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

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 (Child, Youth and Family Consortium-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 (Human Development and Family Science Extension) resources for families

www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html (Marriage and Family Processes) many articles related to family; 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/web/aacap (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) topics and resources

www.acresolution.org (Association for Conflict Resolution) links to article summaries and other conflict resolution topics

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

www.BuildingRelationshipSkills.org (The Dibble Institute for Marriage Education ) resources for teaching relationship skills to teens

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

www2.edc.org/hhd (Health and Human Development Programs)

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

www.mapnp.org/library/intrpsnl/intrpsnl.htm (Management Association Program for Nonprofit) links to information such as ãbuilding trustä, ãaddressing interpersonal conflictä, ãetiquetteä and other interpersonal communication topics

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

www.nccbuscc.org (National Conference of Catholic Bishops) resources and links to various departments

www.nationalfamilyweek.org (National Family Week-The Alliance for Children and Family) resources for National Family Week

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

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

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) describes resources, emphasis on mental retardation

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.btio.com (The Baby Think It Over) simulated parenting resources and additional resources for human development

www.divorcenet.com (Divorcenet) resources for divorce and family law resources

www.drugfreeamerica.org (Drug Free America) This web site includes information for parents and kids with related links
http://family-marriage-counseling.com (The Family and Marriage Counseling Directory) family and marriage counseling resources, articles written by professional therapists, live phone counseling, recommended books, and more

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

www.learningseed.com/catalog/inter.html (Learning Seed) description of videos related to interpersonal skills

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Strawn/sites.htm (Our World) links to genealogy, surname origins and heraldry

http://talkaboutmarriage.com (Talk About Marriage) an open forum on marriage and relationships

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

www.writingstrands.com/communication.htm (Writing Strands) sample and instructions for purchasing manual for communicating and interpersonal relationships