State Resources
California Children and Families Commission / First 5 - Provides all children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services.California Department of Social Services - Child Abuse Prevention - OCAP funds and coordinates local services that help strengthen and preserve families.
California Department of Social Services - Children and Family Services - Child Abuse Prevention - Definition and Indicators of child abuse as well as procedures to report child abuse.
Child Abuse Training & Technical Assistance Center - Resources for Child Abuse Prevention Councils.
Child Help USA / California - Treatment and Prevention of Child Abuse - Residential centers for the treatment of severely abused children and a national child abuse hotline.
Child Welfare Research Center - Mariposa County data.
Prevent Child Abuse California - Preventing child abuse in all its forms by maximizing resources throughout the State of California.
Safe from the Start - Brings together community leaders from throughout the state to assure that California children grow up in safe, and have healthy environments.
National Resources
Child Welfare Information Gateway - Gateways to information: protecting children and strengthening families.Child Welfare League of America - USA's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization.
Children's Defense Fund / Leave No Child Behind - "ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities."
The Children's Partnership - Practical information and strategies to ensure digital opportunity for all youth;health coverage for millions of children.
National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse - A central resource for training, expert legal assistance, court reform and state-of-the-art information on criminal child abuse investigations and prosecutions.
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect - Promotes scholarly exchange among researchers in the child maltreatment field.
Prevent Child Abuse America - Working for 30 years at the national, state and community levels to prevent child abuse in all its forms.