National Children's Advocacy Center
The Center models, promotes, and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education, and leadership.
Child protection
U.S. Attorney General's Defending Childhood Initiative: Formative Evaluation of the Phase I Demonstration Program
Date Published
November 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Guia de Recursos de la Familia Contra el Secuestro Parental Internacional (Spanish Version of Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping)
Date Published
February 2002
Agencies
OJJDP
The Nexus Between Economics and Family Violence: The Expected Impact of Recent Economic Declines on the Rates and Patterns of Intimate, Child and Elder Abuse
Date Published
March 2010
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
This organization's mission is to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by empowering practitioners who work to transform the lives of children and families living in drug environments. The Alliance provides training and technical assistance to state drug-endangered children alliances and all those in the community who assist and care for drug-endangered children.
Enough Is Enough
The mission of Enough Is Enough is to create and sustain a safe, entertaining, and informative Internet environment, free from sexual predators, the intrusion of unwanted sexual material, and other harmful and exploitative online threats.
Unpacking the Influence of Neighborhood Context and Antisocial Propensity on Violent Victimization of Children and Adolescents in Chicago
Date Published
December 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dating Matters
Dating Matters focuses on teaching 11-14-year-olds healthy relationship skills before they start dating and reducing behaviors that increase the risk for dating violence, like substance abuse and sexual risk-taking. Dating Matters is evidence-based and includes prevention strategies for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods.
National Crime Prevention Council: Cyberbullying
The National Crime Prevention Council, through funding from OVC, offers resources about cyberbullying, taking action in schools, creating community change, and how teens feel about cyberbullying.
A Victim-Centered Approach to Crimes Against American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Date Published
August 2008
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Statutory Rape Known to Law Enforcement
Date Published
August 2005
Agencies
OJJDP
Guide for Implementing or Enhancing an Endangered Missing Advisory
Date Published
March 2011
Agencies
OJJDP
The Greenbook Initiative Final Evaluation Report
Date Published
January 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluating Children's Advocacy Centers' Response to Child Sexual Abuse
Date Published
August 2008
Agencies
OJJDP
You're Not Alone: The Journey From Abduction to Empowerment
Date Published
May 2008
Agencies
OJJDP
Multiple Perspectives on Battered Mothers and their Children Fleeing to the United States for Safety: A Study of Hague Convention Cases
Date Published
December 2010
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
ACF promotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Its website presents related initiatives, statistics, ACF programs, funding, and information systems.
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Polly Klaas Foundation
The Polly Klaas Foundation is a national nonprofit dedicated to the safety of all children, the recovery of missing children, and public policies that keep children safe in their communities.
National Indian Child Welfare Association
This organization works to build Tribal capacity to keep Native children safe, supported, and connected to their families and communities.
Yale Center for Traumatic Stress and Recovery
The Center provides trauma-informed treatments and services to children and families, builds professional knowledge through clinical research, and advances the field of child trauma treatment through collaboration, training, and dissemination.
National CASA/GAL Association for Children
This organization provides advocacy, public education, and resources for court appointed special advocate (CAS) and guardian ad litem (GAL) programs across the country. The association also trains CASA and GAL volunteers, who work to find safe, permanent homes for abused and neglected children.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
NCMEC works to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation. NCMEC offers a 24-hour, toll free hotline, 800-THE-LOST (800-843-5678), a CyberTipline to collect leads from the public, and online resources on finding missing children and assisting families.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
This website provides publications and other information designed to support the safe and trauma-informed interactions between survivors of domestic violence and their children, the courts, and other systems.
Child Welfare League of America
The Child Welfare League of America is a coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies that serves abused and neglected children and their families. Services include child abuse prevention and treatment, youth programs, residential treatment, child daycare, and family preservation.