This website provides up-to-date information on evidence-based practices that lead to improved outcomes of safety, permanency, and well-being for children and families in the California public child welfare system.
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STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT/ASSOCIATIONS
Association
of Bay Area Governments
This website provides information on welfare reform implementation
issues and activities at the local government level. It also offers links
to California and national information sources.
California
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
This website provides information about ADP, including its strategic plan, the resource center, ADP Bulletins and Letters
(including the CalWORKs Bulletin), and more. It includes links to counties with CalWORKs sites and a link to a list of representatives
of the County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators Association of California
(CADPAAC).
California
Department of Social Services
This website contains information such as the CalWORKs fact sheets,
budget highlights, upcoming events and conferences, RFP information, CDSS
letters and notices, and public assistance statistics. You can download
County CalWORKs plans from this site.
California
Department of Mental Health
DMH's website contains a federal grant alert page, information on their
Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health Cooperative Programs, as well as an events
calendar, press releases, publications, and links to related sites.
California
Department of Transportation - CalTrans
This website provides current information and news about CalTrans, links to regional
CalTrans websites and links to other resources.
California
Employment Development Department
On EDD's website, you can access a copy of the state Welfare-to-Work
plan; information on JTPA, Welfare-to-Work, and the labor market; and
an index of EDD services.
Governor's
Welfare-to-Work Job Action Team
This website contains information on the goals and activities of the Governor's Welfare-to-Work
Job Action Team.
Los Angeles
County Department of Public Social Services
The Los Angeles County CalWORKs page contains local plans and documents
and links to other useful sites.
Metropolitan
Transportation Commission
MTC's Welfare to Work page (under Projects) provides information on WtW
and transportation for the San Francisco Bay Area.
San
Francisco City and County Department of Human Services
The San Francisco CalWORKs web page contains documents, plan updates,
and links to related sites.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Administration
for Children and Families
This website contains a welfare reform information page with guidance, statistics
and fact sheets, research, and additional welfare-related links. ACF is
the agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with primary
responsibility for TANF.
Department
of Labor's Employment and Training Administration
This website provides a Welfare-to-Work Directory of Services, highlights, publications
and links, as well as information on state grant announcements and a new
section offering information exchange among rural providers.
Department
of Health and Human Services
HHS' research, policy and administration page includes welfare reform-related
information. Recent research and evaluation reports can be found using
the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation's (ASPE)
searchable database.
Fedstats
This website provides various statistics and information on more than 70 federal agencies,
and includes links to the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
(NCADI) and the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA).
HealthFinder
This is a gateway consumer health information website for government and selected
online publications, databases, websites, and government and non-profit
agencies.
National Center
for Health Statistics
NCHS is part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and HHS and provides
various health statistics, fact sheets, and news releases in addition
to other links and web search capability. Includes data on vital events
as well as information on health statistics, lifestyle and exposure to
unhealthy influences, onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and
use of health care.
National
Institute of Drug Abuse
This website has information and publications, media advisories, funding information,
and access to NIDA Infofax online (fact sheets on drug abuse) and NIDA
Notes, a bimonthly newsletter on AOD treatment, prevention, and other issues.
National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
This website contains publications, searchable databases, and information on research,
programs, conferences, and legislative activities concerning alcoholism
and alcohol-related problems.
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations
This site links to the Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment and Center
for Substance Abuse Prevention. CSAT sponsors the Treatment
Improvement Exchange (TIE), which allows information exchange between CSAT
staff and state and local AOD agencies.
NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS
American
Society of Addiction Medicine
This site contains information about legislation, upcoming conferences and events,
and ASAM publications.
Child Welfare
League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted
to the well-being of vulnerable children and their families. CWLA's website contains publications, a calendar of events, recent news of activities,
and legislative information.
National
Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
This site contains information on conferences, statistics, publications,
legislation, and links to other sites.
