Internet Resources of Interest for Protecting Children
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Georgia's Responsibilities Toward Children in Foster Care: A Reference Manual
Family Preservation in Georgia: A Legal and Judicial Guide to Preventing Unnecessary Removal to State Custody
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General Interest / The Basics
- To Find Georgia Schools: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/
- To Apply for Food Stamps in Georgia: https://compass.ga.gov/
- Georgia Governor's Office of Customer Service: phone 1.800.georgia.
- To Find Georgia Corrections Inmates: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp
- To Find Any Person, Any Business: http://www.switchboard.com/
- To Find A Person from a Phone Number: http://www.switchboard.com/
- To Find Any Attorney in Georgia: http://www.gabar.org/directories/member_directory_search/
- To Find A Georgia State Employee: http://gta.georgia.gov/directory
- To Search the Legislation and Official Code of Georgia: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/htdig/search.htm
- Legal Aid in Georgia: http://legalaid-ga.org/
- US Census Stats: http://factfinder.census.gov/
Child Welfare Sites
Sites about children's issues in Georgia
- The Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children-a database of group homes, among other things. Home Page: http://www.gahsc.org/, Referral Site: http://ReferralCentral.info/.
- Celebration of Excellence: http://www.CelebrationOfExcellence.org/
- Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates: http://www.gacasa.org/
- Voices for Georgia's Children: http://www.georgiavoices.org/
- Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia: http://www.afpag.org/
- Prevent Child Abuse Georgia: http://PreventChildAbuseGA.org/
- Georgia Network of Children's Advocacy Centers: http://www.cacga.org/
- Georgia Center for Adoption Resources & Support: http://www.GAAdoptionResources.org/
- Family Connection Partnership: http://GAFamilyConnection.org/
- Child Welfare Institute: http://GoCWI.org/
- SEIU-Safe Staffing for Georgia's Children and Families: http://www.safestaffingforgeorgia.org/
- Southern Juvenile Defender Center: http://JuvenileDefender.org/
- Former Georgia SJDC Page (moved to JuvenileDefender.org): http://ChildWelfare.net/SJDC/georgiaindex.html
- Community Supervised Visitation Centers - A Guide to Opening Your Own Center: http://childwelfare.net/resources/VisitationCenterManual/VisitationCenterManual.pdf
- The First Lady of Georgia's Our Children Campaign: http://www.gov.state.ga.us/summit_fl/
- Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: http://gbpi.org/
- Georgia Association of Counsel for Children: http://gaccchildlaw.org/
- Foster Care Support Foundation Inc.: http://www.fostercares.org/
- Fulton County Juvenile Justice Fund: http://JuvenileJusticeFund.org/
- Duluth Foster Children's Foundation, Inc., http://fosterchildrensfoundation.org/
- One Church/One Child, http://ococg.org/
- Interfaith Children's Movement of Metro Atlanta: http://ICMma.org/
- KIND/Truancy Intervention Project: http://www.TruancyProject.org/
- Project Healthy Grandparents: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwalh/
- The Child Policy Initiative, GSU's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwghp/
- The Marcus Institute: http://www.marcus.org/
- Smart Start GA: http://smartstartga.org/
- Children's Restoration Network, http://www.childrn.org/
- ChildAdvocateInterns.com: http://ChildAdvocateInterns.com/
- Men Stopping Violence: http://MenStoppingViolence.org/
- Metropolitian Atlanta Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative: http://www.atlcf.org/case.html
- Families First: http://www.FamiliesFirst.org/
- Georgia Center for Children: http://www.georgiacenterforchildren.org/home.html
- Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention,
http://www.gcapp.org/
- The Giving Tree, http://www.thegivingtree.org/
- The United Way of Atlanta's Help Book online: http://211online.unitedwayatlanta.org/
- Georgia Legal Services Program: http://glsp.org/
Georgia Government Sites
- Main State page: http://www.georgia.gov/
- The Office of the Child Advocate: http://oca.georgia.gov/
- Department of Human Resources: http://dhr.georgia.gov/
- Division of Family and Children Services: http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/
- The Supreme Court of Georgia's Child Placement Project: http://www.georgiacourts.org/agencies/cpp/
- DFCS Statistical Data Site: http://www.dfcsdata.state.ga.us/
- DFCS Policies and Procedures Manuals: http://www.childwelfare.net/DHR/policies/
- The Caseplan Reporting System: http://cprs.state.ga.us/
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry Search Page: http://www.ganet.org/gbi/sorsch.cgi
