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List of URLs for Social Work
POLICY PRACTICE
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- NOW and Welfare
The National Organization for Women presents a policy analysis relating welfare reform and domestic violence.
- Behaviorists for Social Responsibility
BFSR is a Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis. The SIG and the site are dedicated to applications of the science of behavior and cultural analysis to issues of social importance, including education, human rights, environmental, and social justice issues. The site includes links to related state-of-the art publications and related sites.
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives was founded in 1980 to promote research on economic and social issues facing Canada. The Centre monitors current developments in the economy and studies important trends that affect Canadians. The Web site provides information about the activities of the center, its publications and links to related resources.
- Canadian Council on Social Development
The Canadian Council on Social Development is a voluntary, nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and promote progressive social policies inspired by social justice, equality and the empowerment of individuals and communities through research, consultation, public education and advocacy. The Web site features information about the center and access to its statistical databases.
- Centre for Social Policy Research and Development
The Centre for Social Policy Research and Development (CSPRD) at the University of Wales, Bangor, is committed to the conduct of well-founded, scientific research primarily in the areas of human development, health studies and social care provision. The site offers information about the center, research reports, and links to related resources.
- The Century Foundation
This site is designed to substitute facts for myth in the important public battle over welfare reform. The Century Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation that sponsors and supervises research on economic, social, and political issues. Contributors to the information presented on the site include Joel Handler, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles; Yeheskel Hasenfeld, Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles; and Jack Sirica of Newsday.
- Congress Merge
Congress Merge uses technology to assist legislative/congressional lobbying and advocacy efforts. Congress Merge provides tables linking zip codes to congressional and/or state legislative districts as well as tables with legislator contact information, committee assignments, biographies and district offices.
- Congress.org---A Guide to the U.S. Congress
Congress.org is an updated online directory of information for both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. A comprehensive resource for communicating with Congress, the structure and features of Congress.org can be customized to the needs of any organization or business involved in public affairs or grassroots activities.
- Contacting the Congress
Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date database of congressional contact information for the 107th Congress. As of July 11, 2001 there are 510 email addresses (of which 202 are Web-based email home pages), and 536 WWW home pages known for the 540 members of the 107th Congress. More traditional ground mail addresses are available for all Congress members.
- The Electronic Activist
An email address directory of congress people, state governments, and media, from the Institute for First Amendment Studies.
- Electronic Policy Network
EPN considers itself to be the clearinghouse for the latest progressive policy research and reports from the nation's leading research institutes, think tanks, and policy organizations. The site provides online compendia of news and individual policy issues, a search engine, access to a mailing list to keep up with policy developments as they happen, and topical links to member institutions and beyond.
- Federal News Service
FNS allows you to read the actual words spoken by national leaders on matters of official U.S. Government policy and other issues of the day, the same day.
- The Lindesmith Center---Drug Policy Foundation
The Lindesmith Center---Drug Policy Foundation is a drug policy organization working to broaden and better inform the public debate on drug policy and related issues. The Lindesmith Center, created in 1994, is the leading independent drug policy institute in the United States.
- MIMH/PIE Confluence Page
A joint project of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health and the Policy Information Exchange, this is a comprehensive mental health policy Internet resource. The MIMH side of the site provides information about the activities of the center, which is housed at the University of "Missouri--Columbia. It also provides links to related sites, consumer information, and access to its publications. PIE Online is one of the largest online collections of health and mental health policy information available anywhere. Textual and statistical information, documents, bibliographies, reviews, federal and state legislative information, job and funding opportunities, and events calendars can be found quickly using PIE Online's full text retrieval capabilities. PIE is available by subscription only, which may be the way of the future on the Internet.
- PoliticsOnline
This site is devoted to providing tools, tips and news about how to use the Internet to make political communications more effective.
- PRAXIS
The international development home page of Prof. Richard J. Estes of the University of Pennsylvania, this site to an array of archival resources on international and comparative social development designed to meet the informational needs of social work educators and students with international interests and other educators and students who require assistance in locating useful national and international resources on social and economic development.
- Project Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders, including the President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislatures.
- United Nations Development Program
UNDP's overarching mission is to help countries build national capacity to achieve sustainable, human development, giving top priority to eliminating poverty and building equity.
- The University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School "of Public Policy
Formerly the Institute for Public Policy Studies, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy became an independent school within the University of Michigan in 1995. In addition to providing information about the programs offered by the School of Public Policy, the site also provides a working paper archive.
- Welfare Policy Center
The Welfare Policy Center (WPC) conducts research and provides technical assistance on welfare reform and related issues. It is a resource for policymakers, program administrators, the press, and many others seeking to learn about cutting-edge welfare reforms and what it takes to make reforms effective. This Web site provides information about key welfare issues and interesting welfare-related articles.
- The Welfare to Work Partnership
The Welfare to Work Partnership is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created by the American business community to provide innovative workforce solutions for companies through hiring, retaining and promoting welfare recipients and other unemployed and low-income workers.
- Western New York Law Center
The Western New York Law Center maintains the Welfare Law Area resource, designed to assist welfare advocates with helpful information.
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