NOTE: Kim's Safe Place does not endorse, promote, or guarantee any of the below links or the content in them.
If you do find a site listed below to have content of concern, please email me at art2heal4@aol.com (Kim) and bring the problem to my attention. 
Please be careful out there!
Data base updated on May 14, 2001

• Organizations, Networks, Publications
• Government Agencies
• Data Links
• Other Useful Sites
• Abuse Survivor Links
• Reading Resources

Organizations, Networks, Publications

• Action Alliance for Children Action Alliance for Children provides information about the current trends and policy issues affecting children and their families. AAC publishes the Children's Advocate newsmagazine. In addition, the agency coordinates conferences and training courses; publishes a Master Calendar of events and resources; and produces videos about violence and young children. AAC is a California-based, nonprofit agency.
• Action Without Borders Take Action! Search For Organizations, Browse by Country, Volunteer Opportunities, Search for Programs & Services, Materials & Publications, Upcoming Events, Breaking News, The Nonprofit Center, Add your organization, Nonprofit Jobs, Nonprofit Internships, Resources for Nonprofit, Where to Access the Web, and, Other Nonprofit Directories.
• Adoption and Foster Care Free readings of Professional Parenthood and The Adoption Dilemma- both outstanding and easy to read material.
• Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids
• Adolescence Directory On Line (ADOL) A  collection of electronic resources is intended for parents, educators, researchers, health practitioners, and teens.
• AdvocateWeb Sexual misconduct, exploitation, and abuse of clients by professionals in positions of power, authority, or trust  is a serious and prevalent problem. Extensive free resources for victims, survivors, and their families, friends, victim advocates, and professionals.
• Aidskids.org: Children With Aids Project
• American Academy of Pediatrics The information contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.
• American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center Created in the 1970's, the Criminal Justice Section's Juvenile Justice Center is dedicated to working in partnership with other ABA entities, bar associations, and local and state advocacy groups to monitor and influence juvenile justice policy and practice. Through training, technical assistance, model program design, information and advocacy the Center maintains the ABA's presence in the juvenile justice community.
• American Guardian Strong Christian based views.
• The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children  APSAC is dedicated to: •Providing professional education which promotes effective, culturally sensitive, and interdisciplinary approaches to the identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. •Promoting research and guidelines to inform professional practice. •Educating the public about child abuse and neglect. •Ensuring that America's public policy concerning child maltreatment is well informed and constructive.
• Amnesty for Kids It is time to stand up for the rights of our children! PROTEST THE SUFFERING OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE! Please Help Us!
• Army Family Advocacy Strong Families, Strong Soldiers presents World Wide Web resources in support of the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program. Developed under a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of the Army, and the U.S.D.A. Extension Service, the Strong Families, Strong Soldiers program is administered by Cornell University's Family Life Development Center in the College of Human Ecology, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension.
• Autism Resources. Index of online information and resources on the developmental disabilities Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.
• The Best Parent is Both Parents Formed in 1985, the Children's Rights Council (CRC) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status. 
• Bluewater Family Support Services / Foster Care Information Services - Bluewater Family Support Services is a treatment foster care program offering permanent out of home placement to severely disturbed children. Foster Care Information Services provides educational and computer software resources for foster care programs.
• The Breastfeeding Advocacy Page This web site advocates a change in our culture, to an acceptance of breastfeeding as the normal way to feed babies.
• Bread for the World  (BFW) is a nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers.
• Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse - The Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse was formed in 1985 in response to a growing need for a coordinated, professional approach to child sexual abuse investigations. Major activities of the Society include training child sexual abuse investigators, and responding to the needs of abused children -- particularly in the area of child witness court preparation. The Society has presented conferences, seminars, and workshops on the subject of child abuse. It has also been involved in joint training workshops on the investigation of child sexual abuse for the Royal  Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers and child welfare workers
• Casa de los Niņos
  Tucson AZ. Casa is a privately funded, non-profit, non-sectarian crisis shelter for children and a prevention support center for families. The agency serves as an advocate for the needs of children.
• Catholic Charities The largest private network of social service organizations in the United States works to support families, reduce poverty, and build communities.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people.
• Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention A variety of resources.
• Child Abuse.Net Do you suspect that your child may be being abused? This site has an excellent test for parent and child to take together to identify areas of concern. This site also includes checklists and tests re: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), domestic violence, and help to understand characteristics of a batterer. Highly recommended.
• Child Abuse Prevention Center of Utah - National Information, Support and Referral Service on Shaken Baby Syndrome. The Center also provides school based training on General Child Abuse Prevention and Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention.
• The Child Abuse Prevention Network The Child Abuse Prevention Network -- the World Wide Internet Nerve Center for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect.
• Child Abuse Prevention Primer Ordering information.
