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Policy & Program Links:
Research Centers beyond Columbia

Organizations and Research Institutes
Think Tanks
U.S. Children's Bureau Resource Centers and Clearinghouses
Youth Centers
New York City and State Agencies
Federal Agencies and Resource Sites
Other Relevant Links

Organizations and Research Institutions

ABA Center on Children and the Law
Abt Associates
Action Alliance for Children
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
AED Center for Youth Development and Policy Research (formerly Center for Youth Development and Policy Research)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
APHSA Gateway to the Human Services (clink on the "Links" button found on the homepage)
ARC
Assessing the New Federalism

Board on Children, Youth, and Families (NAS: NRC/Institute of Medicine)
Brookings Institution
Center for Children + Families
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Center for the Child Care Workforce
Center for the Future of Children
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Century Foundation
Child and Family Policy Center
Child Protection Clearinghouse
Child Trends
Child Welfare Institute
Child Welfare League of America
Children Now
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Foundation
Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (no longer in operation, but archive is available for reference)
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
Connect for Kids
Economic Success Clearinghouse (formerly the Welfare Information Network)
Early Child Development Knowledge Base
Early Head Start
ERIC National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
Families and Work Institute
Family Support America (formerly "Family Resource Coalition of America")
Finance Project, The
Hudson Institute
Human Rights Watch and the Children's Rights Division
Institute for Research on Poverty
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Life Span Institute
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Military Children and Youth
National Academy of Sciences
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
National AfterSchool Association (NAA) (formerly the "National School Age Care Alliance")
National Association for Family Child Care
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
National Black Child Development Institute
National Center for Juvenile Justice
National Center for Youth Law
National Child Care Association
National Child Care Information Center
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
National Head Start Association
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Network for Child Care
National Parent Information Network
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
National Youth Development Information Center
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory -- Child and Family Program
The Policy Action Network (formerly the "Electronic Policy Network - Idea Central")
Public/Private Ventures
Social Science Research Council
Society for Research in Child Development
Southern Institute on Children and Families
Urban Institute, The
VOICES for America's Children (formerly, National Association of Child Advocates)
WESTAT
Zero to Three

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Think Tanks

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Institute for Research
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
Annenberg Public Policy Center
The Aspen Institute
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Brookings Institute
Cato Institute
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Century Foundation
Committee for Economic Development
The Conference Board
Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute
Economic Policy Institute
Employee Benefit Research Institute
The Foundation Center - Washington, DC
German Marshall Fund of the United States
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Heritage Foundation
Hudson Institute
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
National Academies
National Academy of Public Administration
The National Center for Public Policy Research
National Research Center for Women and Families
Open Society Institute
Pew Charitable Trusts
Population Reference Bureau
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
RAND
Resources for the Future
SRI International
Urban Institute
World Resources Institute

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U.S. Children's Bureau Resource Centers and Clearinghouses

National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs (CBCAP) (formerly "National Resource Center for Community-Based Family Resource/Support Programs")
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) (formerly "National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment")
National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
National Resource Center for Youth Development

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Youth Centers

America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Club of America
Camp Fire USA
Girl Scouts of the USA
Girls and Boys Town
Girls, Inc.
Junior Achievement
National 4-H Council
National Youth Development Information Center
Perspectives on Youth
United National Indian Tribal Youth
YMCA
YO! Youth Outlook
Youth Crime Watch of America
YWCA

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New York City and State Agencies

Administration for Children's Services (NYC)
NY City Mayor's Office
NY City Council
NY City Human Resources Administration
NY City Independent Budget Office
NY State Resources on Social Services
NY State Education Department
NY State Governor's Office
NY State Assembly
NY State Senate

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Federal Agencies and Resource Sites

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Child Care Bureau
Children's Bureau
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): Assistant Secretary Planning & Evaluation (ASPE)
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Family and Youth Services Bureau
FirstGov
Forum on Child & Family Statistics
Federal Web Locator
FedStats
General Services Administration
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
National Conference of State Legislatures
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
President's Interagency Council on Women
Social Security Administration
U.S. General Accounting Office
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
White House, The

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Other Relevant Links

Democratic Leadership Council
Library Spot (Electronic Library)

Office of Child Support Enforcement
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Governors Association
NGA Center for Best Practices
National Immigration Forum
New York Times
(including CyberTimes Navigator)
State & Local Governments/Organizations
THOMAS (Legislative Search Engine)
U.S. Government Search
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
2004 Green Book

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