Data and Statistics
Reports and Studies
Kids’ Health
Adoption - Disruption
Adoption – Funding
Adoption – Research
Foster Parenting
Legal Resources
Data and Statistics
Kids Count 2004 Indiana Profile
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/kc.cgi?action=profile&area=Indiana
Indiana Census Data
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/IN.htm
National Child Care Information Center Child Care Indiana Profile
http://nccic.org/statedata/statepro/indiana.html
United States Department of Agriculture Indiana Economic Research
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/IN.htm
The Right Start – Indiana Child Population
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/rightstart2003.cgi?action=profile&area=Indiana
Reports and Studies
14 and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/youngteens/default.asp
A Child’s Day: 2000 – Selected Indicators of Child Well-being
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p70-89.pdf
Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children
http://www.childtrends.org/Files/AttendingKindergartenRB.pdf
Building a Better Teenager
http://12.109.133.224/files/k7brief.pdf
Building Strong Families: A Preliminary Study from the YMCA
http://www.abundantassets.org/building.cfm
Grading Grown-Ups 2002: How Do American Kids and Adults Relate?
http://www.search-institute.org/norms/
Helping Teens Developing Healthy Social Skills & Relationships: What the Research Shows About Navigating Adolescence
http://www.childtrends.org/files/k3brief.pdf
How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage Workers & Low-Income Families
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/R_302DNR.pdf
Low Income and the Development of America’s Kindergartners
http://www.nccp.org/media/lat03d-text.pdf
Parent Power: What Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/parentpower/
Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths: Developmental Assets Among Youth of Color
http://www.search-institute.org/research/Insights/InsightsEvidence-11-03.pdf
Kids’ Health
CDC Growth Charts
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm
Child Development Chart (birth to 6 yrs)
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov
Child Health Guide (growth charts)
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/hg/pg12.html
Parents Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child (articles, medical research)
http://www.pnpic.org/
Adoption - Disruption
Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/publications/pdfs/cwla1.pdf
NAIC Information on Disruption
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_disrup.cfm
Adoption Preservation (support for parents with difficult children)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adoption-preservation/
Adopt Disrupted Children
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adopt_Disrupted_Children/
Parenting Children Adopted from Disruption
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/parentingdisrupted/
Adoption – Funding
Adoption Subsidies
http://www.nacac.org/adoptionsubsidy.html
Affording Adoption
http://www.affordingadoption.com
National Adoption Foundation
http://www.nafadopt.org/
Open Arms Adoption Grants
http://www.open-arms.org/
Adoption – Research
Adoption Law Site
http://www.adoptionlawsite.org/main_cur.asp
Adoption Research
http://www.adoption-research.org/
Council on Accreditation
http://www.coanet.org/
Ethica (a voice for ethics in adoption)
http://www.ethicanet.org/
Ethics in Adoption
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ethicsinadoption
The Americans with Disabilities Act: What Adoption Agencies Need to Know
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/policy/ada.html
ADA Homepage (from the U.S Department of Justice)
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Foster Parenting
Be a Foster Parent
http://www.facsniagara.on.ca/child_protection_services/foster_care.html
Family Alliance
http://www.familyalliance-sac.org
Foster Care Alumni of America
http://www.fostercarealumni.org
Foster Care Support Network
http://www.impact-publications.com
FosterParenting.org
http://www.fosterparenting.org
Foster Parenting.com
http://fosterparenting.com
Fostering Perspectives
http://ssw.unc.edu/fcrp/fp/
FosterCare.net
http://www.fostercare.net/
National Foster Parent Assocation
http://www.nfpainc.org/
AdoptUSKids
http://www.adoptuskids.org
Legal Resources
Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting
http://www.LAPPonline.org
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
http://www.ncjfcj.org
American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html
Education Law Center
http://www.edlawcenter.org
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