Policy Sites

These are some web sites that may be helpful for your group presentations and final projects.

Organizations

• Links to policy organizations
• Family Voices - a national clearinghouse for information on children's health care needs
• The Urban Institute
• Futures of Children
• Center for Mental Health Services, National Reporting Program, Dept. of Health and Human Services
• National Child Care Information Center
• Child Care Bureau
• Center for Law and Social Policy
• Links to information regarding the welfare of children

Welfare and Poverty

• Links to state welfare agencies
• Information on welfare reform
• Children's Defense Fund - selected features of state welfare plans
• WIC 
• Joint Center on Poverty Research
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• Institute for Research on Poverty

National Government

• Legislation passed in 103rd-105th Congresses
• Federal Statistics

Local Government

• City and County government homepages
• State profiles

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