) devoted to educating people of all ages about the full range of diversity. Family Diversity Projects creates traveling photo-text exhibits, books, and curriculum to help eliminate prejudice, stereotyping, bullying, and harassment of people who are discriminated against due to sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, national origin, religion, and disabilities of all kinds.
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Children's Advocate - Published by Action Alliance for Children since 1973 - 0 views

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    The website of the Action Alliance for Children, which publishes the Children's Advocate newsmagazine. You can read the current and back issues to 1997 at this website. Web links are provided to other information about current trends and policy issues affecting children and families.
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Home | March of Dimes - 0 views

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    We help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. If something goes wrong, we offer information and comfort to families. We research the problems that threaten our babies and work on preventing them.
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Children, Family & Youth Services, Inc. - 0 views

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    Explores a wide range of resources and services for children and adolescents: at-risk youth, advocacy, families/parenting, mentoring, urban ministries, associations, groups, and others. CYFS is all about getting kids ready - ready to learn, ready for relationships, and ultimately ready for life!
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Family: University of Minnesota Extension - 0 views

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    Provides practical, research-based information in many areas of child and adolescent development. Includes links to extensive resources on adolescence.
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National Stepfamily Resource Center - 0 views

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    The National Stepfamily Resource Center (NSRC) is a division of Auburn University's Center for Children, Youth, and Families (CCYF). Dr. Francesca Adler-Baeder, Director of the Center for Children, Youth, and Families at Auburn, is the Stepfamily Association of America's (SAA) former Director of Family Life Education and oversees the activities of the NSRC. In 2006, the Stepfamily Association of America, the nation's only nonprofit organization focused on the dissemination of research-based resources for stepfamilies and professionals who work with them, voted not to renew its independent organization 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and donated its history, web site, and experts network to support the development and expansion of The National Stepfamily Resource Center.
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Alliance for a Healthier Generation - 0 views

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    The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a catalyst for children's health. We work with schools, companies, community organizations, healthcare professionals and families to transform the conditions and systems that lead to healthier kids. Our goal is to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower kids to develop lifelong, healthy habits. Founded by the American Heart Association and Clinton Foundation, we are collaborative change-makers working to create a nation where children thrive. We collaborate with and empower people and leaders to transform the environments that can make a difference in a child's health: homes, schools, doctor's offices and communities.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway - 0 views

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    Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. We feature the latest on topics from prevention to permanency, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.
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Institute for Research on Poverty - 1 views

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    IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan. It is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As one of three National Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in Wisconsin as well as the nation.
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http://www.wholechildeducation.org/ - 0 views

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    Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long term development and success of children. Through the initiative, ASCD helps educators, families, community members, and policymakers move from a vision about educating the whole child to sustainable, collaborative action. ASCD is joined in this effort by Whole Child Partner organizations representing the education, arts, health, policy, and community sectors.
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DataBank | Child Trends - 0 views

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    "The Child Trends DataBank examines and monitors more than 100 indicators that focus on risks and positive developments for children. "
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National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC - 0 views

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    NAEYC's mission is to serve and act on behalf of the needs, rights and well-being of all young children with primary focus on the provision of educational and developmental services and resources (NAEYC Bylaws, Article I., Section 1.1).
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Pathways to School Improvement (NCREL) - 0 views

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    Explores innovative educational ideas about goals and standards, instruction, learning, parent involvement, school-to-work transitions, and other topics.
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The Future of Children - 0 views

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    The Future of Children is a collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution. The mission of the Future of Children is to translate the best social science research about children and youth into information that is useful to policymakers, practitioners, grant-makers, advocates, the media, and students of public policy. The project publishes two journals and policy briefs each year, and provides various short summaries of our work. Topics range widely - from income policy to family issues to education and health - with children's policy as the unifying element. The senior editorial team is diverse, representing two institutions and multiple disciplines.
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U.S. Department of Education - 0 views

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    ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's 4,400 employees and $68 billion budget are dedicated to: Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds. Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research. Focusing national attention on key educational issues. Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.
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Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004 - 0 views

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    Governmental site about the law ensuring educational services to students with disabilities. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities. Infants and toddlers with disabilities (birth-2) and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C. Children and youth (ages 3-21) receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B.
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