• Child Abuse Prevention Program Clearinghouse of Georgia This website provides information about child abuse prevention efforts in the State of Georgia and links to other sites that address the well-being of children
• Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) Child Abuse Prevention--A Guide for Adults Videotape synopsis and ordering information.
• Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources An excellent page of resources from Clinical Psychology Ph.D. candidate Jim Hopper, who has researched men with histories of childhood abuse. See the references to the Linda Williams study here, as well as responses to it. (William's' study showed that, of women with documented histories of child sexual abuse, 38% could not remember the abuse as adults.)
• Child Abuse Studies Book ordering information.
• Child Abuse Trauma & SubAbusers 2/95 Abstract of study.
• Child Abuse Yellow Pages Links for advocacy, prevention, and awareness of child abuse.
• Child Advocacy Articles - Articles on Child Advocacy
• The Child/Family Interactive Network Ordering information.
• Childprotect - Belgian site dedicated to the protection of the children. Languages: German-French-Dutch. English pages: links to interesting sites in this language. For kids and parents.
• Child Protection Block Grant Is the Wrong Answer
  Abused and Neglected Children Need Congress' Help. Handsnet Action Alert.
• Child Protection Kinderschutz - Protection de l'Enfant - Kinderbescherming. Information about Child Protection, Sexual Abuse and how to protect your children.
• Child Protection Society "Child Pornography Exists on the Internet...In USENET Newsgroups it Flourishes Unchecked This is a Flagrant Violation of United States Law...And a Violation of the basic Code of Humanity and Respect " This site promotes a "white ribbon" campaign to end the proliferation of child pornography on the 'net. Good take-action tips, too.
• Child Sexual Abuse English, Francais, Espanol.
• Child Sexual Abuse for Social Workers Curriculum-ordering information.
• Child Sexual Abuse: Symptoms checklist From the Sexual Assault Crisis Center's Home Page.
• Child Trends Child Trends, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analysis.
• Child Welfare League of America CWLA is an association of almost 1,000 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 2.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.
• Child Welfare Resource Centre - Extensive child welfare links, on-line bookstore, chat room, popular mailing list (email discussion group) and daily newswire with the latest breaking child welfare news from across North America.
• Childswork/Childsplay: A comprehensive catalog of therapeutic games, books and other tools for use when working with children. (Request catalog.)
• Children Are Worth Saving Community OutReach Program - Children Are Worth Saving Community OutReach Program: Creating abuse awareness,education, recognition, prevention & intervention because children's health and well being are our # 1 priority!
• Children Now
• Children Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse The Children, Youth and Family Consortium's Electronic Clearinghouse (CEC) is an electronic bridge to information and resources on children, youth and families. Information about issues related to the health, education and well-being of children, youth and families can be accessed via CEC. This site features articles and research material useful for informing everything from practical parenting to formulating policies, and designing and implementing programs.
• Children's Aid Society. Ontario, Canada Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo. Site-specific information, but applicable for anyone researching child development. Includes related journals, books, indexes and databases, audiovisual materials, and pamphlets.
• Children's Books About Sexual Abuse Brief reviews of selected titles.
• Children's Defense Fund Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo. Site-specific information, but applicable for anyone researching child development. Includes related journals, books, indexes and databases, audiovisual materials, and pamphlets.
• Children's Defense Fund—Greater Cincinnati Project The Children's Defense Fund exists to provide a strong and effective voice for all the children of America, who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor, minority and disabled children. The long-term goal of the Children's Defense Fund-- Greater Cincinnati Project is to educate individuals in Southwest Ohio about the needs of children and encourage preventive investment in them before they get sick, drop out of school, suffer from the breakdown of their family, or get into trouble with the law.
• The Children's Protection & Advocacy Coalition - Adults working together to address, augment, and protect children's needs, their rights to peace and safety.
• Children Now Legislative information and more.
• The Children's Legal Center Legislative information and more.
• The Children's Protection & Advocacy Coalition
  Adults working together to address, augment, and protect children's needs, their rights to peace and safety
• Children's Defense Fund—Parent Resource Network CDF's Parent Resource Network (PRN) can help you find the necessary resources to be a more effective parent. We have selected a variety of national Web sites that offer parents information on caring for their own children and on getting involved in group efforts to help children in their own communities or states
• Children's Institute International Children's Institute International (CII) is a private, non-profit organization specializing in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Over the past 90 years, CII has evolved from a shelter for single mothers and their babies to an internationally recognized model of comprehensive care and assistance for at-risk children and their families.
• C.H. Kempe National Center/Child Abuse Prevention An excellent page of resources from Clinical Psychology Ph.D. candidate Jim Hopper, who has researched men with histories of childhood abuse. See the references to the Linda Williams study here, as well as responses to it. (William's' study showed that, of women with documented histories of child sexual abuse, 38% could not remember the abuse as adults.)
• Citizen's Research Committee for Abused, Neglected, and Abandoned Children - A small but growing web page with info about child abuse issues provided by a group of concerned citizen's including ex- and present CPS workers, a retired family court judge, a member of the Foster Care Review Board, and citizen members of state legislative committees.
