CHILDREN & FAMILIES
The sites listed on this page are not created, maintained, or endorsed by the Colorado Legislature.
Colorado Government
Colorado Child Support Enforcement
(Explanation of state's procedures & services )
Colorado Children's Trust Fund
(Prevention of child abuse & neglect)
Colorado Department of Human Services: Child Welfare Services
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment : Child, Adolescent & School Health
Colorado Association of Family & Children's Agencies (CAFCA)
(Research, education & training for agencies serving Colorado's vulnerable children)
Colorado Child Support Calculator
(Informational & educational resource)
Federal Information
Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
(Division of U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
Adoption & Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
(State by state data on adoption & foster care)
(Administers federal funds to low income families for quality child care)
(Oldest federal agency for children & the delivery of child welfare services)
Child Welfare Information Gateway
(Formerly National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect & National Adoption Information)
National Child Care Information Center
(Adjunct ERIC clearinghouse for information on child care)
Office of Child Support Enforcement
(States' paternity & child support laws)
(Statistical reports on division's programs & services)
Federal Interagency Forum on Child & Family Statistics
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being (date)
(Report includes key indicators & critical aspects of children's lives)
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
(U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Programs (OSEP) information & resources on developmental, physical, & emotional disabilities)
(Information on child care costs & arrangements)
Additional Resources
The American Bar Association Center on Children & the Law
National Court Improvement Progress Report & Catalog
(Private charitable organization helping disadvantaged children)
(Non-profit research organization that studies children, youth & family issues)
(Statistical data on children)
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
(Organization of nearly 1,000 public & private non-profit agencies)
(Topics include parenting, kinship care, adoption, & raising healthy teenagers)
Children's Environmental Health Network
Children's Rights Council (CRC)
(Current federal legislation on child custody & support)
(Division of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington)
(Electronic journal of current research & policy issues on the well-being of children)
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
(State profiles on policies, demographics & economic conditions for children & families)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
(Database of missing children)
National Conference of State Legislatures Human Services Issues
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
(Identifies emerging issues & assists in developing & evaluating state programs in child & family services; early childhood; maternal & child care; states' children's health insurance program (SHIP), etc)
(International organization dedicated to prevention of unintentional childhood injury)
(Organization committed to improving children's lives)
The State of the World's Children
(Includes statistics on children's health, mortality, education, etc.)
(Global directory of programs, research, references, & resources on preventing youth problems while nurturing children)
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