This section of the web site includes useful links to assist you in your KIDS COUNT work. If you have a link you would like to add to this section, please email it to the KIDS COUNT Network Coordinator and include a description of the link and the category in which it should be placed. If your suggested link does not fit into one of the categories below, we can create a new one!

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Census 2000
Child Advocacy
Communications
Data Sources
Evaluation/Assessment
Fund Development
General Sources on Children & Families
General Statistical Issues
Health
Human Relations/Diversity
Non-Profit Issues
Photo Web Resources
Poverty
Research Tools
Technology
Web Site Design & Maintenance

Census 2000

• Census 2000 Homepage
  http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/2khome.htm
  
  
• American Fact Finder
  http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage
  
  
• American Community Survey
  http://www.census.gov/acs/www/index.html
  
  
• Census Bureau State Data Center Program
  http://www.census.gov/sdc/www
  
  
• KIDS COUNT Census 2000 Data Tables
  http://www.kidscount.org
  
  
• Neighborhood Change Database (NCDB)
  http://www.urban.org/nnip

Child Advocacy

• Voices for America's Children 
  http://www.voicesforamericaschildren.org
  
• Children's Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org
  
  
• Covenant with North Carolina's Children
  http://www.ncchild.org/covhome.htm
  
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  http://www.aap.org/
  
  
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org
  
  
• Child Care Action Campaign
  http://www.childcareaction.com/
  
  
• Connect for Kids - The Benton Foundation
  http://www.connectforkids.org
  
  
• Michigan's Children
  http://www.michiganschildren.org

Communications

• Development Resource Center
  http://www.drcharity.com
  
  
• Internet News Bureau
  http://www.newsbureau.com/information/
  
  
• Accurate Online Solutions
  http://www.press-release-writing.com
  
  
• The Frameworks Institute
  http://www.frameworksinstitute.org
  
  
• Communications Consortium Media Center
  http://www.ccmc.org/ Communications
  
  
• podesta.com
  http://www.podesta.com
  
  
• Handsnet
  http://www.handsnet.org
  
  
• Public Relations Society of America
  http://www.prsa.org/codeofethics.html

Data Sources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  http://stats.bls.gov
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau
  http://www.census.gov
  
  
• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting
  http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
  
  
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
  http://www.childstats.gov
  
  
• Federal Statistics
  http://www.fedstats.gov
  
  
• National Center for Education Statistics
  http://nces.ed.gov/
  
  
• National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
  
  
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
  http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu Data Sources
  
  
• National Neighborhood Indicators Project
  http://www.urban.org/nnip
  
  
• National Survey of American Families
  http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf/
  
  
• Population Reference Bureau
  http://www.prb.org
  
  
• Child Welfare League of America
  http://www.cwla.org
  

Evaluation/Assessment

• Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet)
  http://www.innonet.org
  
  
• Harvard Family Research Project
  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hfrp
  

Fund Development

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy
  http://www.philanthropy.com
  
  
• Commerce Business Daily
  http://www.govcon.com/public/CBD
  
  
• Council on Foundations
  http://www.cof.org
  
  
• The Federal Register
  http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/fedfld.html
  
  
• The Foundation Center
  http://www.fdncenter.org
  
  
• Fundsnetservice
  http://www.fundsnetservices.com
  
  
• Grantsmanship Center
  http://www.tgci.com
  
  
• Guidestar
  http://www.guidestar.org
  
  
• Philanthropy Journal
  http://www.pj.org
  
  
• Philanthropy Search
  http://www.philanthropysearch.com
  
  
• Sponsored Programs Information Network
  http://www.infoed.org/Products.stm
  
  
• Who's Who in Federal Grant Management
  http://www.os.dhhs.gov/progorg/grantsnet/whoswho
  

General Sources on Children & Families

• FedWorld Information Network
  http://www.fedworld.gov
  
  
• Library of Congress
  http://lcweb.loc.gov
  
  
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
  http://nrc.uchsc.edu
  
  
• THOMAS Legislative Information
  http://Thomas.loc.gov
  
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov
  
  
• Child Trends
  http://www.childtrends.org
  
  
• Center for Law and Social Policy
  http://www.clasp.org
  
  
• Center for the Study of Social Policy
  http://www.cssp.org
  
  
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  http://www.cbpp.org
  
  
• The Urban Institute
  http://www.urban.org
  
  
• National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
  http://www.highereducation.org
  
  
• Stateline
  http://www.stateline.org
  
  
• Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
  http://www.researchforum.org
  
  
• Prevent Child Abuse America
  http://www.preventchildabuse.org
  
  
• Zero to Three
  http://www.zerotothree.org
  
  
• Welfare Information Network
  http://www.welfareinfo.org
  

General Statistical Issues

• Hyperstat Online
  http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
  
  
• Statistics Every Writer Should Know
  http://robertniles.com/stats/
  

Health

• Physician Participation in Medicaid and CHIP
  http://www.aap.org/statelegislation/med-schip/ped_part.htm

Human Relations/Diversity

• National Conference for Community and Justice
  http://www.nccj.org
  

Non-Profit Issues

• Independent Sector
  http://www.independentsector.org
  

Photo Web Resources

• Photodisc
  http://www.photodisc.com
  
  
• EyeWire
  http://eyewire.com
  
  
• Artville
  http://www.artville.com
  
  
• Harry Cutting
  http://www.harrycutting.com
  

Poverty

• National Center for Children in Poverty
  http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/
  
  
• Joint Center for Poverty Research
  http://www.jcpr.org/
  
  
• Institute for Research on Poverty
  http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp
  

Research Tools

• All Academic: The Guide to Free Academic Resources Online
  http://www.allacademic.com/
  
  
• Libdex
  http://www.libdex.com/
  
  
• Periodicals.net
  http://www.periodicals.net/
  

Technology

• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
  http://www.ntia.doc.gov
  
  
• Benton Foundation Best Practices Toolkit
  http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit/
  
  
• Center for the Application of Information Technology
  http://www.cait.wustl.edu/cait/
  
  
• CompuMentor Project
  http://www.compumentor.com
  
  
• Consistent Computer Bargains
  http://www.ccbnpts.com
  
  
• Coyote Communications
  http://www.coyotecom.com/tips.html
  
  
• Internet Nonprofit Center
  http://www.nonprofits.org/
  
  
• LibertyNet
  http://www.libertynet.net
  
  
• Nonprofit.net
  http://www.nonprofit.net/info/service.html
  
  
• Progressive Technology Project
  http://www.progressivetech.org
  
  
• Resources for Nonprofits
  http://www.helping.org/nonprofit/index.adp
  
  
• Technology Project
  http://www.techproject.org
  
  
• TechSoup
  http://www.techsoup.org
  
  
• Velir
  http://www.velir.com
  
  
• Interactive Applications, Inc. (iapps)
  http://www.iapps.com
  
  
• ArcView Tips and Tutorial
  http://www.ar.utexas.edu/Courses/parmenter/gis/tips/
  
  
• Young Americans and the Digital Future Campaign
  http:// www.childrenspartnership.org/youngamericans/
  

Web Site Design & Maintenance

• Web Law FAQ
  http://www.patents.com/weblaw.htm