• CIVITAS ChildTrauma Programs - CIVITAS offers a unique combination of direct clinical service, research and training in a variety of clinical, child welfare, and community settings. Of special interest is their groundbreaking research on the neurobiology of trauma. The CIVITAS website features the full text of many research papers and news reports, plus program descriptions and links to other resources.
• Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Free catalog.
• Coalition for America's Children An alliance of national, state, and local nonprofit organizations working to call attention to the serious obstacles impeding children's well-being and to boost children's concerns to the top of the public policy agenda.
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 Free catalog.
• Cornell's Family Life Development Center Check out the mission, the programs, the Internet resources of this Center in Cornell's College of Human Ecology. And find a complete listing of staff -- with e-mail addresses.
• CTKidsLink: Connecticut Citizens for Children and Youth Connecticut Voices for Children, Inc. is a statewide, citizen-based membership organization established in September, 1995. Founded to help citizens become even better advocates for the well-being of children and youth in all of Connecticut's communities, CVC works to ensure that every child in Connecticut enters school ready to learn, graduates ready to work, and is safe and healthy. Connecticut KidsLink is our way to begin to link Connecticut citizens and provide them with current and useful information about matters that impact on children and their families.
• CTW Online: Sesame Street Parents
• Cyber TipLine National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in conjunction with the FBI, offers a place where people can report tips and leads about possible cyber-exploitation or exploitation of children on the Internet.
• Day of the Child 1998 - December 1, 1998 -- a day to raise awareness and promote healing. Add your name to "The Wall". Let the hurting children know you care! Contact the media from our website. Get involved today.
• Domestic Infant Adoption - How to manage the placement of an infant in the healthiest manner possible. Adoption is potentially one of the most abusive actions that can happen to a child. These pages speak of open adoption and the best ways to manage an open adoption. They include specific information for parents considering the placement of a child.
• Empowerment Resources Empowerment Resources is your Internet guide to Empowerment and the Green movement. This website was viewed over 2,000 times in May 1998 and serves as an information source for individuals, businesses, nonprofit, other organizations, and the media. Knowledge is Power. Empower the People.
• Families USA: The Voice for Health Care Consumers Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Working at the national, state and community levels, we have earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 15 years.
• Family Voices We are families from throughout the United States who have children with special health needs. We are also caregivers, professionals, and friends whose lives have been touched by these children and their families. We are a diverse group, representing a wide variety of children, health conditions, families, and communities. Our concern for children brought us together.
• Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a leading national organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. Founded in 1970 as a public interest law firm, FRAC is a nonprofit and nonpartisan research and public policy center that serves as the hub of an anti-hunger network of thousands of individuals and agencies across the country.
• Foster Parent Community Articles, Online Training, Live Chat Forums, Links and information to assist foster care providers, adoptive parents, and all involved with abused and neglected children.
• GrandsRuS: Grandparents and Special Others Raising Children - This site is devoted to and managed by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. There is also a new e-mail list that is an off-shoot of the website. To subscribe to "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" list, send an e-mail message to: majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com Include the following message in the body (not the subject line): subscribe grandparents. Shortly after you send the message you will receive a welcome from the computer!
• Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
• HandsNet HandsNet is a national, nonprofit organization that promotes information sharing, cross-sector collaboration and advocacy among individuals and organizations working on a broad range of public interest issues. This website is a preview of what you will find when you join our community.
• Hope Through Healing Publications Offers a book for parents whose children have been sexually abused. Links to other resources.
• Human Rights USA "Where, after all, do universal rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world...." Eleanor Roosevelt
• Human Services Policy Center, Univ. of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs
• Idea Central: Welfare and Families Electronic Policy Network
• Illinois sex offenders - List of almost all Illinois registed sex offenders
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services - Illinois agency responsible for investigating reports of child abuse and neglect.
• Independent Canadian Social Research - This site is dedicated to the research and education of issues dealing with Children, Youth and Families. Links to various sites, as well as research reports and studies including online surveys.
• Injury Control Resource Information Network. Some links to child abuse and domestic violence resources.
• THE INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE STUDIES. MISSION: The mission for the Institute for Community Collaborative Studies is to serve as a center for excellence to promote integrated human service delivery systems. The Institute studies and applies strategies to help communities break out of existing boundaries to deliver human services more collaboratively. The Institute examines how human service delivery systems can collaboratively function to serve the whole child, the whole family and the whole community. Its efforts focus on service delivery in health, education, human resources, parks and recreation, probation, arts and humanities.
• Intergenerational Transmission of Child Abuse. Doctoral dissertation proposal.
• The Interfaith Alliance At a time when Americans fear our values are being undermined, our communities frayed and the strength of our families and our children's future are threatened, The Interfaith Alliance offers hope and renewal.
