Strengthening Individuals, Families and Communities

Caregivers

And Thou Shalt Honor - Caring for for Our Parents, Spouses and Friends
Profiles of caregivers and recipients, community and support articles, resources, and information on training and in the extensive outreach program to be created in relation to the PBS CareGiving Project: And Thou Shalt Honor program. http://www.pbs.org/thoushalthonor/index.html

Caregiving
Resources from University of Missouri's Center on Aging Studies Without Walls.
http://iml.umkc.edu/casww/tablcont.htm

Family Caregiver Alliance
Has caregiver statistics, research, fact sheets and more. http://www.caregiver.org/

Rush Manual for Caregivers
115 page pdf book from the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center. http://www.rush.edu/patients/radc/pdfs/Caregivers%20Manual.pdf

National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
Has survey reports and caregiving tips. http://www.nfcacares.org/

Special Committee on Relative Caregivers
Wisconsin Joint Legislative Committee meeting materials such as expert testimonies. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/2002studies/CARE/index.htm

 

Child Abuse

Prevent Child Abuse Wisconsin
General information and statistics about child abuse and neglect, ways to recognize it, resource lists for professionals, advocacy updates, tips for parents, and more. http://www.preventchildabusewi.org/

Child Abuse Prevention Network
For professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect. Has the online book "Travels in the Trench Betwen Child Welfare Theory and Practice" as well as extensive bookmark list of links. http://child-abuse.com/

Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
Site by Jim Hopper, Ph.D., clinical psychologist at Boston University School of Medicine. http://www.jimhopper.com/abstats/

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Acquires, preserves and disseminates high quality datasets relevant to the study of child abuse and neglect. http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/

Questions and Answers About Child Abuse and Neglect
Includes how to report suspected abuse. From the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Child Support / Custody

Wisconsin State Law Library- Legal Topics: Child Custody & Child Support
Links to WI Statutes and Legal Forms on these topics. http://wsll.state.wi.us/topic/familylaw/childcustody.html

Wisconsin DWD Child Support Program
WI Dept. of Workforce Development (DWD) has section on child support with information for parents and employers. http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/bcs/

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
Policy documents, Reports and Resources include statistics, and links to State IV-D program Web sites . http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/

National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA)
Public Policy and Research, and Resources have useful information. http://www.ncsea.org/

NCSEA Research Clearinghouse
Searchable database of citations, abstracts, and full documents of child support related articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and reports to federal, state, and local governments. http://www.spea.indiana.edu/ncsea/

Couple Relationships / Marriage

Alternatives to Marriage Project
"Resources, advocacy, and support to people who have chosen not to get married, are unable to marry, or are in the process of deciding whether marriage is right for them." From national non-profit organization. http://www.unmarried.org/

Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education (CMFCE)
Articles and Information section has research and statistics. School and Youth programs has a Directory of Youth and School Based Marriage Education Programs. http://www.smartmarriages.com/index.html

Family and Relationships (Montana State University)
Publications catalog links to full text documents such as "The Softened Startup: A Gentler Approach to Dealing with Conflict in Marriage" and "Strengthening Your Marriage." http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/home/home_idx.html#family

Marriage and Couples Relationships (University of Wyoming)
University of Wyoming's Cooperative Extension site directed to "Couples of all ages who want to learn, in the privacy of their own computer terminal, facts and skills which contribute to successful relationships." Also to "Helpers and supporters of couples, including family, friends, and professionals." Includes fact sheets with exercises, summaries of research literature, and statistics and trends.http://www.nnh.org/cyfernet/toc.htm

National Marriage Project
Has full-text publications such as "The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America" and how the Next Generation views marriage. From Rutgers University. http://marriage.rutgers.edu/index.htm

Psychological Self Help
CHAPTER 9 "Understanding Ourselves and Our Relationships" and CHAPTER 10 "Dating, Love, Marriage, and Sex" of this online book are useful. By Dr.Clay Tucker-Ladd, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/

Relationships (University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension)
Links from Publications Catalog to full text publications such as "Strengthening the Couple Relationship," "Making Relationships Work in Difficult Times," and ""Fighting Fair" in Marriage". http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/family/#RELATIONSHIPS

Depression / Suicide / Prevention

About.com Guide to Depression
A general guide to depression information for all age groups, including children, adolescents, and the elderly. Also includes gender-related depression information for both men and women. http://depression.miningco.com/mbody.htm

About.com Guide to Parenting of Adolescents: Disabilities and Disorders
Includes Depression and Teen Suicide. http://parentingteens.miningco.com/cs/disabilities/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Suicide FAQ and many links. http://www.afsp.org/index-1.htm

CDC's Suicide in the United States
Center for Disease Control and Prevention factsheet on suicide prevention with links to many CDC reports on suicide such as "Programs for the prevention of suicide among adolescents and young adults; and suicide contagion and the reporting of suicide: recommendations from a national workshop." http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/suifacts.htm#2

Depression (National Institute of Mental Health)
Has depression facts by audience (students, employers, older adults, women) and by topic. Includes information on general depression, research, and suicide facts. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depressionmenu.cfm

Suicide and Suicide Prevention
A comprehensive site that covers suicide research, causes and prevention. Included among the many topics covered are children and adolescent suicide, suicide in the elderly, assisted suicide, and suicide in stroke victims or people with other illnesses. http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.suicide.html

Divorce / Step & Blended Families

Americans for Divorce Reform
"Divorce reform links, information and articles, a divorce statistics collection, and guide to current grounds for divorce in all states." http://www.divorcereform.org/

Children and Divorce: An Internet Inservice Experience for Professionals
Course Description includes links to the text of each session. "In general, this course describes the demographics of divorce, the research regarding the causes and consequences of divorce for children and provides a brief overview of interventions for children and adults." From Robert Hughes, Jr., Ph.D., Department of Human Development & Family Science, Ohio State University. http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/divorce/

Divorce, Single Parenting, and Step-Families
Annotated links from the University of Minnesota's Children, Youth and Family Consortium. http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Parenting/parentlink.html#divorce

Divorce Support
Major directory of divorce links. http://www.divorcesupport.com/

LII: Law about Divorce
Links to Federal decisions and State statutes from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/divorce.html

Stepfamily Association of America
A catalog of educational materials, some statistical facts about stepfamilies, membership information and contacts for local chapters. http://www.saafamilies.org/

Grief

HFA Grief Resource Page
Hospice Foundation of America provides practical advice about dealing with grief, whether your own or trying to help a family member or friend. http://www.hospicefoundation.org/griefAndLoss/

Violence and Aggression

ABA Commission on Domestic Violence
Domestic and Teen Dating Violence. From American Bar Association. http://www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html

APA Violence Issues
Resources and publications from the American Psychological Society. http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/violencepage.html

Family Violence Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Publications are useful. http://www.dvlawsearch.com/

Family Violence Prevention Fund
Resources/Get the Facts has statistics. http://endabuse.org/

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse: Domestic Violence
Articles and fact sheets, Batterer intervention, Children, and Welfare and Domestic Violence are categories in this site. http://www.mincava.umn.edu/vaw.asp

Partnerships Against Violence Network (PAVNET)
"Virtual library" of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from seven different Federal agencies. http://www.pavnet.org/

Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence
Extensive resources and publications and resources for researchers. http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/

Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or environment (eg. Native Women, Educating the Public) and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims. http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/

Violence Against Women Online Resources: Domestic Violence
Annotated links from U.S. Dept. of Justice Violence Against Women Office. http://www.vaw.umn.edu/dv.asp