Research and Reference Resources

Children and Families

Administration for Children and Families - http://www.acf.hhs.gov
From the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, this government agency offers information on aspects of child care and child welfare, including the National Child Care Information Center.

Child & Family WebGuide - http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
Created by a team of librarians and child development faculty at Tufts University, this metasite describes and evaluates web sites that contain research-based information about child development. The sites are grouped into 5 categories: Family/Parenting, Education/Learning, Typical Childhood Development, Health/Mental Health, Resouces/Recreation.

Child/Youth Services - http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/programs/youth.htm
Information from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, including information about adoption, foster care, child care, health issues, and more.

DPI Parents Page - http://dpi.wi.gov/vm-parent.html
Information about education and schools from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Great Web Sites for Kids - http://www.ala.org
The American Library Association's selection of over 700 recommended websites for parents, caregivers, teachers and others who care about kids.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children CyberTipline - http://www.missingkids.com/cybertip
A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to locating missing children and raising public awareness about the prevention of child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.

Pregnancy and Parenting - http://parenting.ivillage.com
Part of iVillage, this commercial site offers discussion groups, chat rooms, articles and resources on a variety of issues with which parents are concerned. Parents contribute as well as "experts." Similar sites are BabyCenter and ParentCenter.

Special Needs Adoption Network - http://www.wiadopt.com/AdoptionResourcesOfWisconsin.aspx
An information center bringing together waiting children, their adoption agencies, and families looking to parent children with special needs. Their web site offers information on the special needs adoption process in Wisconsin, as well as a database of available children, news, and feature articles.

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families - http://www.wccf.org/index.html
View recent news, statistics from the Kids Count project, welfare and child development information, and updates on a variety of family-related topics.