• @InsideHealthCare @Inside HealthCare is your key to internet health care research.
• Institute for the Study of Civic Values The Institute for the Study of Civic Values is a non-profit organization established in Philadelphia in 1973 to promote the fulfillment of America's historic civic ideals.
• Just Think Foundation The Just Think Foundation exists to stimulate critical thinking about popular media. Just Think strives to equip young people with the literacy tools critical for their future. These tools include the ability to comprehend the content of media and master the technical skills to produce media messages in various forms, from broadcast public service announcements to websites. Just Think is based on the belief that a better understanding of the media surrounding us facilitates a better understanding of the society in which we live.
• Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at FSU The Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse is sponsored by the Juvenile Justice Role Model Development Project, at Florida State University and Florida A & M University. Our goal is to be your one-stop Web site for juvenile justice information, programs for at-risk youth, and employment opportunities within this field.
• Kids Campaigns - An information and action center for anyone who wants to act on behalf of kids. Nationwide information re: organizations for children.
• Kids Count KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. At the national level, the principal activity of the initiative is the publication of the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, which uses the best available data to measure the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children. The Foundation also funds a nationwide network of state-level KIDS COUNT projects that provide a more detailed, community-by-community picture of the condition of children.
• Kid's Kourt, Inc. - Kid's Kourt offers products and services to assist professionals dealing with children and the courtroom experience. These products and services are also useful in investigation and therapy, and include publications for children who face testifying in criminal trials.
• The Lost Child: An excellent, comprehensive resource site for parents who are seeking lost children.
• The Maternal & Child Health Net work (MCH-Net) Gopher Server
• Matt's Story - A Resource for moms and dads.
• Medicaid Enrollees in HMOs: A Comparative Analysis of Perinatal Outcomes for Mothers and Newborns in a Large Chicago HMO (August 1990).
• Mediascope Promoting constructive depiction's of health and social issues in media.
• Medical diagnosis of child sexual abuse - Information on medical diagnosis of child sexual abuse directed mainly at medical and other professionals working in the field of CSA. Links to other sites, organizations, events, literature,...
• Missing Kids Links - Links to organizations and resources to help protect and help children.
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse The Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse operates this Electronic Clearinghouse via the World Wide Web with access to thousands of Gopher servers, interactive discussion groups, newsgroups and Web sites around the world. The goal of the Clearinghouse is to provide a quick and user friendly access point to the extensive electronic resources on the topic of violence and abuse available through the Internet.
• Moving Forward: An Organization Addressing Childhood Sexual Trauma. This site offers reprints and past issues of their fine quarterly publication.
• Multnomah County's (OR) Response to Child Abuse. A good case study of a community systems response.
• National Adolescent Perpetration Network Conference - Notable Experts To Present At June 7-9/98 Napn Conference
• National Association of Developmental Disabilities Council The National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils promotes national policy which enables individuals with developmental disabilities the opportunity to make choices regarding the quality of their lives and be included in the community. NADDC provides support and assistance to member Councils.
• National Association of Guardians ad Litem - Resource and training center for Guardians ad Litem
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.
• National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy Mission and Goal: The mission of the National Campaign is to prevent teen pregnancy by supporting values and stimulating actions that are consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence. The Campaign's goal is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by one-third by the year 2005.
• National Center for Children in Poverty The mission of the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the incidence of young child poverty in the United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children under age six who are growing up poor.
• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children As the nation's resource center for child protection, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation. A private, nonprofit organization established in 1984, NCMEC operates under a Congressional mandate and works in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
• National Child Care Information Center The Child Care Bureau was established in the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, in January 1995, to administer federal child care programs to states, territories, and tribes for low-income children and families. The Bureau has initiated a variety of activities to improve the quality, availability, and affordability of child care across the country. Among those activities is the sponsorship of the National Child Care Information Center.
• National Children's Coalition NATIONAL CHILDREN'S COALITION, sponsor of YOUTH AND CHILDREN RESOURCE NET on the World Wide Web, was started in Spring 1994 to be a central resource and referral center for information on issues and activities centered around American children and teens. NCC was also established to advocate for a much more substantial and urgent effort to stem the growing crisis of our kids: the epidemic child abuse, the alarming suicide rate among our teens, violence directed at and even by children, AIDS, runaways,domestic violence and latchkey children and a lack of adequate activities and opportunities for youth, particularly in cities.
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information: A Service of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
• National Coalition for the Homeless The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and technical assistance.
