Updated December 27, 2000.
Created to support professionals, scholars and students interested in exploring the etiology of child abuse and strategies for prevention. This index and directory of links was first developed under the Strong Families, Strong Soldiers Project at Cornell Cooperative Extension and The Family Life Development Center. It was later revised for presentation at the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, September 1996, updated for the NCPCA-NYS Prevention Conference, May 15-16, 1997, and then further revised as a part of supporting the United States Marine Corps Family Advocacy Programs, June 1997, and frequently since then. The latest revisions are being implemented in conjunction with Child Abuse Prevention Month, April 2000. We offer a special link on evaluation, as well — since no prevention effort can do without it!

This page is operated in support of the U.S. Army’s Family Advocacy Programs.

Notice: Links on the Web can go out of date without notice. We try to keep up with changes. Help us catch any “Missing Links.” Do you know a good link we don’t have? Help us in “Building Links.”

INDEX:
Child Abuse Prevention
Other Child Abuse Online Resources
Domestic Violence
Parents & Kids
Learning Disabilities
Assault and Violence
Self-Help Resources
Social Advocacy
Some Federal Pages
Other Pages of Interest
Internet Access
Random Access: Find your own surprise!

Child Abuse Prevention

Child Abuse Prevention Network (A Worldwide Collaborative Project, with Special Private Access Services for Members) http://child-abuse.com

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (Key access point for information resources on child abuse and neglect in the USA. The Clearinghouse is a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. ) http://www.calib.com/nccanch/

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (The central data archive for researchers in child abuse and neglect in the USA. Our partners in providing Internetworking skills for child abuse prevention) http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu

Kempe Children’s Center (Strategic partners with Cornell’s Child Abuse Prevention Network in building special Internet resources for solving problems in the field of child maltreatment) http://www.kempecenter.org (and check here for the affiliate organization, the National Association of Counsel for Children – NACC – ) http://www.naccchildlaw.org

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law (Key collaborators with Cornell’s Child Abuse Prevention Network in building special Internet resources for legal problems in the field of child maltreatment) http://www.abanet.org/child

Prevent Child Abuse America (The focal point of the prevention agenda in the USA. An early leader — and the first national collaborator with Cornell — in using computer networking to support child abuse prevention.) http://www.childabuse.org

Army Family Advocacy Programs (Major innovator in using prevention as an institutional focus in child abuse prevention. Called on Cornell to build resources for marketing the prevention agenda.) http://child-abuse.com/army/army.html

American Humane Association (through its Children’s Division, has worked for over a century to help improve and enhance public child welfare systems and private child-focused agencies in their responses to the plight of abused and neglected children.) http://www.americanhumane.org/cpmain.html

National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama, focused on prevention and treatment options for physically and sexually abused children and their families. Uses a child-centered, family focused approach. http://www.ncac-hsv.org/

Exchange Club of North Carolina – Stop Child Abuse Now. Center provides information about child abuse, programs on how to parent, and support for the long established “parent aide” approach to serving families where child maltreatment is a problem. http://www.webfresco.com/scan/

The Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) is a part of the Children’s Bureau in the Department of Health and Human Services. It funds the National Clearinghouse, the National Data Archive, and important resources for improving state responses on child abuse and neglect, and for demonstrating leading edge program models and research efforts on child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment.) http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/

• The Family Research Laboratory. The Family Research Laboratory (FRL) is an independent research unit at the University of New Hampshire devoted to the study of family problems. They also run an annual Family Violence Research Conference in early summer. The laboratory was founded in 1975. http://www.unh.edu/frl/frlbroch.htm
• CASAnet is a resource for Court Appointed Special Advocate – CASA – and Guardian ad Litem – GAL- programs, volunteers and professionals in their work with abused and neglected children. CASAnet is a service of the National CASA Association.
• the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds is the member organization of each of the state Children’s Trust Funds. These organizations are the largest funding source for child abuse prevention programs in the country. 

LifeNET (Home Page for the Corporate Partners of the Child Abuse Prevention Network) http://child-abuse.com/ecinfo/lifehome.html

EC-Net Welcome (First Password Protected Page for Members) http://child-abuse.com/ecwelcome/

AIFS – The Australian Institute of Family Studies The Institute is a Commonwealth statutory authority established in 1980 to promote the identification and understanding of factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia. http://www.aifs.org.au/

National Child Protection Clearinghouse (Australia) The Clearinghouse is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services under the auspices of the National Child Protection Council as part of the National Strategy for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. http://www.aifs.org.au/nch/nch_menu.html

Evaluation Web Site: EVALWEB Evaluation — especially outcome evaluation — is the key to success of any prevent effort. Getting past “what we did” to “what happened as a result of our efforts” is crucial. Here is a well-organized, highly useful Online resource on the whole topic of evaluation.