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  • Child Welfare Information Gateway




    Affiliated Organizatons:
    The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning is funded by the Children's Bureau/ACF/DHHS and operates out of the Hunter College School of Social Work of the City University of New York. For more information on these organizations, please visit the following websites:

    Children's Bureau
    330 C Street, SW
    Washington, DC 20447
    202/205-8769
    Hunter College School of Social Work
    129 East 79th Street
    New York, NY 10021
    212/452-7000
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    National Child Welfare Resource Centers:
    The Children's Bureau/ACF/DHHS funds a total of eleven resource centers across the country - each concentrating on a specific area of child welfare practice. Together they make up the Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network. Each NRC provides onsite training and technical assistance to States, Tribes, and public child welfare agencies in the preparation and implementation of the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process.For more information, download
    this booklet. One of the resource centers funded by the Children's Bureau is the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning. The others are:

    National Resource Center for
    Child Welfare Data and Technology

    Child Welfare League of America
    2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 250
    Arlington, VA 22202
    Phone: 703-263-2024
    Fax: 703-412-2401
    E-mail: nrccwdt@cwla.org
    Web: www.nrccwdt.org
    National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service University of Southern Maine
    PO Box 15010
    400 Congress Street
    Portland, ME 04112
    Phone: 800/HELP KID or 207/780-5810
    Fax: 207/780-5817
    E-mail: clearing@usm.maine.edu
    Web: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu
    /helpkids
    National Resource Center for Adoption
    Spaulding for Children
    Crossroad Office Center
    16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120
    Southfield, MI 48075
    Phone: 248/443-7080
    Fax: 248/443-7099
    E-mail: nrc@nrcadoption.org
    Web: http://www.nrcadoption.org/
    National Resource Center for Youth Development
    University of Oklahoma
    College of Continuing Education
    4502 East 41st Street, Bldg. 4W
    Tulsa, OK 74135-2512
    Phone: 918/660-3700
    Fax: 918/660-3700
    Web: www.nrcys.ou.edu/nrcyd/
    National Resource Center for Child Protective Services
    2709 Pan American Freeway, Suite I
    Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
    Phone: 505-301-3105
    Fax: 505-271-5295
    E-mail: tcostello@earthlink.net
    Theresa Costello, MA
    Director
    Web:http://nrccps.org/
    National Resource Center for Community-Based Family Resource and Support Programs (FRIENDS)
    Chapel-Hill Training Outreach Project
    800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514
    Phone: 919/490-5577
    Fax: 919/490-4905
    E-mail: lbaker2@nc.rr.com
    Web: www.friendsnrc.org
    National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
    ABA Center on Children and the Law
    740 15th Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20005-1019
    Phone: 800/285-2221
    Fax: 202/662-1755
    E-mail: mark.hardin@staff.abanet.org
    Web: www.abanet.org/child/rclji
    National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
    University of California at Berkeley
    School of Social Welfare
    1950 Addison Street, Suite 104
    Berkeley, CA 94704-1182
    Phone: 510/643-8390
    Fax: 510/643-7019
    E-mail: aia@berkeley.edu
    Web: http://aia.berkeley.edu/
    National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
    http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov
    This Center is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services and jointly funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN). It will develop and implement a comprehensive program of information gathering and dissemination, knowledge development and application and provide technical assistance to promote practice, organizational, and systems change at the local, state, and national levels. For more information, please contact Dr. Nancy Young at 714/505-3525 or nkyoung@cffutures.com.

    AdoptUSKids
    http://www.adoptuskids.org
    This website (a federally-funded national database of children awaiting adoption and families approved to adopt) allows families to search for children and workers to search for families throughout the United States. The site also includes comprehensive adoption information for families and many features to assist social workers.

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    National Technical Assistance Support Systems:
    The Children's Bureau/ACF/DHHS has funded four technical assistance spport projects to further enhance specific research and program areas.

    National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
    Cornell University Family Life Development Center
    Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
    607/255-7799 - Fax: 607/255-8562
    e-mail: datacan@cornell.edu
    Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC)
    (look in "Affiliates" section on website)
    Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children
    American Public Human Services Association
    810 First Street, NE, Suite 500
    Washington, DC 20002-4267
    202/682-0100 - Fax: 202/289-6555
    Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA) (look in "Affiliates" section on website)
    Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance American Public Human Services Association 810 First Street, NE, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20002-4267 202/682-0100 - Fax: 202/289-6555
         
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    Child Welfare Information Gateway
    Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.

    Child Welfare Information Gateway
    http://www.childwelfare.gov/
    The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and much more.

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