National
Association of Counties
NaCo provides legislative, research, technical, and public affairs assistance
to the counties. The website contains information on legislative affairs,
conferences, events, and publications, including a county guide to welfare
reform implementation. Also has a Clearinghouse on Welfare Reform page
which provides access to both national and state-based welfare reform
information.
National
Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
This site includes sections on public policy, prevention, research and
program applications, links to other sites, events, and discussion groups.
National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Prevline is the website of NCADI and offers electronic access to searchable
databases and AOD prevention materials.
National
Conference of State Legislatures
NCSL's Welfare Reform Connection page contains information on state and
federal welfare reform activities and provides an analysis of key welfare
reform issues.
National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
This site provides fact sheets, a resource and referral guide, and other information
and education, including materials communities can use to raise awareness
about alcohol-related problems.
National Governors'
Association
The welfare reform information page contains recent developments and upcoming
events, legislation, state information, research and evaluation and welfare
statistics. Also includes a summary of state Welfare-to-Work plans.
National League
of Cities
The website includes policy and legislative information, news and events.
Has a new project to pursue local workforce development strategies.
U.S.
Conference of Mayors
On this website, you can search welfare reform to find information
on the latest USCM information and events.
AOD SPECIFIC
Alcohol and Drug Policy Institute (ADPI)
ADPI is a knowledge-based entity that acquires and disseminates information and research to those who work within the AOD field or are affected by AOD issues. ADPI seeks to provide California-specific, current, and policy-relevant information and research. ADPI addresses issues such as adolescent system of care, co-occurring disorders, and California’s continuum of care.
Alcohol Research
Group
The Alcohol Research Group (ARG) has been conducting alcohol and alcohol-related
studies and research since 1959. ARG is one of 14 National Alcohol Research
Centers supported by NIAAA. Current research focuses on alcohol and other
drug use and intervention in the both the general population and specific populations
such as individuals in treatment, welfare recipients, and the homeless.
Brown
University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
The website contains research and information on recent developments in the
AOD field.
Center
on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
The Center teleases several major reports every year and provides access to information,
research, and commentary on AOD issues including prevention, treatment,
and cost data.
Dual
Diagnosis Web Site
This website is about co-occurring mental illness and AOD; it includes online articles,
upcoming events, materials and services for program development and training,
and an interactive bulletin board.
Drug Abuse
Treatment Outcome Study
DATOS is NIDA's third national evaluation of treatment effectiveness,
based on over 10,000 admissions from 1991 to 1993 to 96 community-based
treatment programs in 11 large U.S. cities. Findings from three research
centers (including UCLA) are summarized. The website also provides information
on special topics and highlights of the study.
Drug
Strategies
The website of this non-profit research institute offers publications,
reports, and links to related websites. Drug Strategies supports
private and public initiatives that reduce the demand for drugs through
prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
The
Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
The Institute's website provides information on public health approaches
to AOD problem intervention.
Pacific Center
for Violence Prevention
This web page contains fact sheets and other information on alcohol-related
violence.
Pacific
Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC)
The PSATTC provides multidisciplinary continuing education and
graduate curriculum enrichment through its annual Summer Clinical Institute
and faculty development seminars; it enables staff of publicly-supported
treatment and recovery programs to enhance their knowledge and skills, especially
in the service of underserved communities and populations;
it assists institutions of higher education in the delivery of discipline-specific
course work reflecting scientifically-based and clinically relevant knowledge
about alcohol and other drug addictions.
Substance
Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS)
SALIS is an international association of individuals and organizations
interested in the exchange and dissemination of alcohol
and other drug information.
UCLA
Drug Abuse Research Center
This site contains an online catalogue of over 500 research monographs on various
AOD topics that can be ordered free of charge.
Web
of Addictions
This site is dedicated to providing accurate information about AOD addictions; it contains
fact sheets, contact lists, and links to other web sites.
WELFARE SPECIFIC
California
Budget Project's Welfare Reform Page
The California Budget Project is a non-partisan, non-profit organization
whose goal is to promote better understanding of state fiscal issues in
order to promote a healthy public sector based on a fair and equitable
tax system. CBP's welfare reform page contains various reports and budget briefs.
