Resources
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Looking for information pertaining to foster care and child advocacy? Here you will find facts about foster care, links to government agencies and organizations providing services to foster youth, resources for transition age youth, scholarship information and UFC's own Resource Center with links to UFC presentations and information for adults serving foster youth.
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50 Ways to Save Our Children
A resource site that provides various ways to help children.
A Brief Legislative History of the Child Welfare System
Published by The Pew Commission.
California Blue Ribbon Commission
The Blue Ribbon Commission provides recommendations to the California Judicial Council on ways in which the courts and their partners can improve safety, permanency, well-being, and fairness outcomes for children and families.
California Foster Youth Education Task Force
Foster care education fact sheets.
Casey Family Programs
Provides an array of services for children and youth, with foster care as its core.
Center for Families, Children & the Courts
Involved with many projects related to family, juvenile, child support, custody, visitation and domestic violence law and procedure.
Chapin Hall
An independent policy research center at the University of Chicago whose mission is to build knowledge that improves policies and programs for children and youth, families, and their communities.
Child Trends
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization.
Child Welfare Dynamic Report System
A collaboration between the California Department of Social Services and University of California at Berkeley.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
Child Welfare League of America
An association of more than 1,100 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.
Children's Bureau
Children's Bureau is committed to providing vulnerable children -- especially in the early years -- the foundation necessary to become caring and productive adults.
Children’s Defense Fund
Provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves.
Connect For Kids
A place for parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers and others who want to become more active in isues that affect children.