Child (under 12)
Protecting Our Children
Kodiak Island Alliance for Children
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe's Culturally Based Partnership Program
National Day of Remembrance
Helping And Lending Outreach Support (HALOS)
HALOS's mission is to provide resources and special opportunities to abused and neglected children and their caregivers through partnerships with faith-based and other community organizations. HALOS matches community donations to the needs of foster children and children cared for in the homes of family members other than their parents.
OVC produced a HALOS toolkit which offers lessons learned and suggests strategies for establishing programs like...
Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families provides support and training locally, nationally, and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
Child Welfare Information Gateway: State Statutes Search
Child Welfare Information Gateway provides a searchable database of state statutes on issues related to child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS): Administration for Children & Families
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors who have a measurable impact on youth. The Big Brothers Big Sisters vision is to create successful mentoring relationships for all children who need and want them, contributing to brighter futures, better schools, and stronger communities for all.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
National Children's Alliance
National Children's Alliance provides training, technical assistance, and networking opportunities to communities seeking to plan, establish, and improve children's advocacy centers.
National Indian Child Welfare Association
The National Indian Child Welfare Association is a national organization focused specifically on the Tribal capacity to prevent child abuse and neglect.
National Center on Child Fatality Review
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
The National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center is devoted to achieving a better understanding of the impact of criminal victimization on adults, children, and their families.
Childhood Violent Trauma Center
The Childhood Violent Trauma Center works to—
- increase the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the incidence and impact of violence on children and families;
- train and support the professionals who provide intervention and treatment to children and families affected by violence; and
- increase professional and public awareness of the effects of violence on children, families, communities, and society.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
Survivors of Incest Anonymous is a 12-step self-help recovery program for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. This organization offers free support groups for victims of incest or abuse by a teacher, coach, another child, clergy, or anyone that that betrayed the child’s trust.
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Prevent Child Abuse America
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardian ad Litem for Children
This organization provides advocacy, public education, and resources for CASA and Guardian ad Litem programs across the country. The association also trains CASA and Guardian ad Litem volunteers, who work to find safe, permanent homes for abused and neglected children.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
The Center provides fundraising, education, parental resources, clinical services, research, and advocacy efforts to end child abuse and neglect.
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.
Department of Defense: Victim and Witness Assistance Council
The Council's website offers information and links to assist victims, and witnesses to crimes on military installations. Resources include contact information for victim and witness assistance coordinators for the Coast Guard, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Marine Corps, Office of the Secretary of Defense. Each branch of services has—
- an interdisciplinary Victim and Witness Assistance Council,
- a...