Governmental Sites

www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html (U.S. Census Bureau) families and livings arrangements from U.S. Census

www.childstats.gov (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics) statistics on children and families

www.ed.gov/index.jsp (U.S. Department of Education) includes resources for educators

www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco (Family Policy Compliance Office) from U.S. Department of Education; resources include relevant court cases, hot topics and others related to family policy

www.nia.nih.gov (National Institute on Aging) news, articles and other resources for aging issues

www.nimh.nih.gov/ (National Institute of Mental Health) news, articles and other resources for mental health issues

www.nichd.nih.gov (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) news, articles and other resources for child health and human development

www.relate.gov.au (Relate) resources, tips, links for relationship skills for love, family and life from Australia

Educational Sites

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/regsys/maslow.html

(Conditions of Learning) description with charts of A. Maslowâs theories

www.cfc-efc.ca/menu/famlife_en.htm (Child and Family Life of Canada) access to various documents about family life

www.cyfc.umn.edu (University of Minnesota) information and resources

www.cyfernet.mes.umn.edu (Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network) national network of Land Grant university faculty and county Extension educators

www.extension.iastate.edu/sfp (Iowa State University Extension Strengthening Family Relationships) describes curriculum for strengthening families

www.familyvillage.wisc.edu (Family Village) disability related resources for families, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and Mitsubishi Electric Foundation, University of Wisconsin, Madison

http://fyd.clemson.edu/building.htm (Building Family Strengths) a curriculum and other resources from Clemson University Extension

www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife (Ohio State) access to Human Development and Family Sciences Bulletin articles

www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html (Marriage and Family Processes) many articles related to family and human development; Trinity University- Sociology Professor Kearl

www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy (John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development) emphasis on research in mental retardation

Organizational Sites

www.aacap.org (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) topics and resources

www.aecf.org (Annie E. Casey Foundation) information on disadvantaged children

www.benefitscheckup.org (National Council on Aging) a questionnaire designed to assist older Americans find helpful resources

www.chd.org (Center for Human Development) describes a center with community-based human service agencies in western New England

www2.edc.org/hhd (Health and Human Development Programs) program design, assessment and other resources for teaching health and human development

www.familiesandworkinst.org (Families and Work Institute) publications, research and other resources

www.fcnetwork.org (Family and Corrections Network) resources for families of prisoners

www.feedingminds.org (Feeding Minds) worldwide educational initiative about hunger issues for school children of all ages; the web site includes classroom materials for teachers to discuss and understand the problem of hunger in the world

www.frc.org (Family Research Council) a Christian-based organization

www.flyingsolo.com (Stepfamily Association of America) topics dealing with divorce and separation

www.fww.org (Families World Wide) research articles and links

www.grandparenting.org (The Grandparent Foundation) resources for grandparents

www.gratefulness.org (Gratefulness.org) an organization dedicated to gratefulness

http://healthweb.org (Health Web) information on various health issues

www.mediaandthefamily.org (National Institute on Media and the Family) resources include ideas for educators and free resources from Dr. David Walsh

www.marriage-family.org (Family and Marriage Today) marriage articles

www.nationalfamilyweek.org (The Alliance for Children and Family) information about National Family Week

www.nncc.org/Families/families.page.html (National Network for Child Care) Resources for working with families including parenting education

http://www.nccbuscc.org/cchd/ (Catholic Campaign for Human Development) emphasis on poverty in USA

www.ncfr.org (National Council on Family Relations) information, tips, certification and other resources

www.nfcacares.org (National Family Caregivers Association) describes mission and services of organization

http://parentsplace.com (Parents Place with I-Village) resources for parents

www.publicagenda.org/issues/factfiles.cfm?issue_type=family (Public Agenda Online) fact files, graphs and data about families in the U.S.

www.rhd.org (Resources for Human Development)

www.secondharvest.org (The Second Harvest) anti-hunger organization

www.strength.org (The Share our Strength) anti-hunger organizationâs web site

http://www.teenpregnancy.org (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy) facts and statistics about teen pregnancy

http://216.205.117.228/genlfact.htm (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy) resources and data

www.vifamily.ca/ (The Venier Institute of the Family) from Canada; articles related to families

Commercial Sites

www.accel-team.com/maslow_/ (Accel-team) Maslowâs hierarchy of needs

http://www.billsgames.com (Billâs Games) web based games for the whole families

www.realityworksinc.com (Realityworks) simulated parenting resources and additional resources for human development

www.divorceonline.com (Divorce Online) resources for families going through divorce

http://familyeducation.com/home (Family Education) A family reference web site

www.familyinfoserv.com (Family Information Service) resources for parent and family life educators

www.ghbooks.com (Gryphon House Books) publishing house with free activities for parents and teachers to use with infants and children

www.karger.com/journals/hde/hde_jh.htm (Human Development Journal) access to a sample journal with articles about human development

www.wholefamily.com (Whole Family.com) includes ãreal lifeä dramas on issues related to marriage, parenting and teen life and expert advice

www.usatoday.com/educate/usatlogo.htm (USA Today Education Home Page)