Links

City of Charlottesville

Local Human Services
Albemarle County Department of Social Services
Charlottesville Department of Social Services
United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area


Local Web Guides
Monticello Avenue
Albemarle Kids
CvilleKid.com


STATE

GOSAP Collaborative's Social Indicator Database: An excellent resource that provides easy to use data to help assess a community's needs. Links to best-practice guidance on program and service strategies. Data may be queried by zip code.

General Interest
Connect Richmond
Provides the nonprofit community with centralized access to information. Connect Richmond helps nonprofits, local funders and local government to determine community needs and assets, and is a source of information that can guide public decisions. Offers state, regional, and local grant information and data, as well as advice for human service providers regarding a variety of issues including fund raising, non-profit management, and benefits of technology. For the Richmond area, but contains lots of helpful information for Charlottesville area as well.

At-Risk Youth
Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families

Virginia Education
Virginia State Department of Education

Virginia Health
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse
Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services

Virginia Justice & Law
Virginia Commission on Youth
Center for Children, Families and Law at the University of Virginia
Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice

NATIONAL/FEDERAL

National Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse
SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


National Justice & Law
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

National Policy & Advocacy
Children's Defense Fund
Connect for Kids
Electronic Policy Network
Prevent Child Abuse America

National Statistics
ChildStats
Child Trends
Kids Count
Virginia Statistics by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
United States Census Bureau


OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

Community Involvement:
http://www.celebratingfamilies.org/

Conduct in Community:
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

Grant Information and Guidance:
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/grants.html

http://www.jcdowning.org/resources/generalguide.htm


Health and Nutrition:
http://www.childhoodobesitytaskforce.org
http://www.coveringkids.org/
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Summer/Default.htm

Infant and Early Childhood Development:
http://www.betterbabycare.org/

Outcome Measurement:
http://national.unitedway.org/outcomes/

Statistics:
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/kc2001/
http://www.nea.org/index.html

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

School Characteristics:
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/school.asp

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