• National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse Programs, Research, Chapters, Education, Advocacy- The NCPCA mission is a nationwide commitment to prevent child abuse in all its forms.
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect The mission of the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) is to facilitate the secondary analysis of research data relevant to the study of child abuse and neglect. By making data available to a larger number of researchers, NDACAN seeks to provide a relatively inexpensive and scientifically productive means for researchers to explore important issues in the child maltreatment field.
• National Dropout Prevention Center/Network NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION CENTER Located at Clemson University, the NDPC functions as a clearinghouse and research center as well as a provider of technical assistance. Our mission is to reduce America's dropout rate by meeting the needs of youth in at-risk situations
• National Educational Service Helping to create places where all youth and children succeed.
• National Health Law Program, Inc. (NHeLP) The National Health Law Program is a national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities. NHeLP serves legal services programs, community-based organizations, the private bar, providers and individuals who work to preserve a health care safety net for the millions of uninsured or underinsured low-income people.
• National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Good resources on the www.
• Navy newsletter with feature articles on child abuse and neglect.
• Next Step Counseling Website by Mike Lew and Thom Harrigan- Focus on Male Survivor Issues, information, workshops, professional training, links to other resources, and information on Mike Lew's books- Victims No Longer and Leaping Upon the Mountains: MEN PROCLAIMING VICTORY OVER SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE
• NEXUS Solutions Resource Guides - mentoring and child abuse prevention.
• Now Legal Defense And Education Fund The oldest legal organization in the country aiding women and girls.
• PACER Center's Abuse Prevention Project - The Abuse Prevention Project works to prevent child maltreatment by providing resources to professionals and families. The project focuses on building family strengths and the unique risks of maltreatment among children with disabilities.
• Pandora's Box: The Secrecy of Child Abuse - Large Informative Site- School-based victimization research; Articles on sexual victimization and research; Child sexual abuse prevention resources; Intervention and prevention; and Literary contributions.
• Parents Anonymous of Texas, Inc. - A parent crisis HEARTline for Texas, answered from 9 am to midnight, 1-800-554-2323 Parent Support Groups with concurrent children's play groups Fifteen-week Family Education Program that focuses on how to find the middle ground between being too permissive and being too authoritarian All services are volunteer-driven, free of charge, anonymous, and user friendly.
• ParentsPlace.com
• Parent Soup: "...from the comfort of you own home, at whatever time of day or night, you can check in to ask a question, connect with other concerned and involved parents, ask an expert, and have a little fun. The real advantage of the Parent Soup community is that we're always here -- ready to hear you sigh, take your question, boost you back up or just listen. And that's no small thing when you're a parent."
• Parents United Against Child Abuse - Parents United provides help for sexually abused children and their families. They extend the hand of friendship to those who share the pain of incest. Parents United is a non-profit organization with chapters throughout the United States and also in Canada
• PEDINFO: A Pediatrics WebServer. "These World Wide Web pages are dedicated to the dissemination of on-line in formation for pediatricians and others interested in child health."
• Peinkofer Associates - Peinkofer Associates is a healthcare consultation agency in the Midwest which provides education about such issues as Shaken Infant (Baby) Syndrome, Husband/Wife Team Childbirth Education and HIV prevention/education. We also market baby notecards to assist in these efforts.
• Petard's - An on line journal that chronicles a child's desperate attempts to recover from severe child abuse that resulted in brain injury and blindness.
• Please help stop child abuse now! - Everyday children are being abused. Whether it's neglect, kidnapping, emotional, physical, sexual or ritual abuse doesn't matter. These kids are being hurt, and we want to help them with all our heart.
• Portland State University Child Welfare Partnership
• Presbyterian Children's Services - Abused adolescent children find shelter and compassionate therapeutic care services. Residential-based, Presbyterian Children's Services helps with parent/child conflict, separation/divorce, school behavior problems, dependency, trauma, neglect or abuse. Appropriate treatment for: ADD, AD/HD, Depression, Conduct Disorder, Behavior Disorder, Bi-polar, Special Education, Sexual Abuse, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Oppositional Defiant, MINS, Minor in Need of Supervision, and other related disorders.
• Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Police Education Series. San Carlos, CA.
• Protest Quebec's Failure to Protect Sexually Abused Children
• Reach Me Inc. A Nonprofit Child Sexual Abuse Corporation - Contact us for consultation when child sexual abuse is suspected. We can show you what you need to so and help you along the way. We also research and investigate groups and organizations whom promote child sexual abuse.
• Research and Training Center in Rehabilitation and Childhood Trauma
• Resource List for Child Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists Working with Young Children from an Attachment and Object Relational Theoretical Framework. Excellent set of links, bibliography, more.
• Responding to Child Sexual Abuse (English)
• Responding to Child Sexual Abuse (Spanish); Manejo de Abuso Sexual En Los Nisos
• Ritual Child Abuse: (video ordering info). Also included: Video on sand tray therapy.
• Ross County Network for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse - Located at 4 East Main St., STE 208, PO Box 170, Chillicothe, OH 45601. The Network provides free services to children suffering from all forms of abuse and maltreatment, their non-offending caregivers and siblings throughout Ohio and at times in other states.
• Search the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Child Abuse and Neglect