- Georgia Department of Corrections Inmate Database: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp
- Office of Adoptions: http://www.adoptions.dhr.state.ga.us/
- Georgia Center for Adoption & Foster Care Resources & Support: http://www.gaadoptionresources.org/
- Georgia Level of Care Web: https://www.galocweb.com/
- Children and Youth Coordinating Council: http://www.cycc.state.ga.us/
- Office of Regulatory Services: http://ors.dhr.georgia.gov/
- Putative Father Registry: http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/fatherreg.asp
- Georgia Juvenile Courts: http://www.georgiacourts.org/juvenile.html
- Council of Juvenile Court Judges: http://www.georgiacourts.org/councils/cjcj/
- Juvenile Court Model Orders: http://childwelfare.net/resources/JuvenileCourtOrders/
- Juvenile Court Reference Manuals: http://childwelfare.net/resources/JuvenileCourtRefManuals/
- Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council: http://www.gpdsc.com/
- Salary Report of the State Auditor of Georgia: http://www.audits.state.ga.us/esa/ (click at bottom)
- Georgia Office of Child Fatality Review: http://GACFR.org/
- 2000 CPS Task Force: http://www.cpstaskforce.state.ga.us/
- 2002 Governor's Action Group for Safe Children: http://www.gahsc.org/nm/pp/2002/agscindex.html (Immortalized, thank you Normer!)
- First Lady's Children's Cabinet: http://georgia-kids.com/
- TeenWork: Summer Jobs for Georgia's Foster Teens: http://teenwork.dhr.georgia.gov/
- Georgia DFCS Independent Living Program: http://georgiailp.com/
- Secretary of State: Georgia Rules and Regulations: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/
National Sites
- Children's Defense Fund: http://www.ChildrensDefense.org/
- Children's Rights: http://childrensrights.org/
- National Center for Youth Law: http://www.youthlaw.org/
- Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care: http://www.pewfostercare.org/
- The ABA Center on Children and the Law: http://www.abanet.org/child/
- National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues: http://www.abanet.org/child/rclji/
- Child Welfare Court Improvement Program: http://www.abanet.org/child/courtimp.html
- ABA Standards of Practice For Lawyers Representing a Child in Abuse and Neglect Cases
- ABA Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Child Welfare Agencies (PDF)
- Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases (PDF)
- National Association of Counsel for Children: http://www.naccchildlaw.org/
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: http://www.ncjfcj.org/
- National CASA: http://www.nationalcasa.org/
- Child Welfare League of America: http://cwla.org/
- American Public Human Services Association: http://www.aphsa.org/
- Annie E. Casey Foundation: http://aecf.org/
- Casey Family Services: http://CaseyFamilyServices.org/
- Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative: http://JimCaseyYouth.org/
- Packard Foundation Center for the Future of Children: http://www.futureofchildren.org/
- Dave Thomas Foundation: http://www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org/
- US Department of HHS Administration for Children and Families: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
- ChildWelfare.gov Info Gateway: http://www.ChildWelfare.gov/
- AdoptUSKids: http://www.adoptuskids.org/
- NCCAN National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information: http://www.calib.com/nccanch/
- National Resource Centers for Child Welfare: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/centers.htm
- Connect for Kids Site: http://www.connectforkids.org/
- National Adoption Center: http://www.adopt.org/
- National Adoption Information Clearinghouse: http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/
- AdoptUSKids: http://www.adoptuskids.org/
- California Youth Connection: http://www.calyouthconn.org/
- Other States' Sex Offender Registry Pages: http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/register.htm
- Task Force for Child Survival and Development: http://taskforce.org/
- Orphan Foundation of America, http://www.orphan.org/
- Child Welfare Workforce and Training Resources: http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/profess/workforce/
- National Adoption Law Site: http://AdoptionLawSite.org/
- Children's Law Blog: http://www.childwelfarelaw.info/
- Federal DHHS Child Welfare Policy Manual: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/laws_policies/laws/cwpm/
- A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/files/products_publications/AFamilysGuide.pdf
- FosterParent.net Glossary of Foster Care Terms: http://www.fosterparentnet.org/glossary.aspx
- Montana Meth Project: http://MontanaMeth.org/
- The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare: http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
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