Advocacy websites on issues such as long term care and social security
A highly interactive, community-based website that has multiple functions that assist the elderly and disabled, their caregivers and the service providers. It offers vital information about assistive devices, caregiving, day-to-day challenges and diseases, daily news from around the world concerning aging and disabilities, as well as enables you to keep personal records, create online family meeting place, and communicate directly with elected officials to make your voice heard in the legislative halls
CHILD WELFARE:
Family to Family includes principles, strategies, and tools to confront the real problems faced by child welfare systems.
CCYP is a new Organized Research Unit at UC Berkeley focused on interdisciplinary research, and information dissemination to public policy makers at the state and local level.
(formerly known as Performance Indicators) Reports for California
A gateway to child welfare resources
Children Now is a nonpartisan, independent voice for children, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action.
This resource center assists front line workers, supervisors and administrators in child welfare, as well as judges and court administrative personnel, in using technology and information to inform policy and practice in child welfare.
SOCIAL SERVICES
A county/university partnership, SACHS will engage in: strategic planning, training policy development
advocacy, research to improve the quality and responsiveness of human services in the Southern California region.
WELFARE REFORM:
TANF reauthorization
Welfare Research
Welfare Reform
A Clearinghouse for Information, Policy Analysis & Technical Assistance on Welfare Reform
CENSUS REPORTS:
National, State, County level information as well as International
Older Population in the United States
Includes child care data, child support data, living situation, health insurance, statistical briefs
An update of baseline estimates on people who received government assistance in the pre-welfare reform era. National data on participation in major means-tested programs by age, sex, family type, educational attainment, employment, poverty status, and race and Hispanic origin.
Separate reports providing 2000 national and state data on income and poverty.
An analytic report using preliminary data from the Survey of Program Dynamics for 1993, 1994 and 1996.
Two briefs examine the age structure of the population of the United States, its regions, states, counties and cities.
Census Bureau's search-and-retrieval database
Searchable database of Census Bureau news releases by date and subject
U.S. GOVERNMENT REPORTS AND LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION
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