• The Secret of the Silver Horse. (Online storybook,nicely written and illustrated, graphic-intensive.) "The Secret of the Silver Horse instructs children that secrets about sexual abuse should not be kept. The story also teaches that if a child tells a teenager or an adult about sexual abuse and that person does nothing, the child should be persistent and tell someone else."
• Le Secret du Petit Cheval. "Le secret du petit cheval explique aux enfants qu'ils n'ont pas ā respecter le secret surl'exploitation sexuelle. L'enfant y apprendra également que, s'il confie son secr et ā un adolescent ouadulte et que cette personne ne fait rien, il doit persister et en parler ā quelqu'un d'autre."
• Sexual abuse in Boy Scouts. Transcript of a Roundtable session from the Genie online service.
• Carrie's Shaken Baby Page - Spreading the word about shaken baby syndrome. 800 to 1200 babies are hospitalized a year with SBS. Nearly 1/4 of them die. Most adults do not realize that shaking a baby can cause brain damage, blindness, learning disabilities, even death. Please visit Carrie's Shaken Baby Page to learn more.
• Small Wonder Books When Mike Lew's ground breaking Victims No Longer was released in 1988, it challenged widespread misconceptions about male victimization. This revolutionary work continues to provide hope, understanding and essential advice for healing to the millions of men who are survivors of boyhood sexual trauma and those who care about them. Leaping Upon the Mountains: MEN PROCLAIMING VICTORY OVER SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE Mike Lew's long awaited second book focuses on the reality of recovery. Its information comes directly from the experts - male survivors who have engaged in a visible process of change - courageously, persistently, and triumphantly. Presenting the first real investigation of what male survivors themselves identify as most important during various stages of their recovery, Leaping upon the Mountains contains powerfully moving contributions from hundreds of men of all ages and backgrounds throughout the United States and 45 other countries.
• SOCUM/Safeguard Our Children, United Mothers
• Spanish Resources - Child Abuse - National Network for Child Care. Child Abuse. Spanish Resources. El Abuso A Los Ninos. Espanol
• Stand for Children: The site is designed to give the information, inspiration and interaction you will need to take a Stand For Children. You CAN improve the quality of children's lives in your community, and we can help. This site was inspired by the Stand for Children march on Washington, D.C.
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Information Home Site.Many more children die of SIDS in a year than all who die of cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, child abuse, AIDS, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined . .
• Survivors of the System: Foster Children United - Survivors of the System: Foster Children United is a web site devoted entirely to current and former foster children. This site is meant to be a place for foster children to share experiences and support, network, and empower themselves as a group.
• The Survivors' Voice - An on-line, voter action newsletter for abuse survivors, child advocates, and grassroots activists. Includes opportunities to get involved, tips on how to get results in government and the media, links to other on-line resources, articles, research, and much more.
• Teacher's Forum: Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse Outline of an in-service series.
• Thursday's Child - Information, referrals and crisis intervention for at-risk teens, children and families [missing, runaway, anorexic, bulimic, suicidal, drug/alcohol-involved, pregnant, etc.]
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• TV-Free America
• 20/20 Vision
• UNITED CARE USA - United Care USA is a 501 (c) 3 organization started in 1989 which promotes awareness and prevention of child abuse, abduction and exploitation.United Care USA provides educational material and to schools, day cares and interested individuals. United Care has developed 2 non-threatening, age appropriate coloring books for children 4-10 to help explain what abuse is, how to stay safe and how to say no. United Care is a strong advocate of fingerprinting all children in the first grade. United Care maintains a library of movies that can be shown at day cares and schools to help teach child abuse prevention and child's safety.
• USA Today's Children's Health Index
• VOICES In Action, Inc. (Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors) In Action. VOICES in Action, Inc. is an international organization providing assistance to victims of incest and child sexual abuse. Helping victims to become survivors and to generate public awareness of the prevalence of incest.
• Welfare Law Center The Welfare Law Center works with and on the behalf of poor people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.
• Westwind Publications Home Page - Westwind Publication's Home Page is designed to serve as a resource for counselors, parents and others, who find themselves trying to help children and young people in crisis.
• What's a Kid to Do About Child Abuse. Booklet ordering info.
• World Hunger Year Resource Guide World Hunger Year believes that hunger and poverty are unacceptable in a world of abundance. We work for just policies creating a more secure world, and we support innovative programs that create sustainable livelihoods for all. WHY promotes self-reliance, food security and economic justice through research and education for policy makers, the media and the public and through collaboration with and support for grassroots organizations.
• Yes ICAN--International Child Abuse Network - YesICAN is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse and neglect. We provide on-line "real time" chat groups 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are facilitated groups that run daily. In addition, we are establishing a 24 hour hotline that will address issues of child abuse and neglect, as well as domestic violence and parenting issues. We encourage each and every individual to advocate for child. They are our future.
• Youth Policy in the Netherlands: Dutch policy and publications in the field of youth policy and the child care system. Also many links to (youth) organizations.
• Youthlink Youthlink, the First National Youth Conventions, National Youth Platform, Youth in Action Campaign, and Youth Action Guide are projects of the non-profit Foundation of America. The mission of the Foundation of America is to provide ongoing and effective forums to create support and recognition for the voice, ideas, and solutions of youth.
• Zero to Three is a beautifully-done site with information and resources about early childhood development for both parents and professionals.