Center
for Collaboration for Children
The Center for Collaboration for Children, founded in 1991, is a California
State University system-wide initiative. The primary focus of the
Center is to meet the needs of children and families by promoting collaborative,
cross-agency efforts that use school-based and community-based models
of serving the whole child in that child's family and community.
Center for
Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Update
The Center's web site contains a list of online and other publications
related to welfare reform, as well as links to other sites and analyses
of welfare laws on child care, health care, and other issues.
Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities
Non-partisan organization that reports on laws, policy, and budget concerns
relating to welfare reform. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
together with Center for Law and Social Policy, are developing a joint
web site (scheduled for the fall) which will track detailed information
on TANF, Medicaid and Food Stamp policies in all 50 states and D.C.
Children
Now
Children Now is a national organization addressing public policy issues
related to the conditions of children. The organization is based in and
has a special focus on California. This link is a guide to media
coverage of CalWORKs impact on children, but also has good summary information
and a list of state and local contacts.
Institute
for Women Policy Research
This site's welfare reform page contains a listserv devoted to welfare discussion
and includes an issue of IWPR Welfare Reform Network News and other related
reports. It also offers information on their Welfare Reform Research Coordination
project.
National
Association of Welfare Research and Statistics
This is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote the exchange of ideas
of information for the advancement of research and statistics in the field
of public welfare. The site contains information, transcripts, and papers
from annual workshops.
National
Center for Children in Poverty
This site provides several articles and reports on welfare reform as it relates
to the impact on children and the implications for the child welfare system.
The
Research Forum
The Research Forum encourages collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform
and child well-being. The clearinghouse has up-to-date summaries and searchable
database of welfare research projects.
University
of California at Berkeley
This U.C. Berkeley web page contains a process evaluation of CalLearn
implementation. It describes issues in statewide implementation studied
in four counties - Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Alameda, and San Joaquin.
Offers a good summary of key issues in program development.
Welfare
Information Network
This website is a clearinghouse for information, policy analysis, and technical assistance
on welfare reform. It provides extensive information on a wide range of welfare
issues and a host of links to other welfare reform and welfare to work
sites, including links to all available online state TANF plans.
The
Welfare to Work Partnership
This national non-partisan partnership seeks to encourage and assist private
sector businesses in hiring people on public assistance.
Welfare
to Work Transportation
This site provides links to articles, resources, clippings, and current efforts on
transportation issues related to welfare reform.
Welfare
Rights Organizing Coalition
This Washington state-based coalition is comprised of families who are current
TANF recipients. WROC organizes groups of women and men to watch how welfare
policy is made at the state legislature and implemented at their local
welfare office.
NATIONAL
RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZATIONS WITH WELFARE REFORM - RELATED INFORMATION
American Enterprise
Institute
This site provides commentary and analysis by AEI scholars on pressing issues, including
welfare reform. It contains articles, speeches, conference summaries, a newsletter,
and more.
Brookings
Institution
The Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy has
report on state of welfare caseloads in America's cities.
Cato
Institute
Through the Institute's Health and Welfare Studies page, you can search
for welfare reform-related articles. This research area provides highlights
on recent books and studies by CATO.
Heritage
Foundation
This site contains several papers on welfare and poverty.
Hudson
Institute's Welfare Policy Center
The Policy Center conducts research and provides technical assistance on welfare reform
and related issues. It is a resource for policymakers, program administrators,
the press, and others seeking to learn about cutting-edge welfare reforms and
what it takes to make welfare reform effective. The site provides information about
key welfare issues and various welfare-related articles.
Institute
for Research on Poverty
This site contains research articles and publications, poverty statistics, and listings
of national and regional studies. It includes a list of where to find
good information on basic trends in poverty, welfare and related issues.
Manpower
Demonstration Research Corporation
This site offers a host of welfare to work and welfare reform online publications
and research project monographs, including a TA guide on Work First.
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