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Government Agencies

• Office of Children's Health Protection

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

• U.S. Department of Education

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• U.S. Department of Justice

• U.S. Department of Labor

• White House

• Links to State Governments

• Links to County Governments

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Data Links

• Administration for Children and Families
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Child Maltreatment 1995: Reports From the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
• The Florida Department of Law Enforcement/Offender Registry
• Health Care Financing Administration
• House Ways &Means Committee Green Book
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Social Security Administration
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• USDA Food and Consumer Service
• Urban Institute's "Assessing the New Federalism" State Database

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Other Useful Sites

• GPO Access (Federal Register)

• IFAS (email members of Congress)

• Thomas (federal legislation)

• United States Legal Information Center

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Abuse Survivor Links

• A is for Abuse - A is for Abuse shows one family's struggle with the California state educational system in an effort to have it recognize and responsibly deal with a public school employee that had abused their son in the first grade and the subsequent actions of several public school employees that included lying in reference to that abuse.
• ABUSE-L (listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu). To subscribe: In body of message, put &"subscribe abuse-l" (without the quotation marks).
• Abuse Recovery Site for Survivors & Friends- Offering hope, encouragement, information and support to survivors of abuse and their loved ones.
• Anonymous Sexual Abuse Recovery - The purpose of Anonymous Sexual Abuse Recovery (Canada) Inc. is to provide an anonymous electronic support group for those who have suffered the effects of sexual abuse or sexual assault. Excellent site!
• Born Innocent A personal website of a survivor of childhood sexual abuse containing thoughts, personal story of survival, poetry, as well as educative links for other survivors of childhood abuse.
• Breaking the Silence A place for survivors of child abuse and those who support them including therapists, educators and legislators. Together we can stop the horrors of child abuse!
• DividedHearts DID/MPD Info & Support Web - DividedHearts DID/MPD Info & Support Web Contains articles and workbooks, live chat, stress and suicide support. The home of the Survivors Line. A special place for kids and littles. Interactive workshops and much more concerning multiple personality disorders and Dissociate Identity disorders
• Downeast Maine Survivors Child abuse survivors recovery, child advocacy, survivor's networking, resources on therapists, groups, legislation, and other survivor links, creative writing, and information.
• Eagle-Angel - The Eagle-Angel is a ritual abuse overcomer's home page with poems, articles, and links. The poems reveal my internal, societal, and faith conflict after I recovered memories of ritual abuse. The articles address issues related to ritual abuse, and are written from an evangelical perspective, but challenge the surface beliefs that many evangelicals hold.
• Eveswinter - Christian ideas for survivors
• GhostWolf - Out of the Abyss - The biography, art, poetry and writing of a male survivor of childhood abuse - incest, physical abuse, child pornography, and more - dedicated to educating readers about the impact of abuse on children and the methods used by abusers to keep children silent, to find new victims, and recruit other abusers. The site also contains links to resources for survivors of all types as well as links to other survivor homepages.
• The Healing Woman Foundation - The Healing Woman Foundation, Non-profit, dedicated to provide recovery resources for women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The Healing Woman bi-monthly newsletter, 24-page (print only) reminds readers they are not alone and that healing is possible! Conferences, books, tapes & more.
• Holli's Triumph over Tragedy - Child Abuse Awareness; Mint Green Ribbon Campaign; Survivors of Abuse; Poetry; Stories; Resources; Legislation; Facts and Statistics.
• I Have Survived - A page telling my own story of surviving child sexual abuse, coping with self harm, and eating disorders, plus lots of useful links.
• Innocence Lost - A Survivor's site by Alex and Cody, two survivors of sexual abuse
• ISRNI Incest Survivors Resource Network International (ISRNI), founded in 1983 at the Friends Meeting House in New York City, is an EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE network run by survivors for other survivors and for professionals who work with survivors. Since its 1983 inception, ISRNI has operated the first national and international helpline for survivors and professionals answered in person by incest-survivors-only and was one of the first to specifically encourage calls from adult survivors of mother-son incest (telephone hours now reduced from 24 hr. to 2-4 PM ET & ll PM-Midnight ET Mon-Sat). ISRNI provides callers with information about organizations and groups that support survivors as well as publications in the field. It encourages the growth of survivor support groups and will give guidance to survivors who wish to start a group(s) of their own. ISRNI also participates in committees of national and international organizations and provides handouts for some of their workshops and conferences.
• Jen's House Survivor Page - A place for Survivors, friends, and professionals to share experiences and ideas on issues of sexual abuse. Jen tells her story of life as a survivor and offers additional links to other survivor pages and resources.
• The JonBenet Ramsey Memorial Site for Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault - We offer many resources for survivors of sexual abuse and assault, including a booklist, a list of web-links, pages of stories and comments from survivors, two essays for survivors and their spouses/families and a page of other resources such as movies, etc. The webmaster is a Licensed Professi onal Counselor who specializes in treating survivors.
• Kim's Safe Place YOU ARE HERE!
• Knightgale's Raging Fire - I am a member of B.A.C.A - Bikers against Child Abuse. I live in South Alabama, am a nurse and solo motorcycle rider. I am a survivor of child abuse, and website listed refers to this subject.
• MonoMusic - MonoMusic is an Australian organization which has recently put out a CD of songs on the topic of child abuse, entitled "The Lies of Love", by composer, Monique Lisbon. This album is available as well as other resources through MonoMusic.
• multiple-personality.com   MPD-DID-ART-WORDS- Artist Judy Castelli presents her new book- Looking Inside- Life Lessons From a Multiple Personality- inspirational.
• On the Road to Healing - Resources, articles, support, and leads for information,for abled bodied and disabled survivors of abuse. Hosts the Canadian Crisis Line and Sexual Assault HotLine Database.
• Pandora's Box: The Secrecy of Child Abuse - Large Informative Site- School-based victimization research; Articles on sexual victimization and research; Child sexual abuse prevention resources; Intervention and prevention; and Literary contributions.
• S.A.I.P./Sexual Assault Information Page Ton's of informative links!
• Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers - (SOCUM) Safeguarding Our Children - United Mothers is a non-profit dedicated to public awareness, child abuse prevention, and a resource to those who have been victimized.
• Sexual Abuse of Males: Prevalence, Lasting Effects, and Resources.
• The Survivors Voice
• Susan K. Smith, Attorney at Law-
• S-YOUTH on LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU--Stolen Youth (a support list for young people) Stolen Youth is a support list for young people, run by young people. Many list members have been diagnosed with mental health problems of some sort. Some are survivors of physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Others have experienced only the "normal" stresses of "growing up". All, however, are struggling with emotional pain and confusion-- and helping each other through these struggles. The list is NOT intended for professionals, or parents (other, more appropriate lists exist elsewhere). To subscribe to Stolen Youth, send the following command (in the BODY of mail) to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu subscribe S-YOUTH yourfirstname yourlastname ( For example: subscribe S-YOUTH Bart Simpson) If you have any problems or questions, write to one of the list owners. There are four of us:  Ria         cat         Lisa         Jasper
• Stop Abuse/Holli's Story - One Woman's Campaign Against Abuse since Sept. 1996 from Minnesota. Find out about a woman's struggle with a life time of abuse and how she is overcoming almost insurmountable odds!!!
• Stop Child Abuse - Stop Child Abuse since 1975 from Donora,Pa. and from Portland, Oregon. A true story about a boy who almost lost his life from severe abuse. Learn what this boy been doing when he became an adult to help children with his One Man Campaign Against Abuse.
• Survivors And Victims Empowered - Database of child sexual abuse resources. Printed materials.
• #Survivors On The Net - UK organization established for adult survivors of childhood abuse and to bring about global awareness of the extent of abuse.
• The Survivors Prayer - A prayer for Survivors of abuse.
• The Survivors' Voice - An on-line, voter action newsletter for abuse survivors, child advocates, and grassroots activists. Includes opportunities to get involved, tips on how to get results in government and the media, links to other on-line resources, articles, research, and much more.
• The Recovered Memory Project
• Uncovering Child Abuse - Rose Renner; Ladydoc@ix.netcom.com UNCOVERING CHILD ABUSE provides ongoing information for the public, clinicians and other workers in the field of childhood abuse (sexual and other), survivorship and related areas. Site will explore clinical, theoretical, research in the following topical areas: Clinical Issues (e.g., anger/rage, shame, grief, self injury, confrontation, forgiveness, dreams and symbolism, gender preference and identity, alcohol and substance abuse, issues of victim as perpetrator, developmental themes, outcome studies, etc.)
• Victim Assistance Online
• Ways of Getting Through - A practical page on ways to cope with the urge to self harm, plus links to the very few other web sites on this issue.

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