Helpful Websites

Administration for Children and Families
www.acf.hhs.gov
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well being of families, children, individuals, and communities.

Better Brains for Babies
www.bbbgeorgia.org
Better Brains for Babies' website provides families and professionals with current research-based information about the brain, early brain development, and its implications for children in Georgia and throughout the United States. It also provides information about practices that contribute to healthy brain development, and connects you with resources to support brain development in young children.

Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
www.decal.ga.gov
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (Bright from the Start) is responsible for meeting the child care and early education needs of Georgia's children and their families.

California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse was created by the California Department of Social Services to aide in their purpose of improving the lives of children and families served within the child welfare system. The Clearinghouse disseminates information regarding evidence-based practices that improve child safety, increase permanency, increase family and community stability, and promote well- being.

CDC Parent Portal
www.cdc.gov/parents
The CDC's Parent Portal offers a wealth of information from across all of CDC, covering everything from safety at home and the community to immunization schedules and developmental milestones.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/injuryviolencesafety/
The CDC's Injury Center works to prevent the adverse health effects associated with injuries and violence in America." The Injury Center uses the same public health approach to preventing injuries and violence that has been proven to prevent diseases. It is one which recognizes that injuries and violence are preventable. They do not occur at random. This scientific model helps researchers describe the magnitude of the problem and the groups at risk; identify factors that increase or decrease the risk for injury and violence; explore ways to prevent them by designing, implementing and evaluating interventions; and promote the wide spread adoption of effective strategies, programs, policies and practices.

Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP)
www.cssp.org
Using data, extensive community experience and a focus on results, CSSP promotes public policies that strengthen families and protect and lift children from poverty; mobilizes a national network to promote optimal development of young children and to prevent child abuse; helps child welfare and other public human services systems improve their work and achieve race equity for children and families in their care; provides tools and resources so community leaders, schools and other health and human service agencies can help parents secure jobs and achieve economic stability and ensure that young children are healthy and succeed in school; empowers community residents to be effective consumers of public and private services, securing better goods and services for themselves and their neighborhoods.

Childhelp
www.childhelp.org/
Childhelp exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on advocacy, prevention, treatment, and community outreach. Their website offers a number of valuable resources for parents and guardians concerned about child abuse and neglect.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
www.childwelfare.gov
The Child Abuse Information Gateway is a service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They promote the permanency, safety, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare and adoption related professionals and concerned citizens to essential information. This website provides access to publications, databases, and websites relating to topics of child welfare, child abuse, child neglect, and adoption.

Connect With Kids
www.connectwithkids.com
Connect With Kids provides a community for parents and educators to obtain resources on how to connect with children and talk about important issues. Connect with Kids also creates videos on issues affecting your children.

Department of Human Resources Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases
mhddad.dhr.georgia.gov/DHR-MHDDAD/
Georgia's Department of Human Resources Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases created this glossary of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms.

FRIENDS - National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
www.friendsnrc.org
The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention is a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and the Children's Bureau. Their mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect and support families. They are involved in activities that work with the community and families to prevent child abuse and neglect such as: public awareness campaigns, parent support groups and home visiting programs.

Georgia Department of Human Services
www.dhs.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHS/
The mission of DHR is to provide Georgia with customer-focused human services that promote child and adult protection, child welfare, stronger families and self-sufficiency.

Georgia Family Connection Partnership
www.gafcp.org
Georgia Family Connection Partnership promotes the work of Georgia Family Connection, a strong, unified statewide network—the only one of its kind in the nation that improves local decision-making rooted in community priorities. The collaborative organizations in this network, which branches out into all 159 counties in Georgia, are committed to improving the quality of life in their communities.

Georgia Department of Public Health
www.health.state.ga.us/
Department of Public Health is the lead department entrusted by the people of the state of Georgia with the ultimate responsibility for the health of communities and the entire population. At the state level, DPH is divided into numerous branches, sections, programs and offices, and at the local level, DPH functions via 18 health districts and 159 county health departments.

KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

National Alliance for Children's Trust and Prevention Funds
www.ctfalliance.org
The National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds (Alliance) is a membership organization that provides training, technical assistance and peer consulting opportunities to state Children's Trust and Prevention Funds and strengthens their efforts to prevent child abuse

National Fatherhood Initiative
www.fatherhood.org
The National Fatherhood Initiative's mission is to improve the well being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers.

National Fatherhood Leadership Group (NFLG)
www.nflgonline.org/
The National Fatherhood Leaders Group (NFLG) is a coalition of national and community-based fatherhood organizations. Our mission is to raise awareness of the importance of two involved parents in the lives of children and to strengthen the capacity of the responsible fatherhood field.

National Parent Helpline
www.nationalparenthelpline.org/
Being a parent is a critically important job, 24 hours a day. It's not always easy.
Call the National Parent Helpline to get emotional support from a trained Advocate and become empowered and a stronger parent.
Call: 1-855- 4A PARENT (1-855-427-2736)

Nurturing Parenting Programs
www.nurturingparenting.com
The Nurturing Parenting Programs are published by Family Development Resources, Inc. (FDR) which is headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina and has been promoting non-violent parenting practices since 1983. These programs are evidence based programs recognized by SAMHSA and the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

One Tough Job
www.onetoughjob.org
The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund created One Tough Job to support parents by providing them with current, reliable, and practical information on a variety of parenting topics related to raising children from infancy through adolescence.

Parents as Teachers
www.patnc.org
The mission of Parents as Teachers is to provide the information, support and encouragement parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life.

Positive Parenting
www.positiveparenting.com/
Positive Parenting provides parent education classes, parenting workshops, in service presentations and consultation to parents, early childhood education centers, schools, churches, businesses and others who provide services for parents and children.

Prevent Child Abuse America
www.preventchildabuse.org
Prevent Child Abuse America has been leading the way in has led the way in building awareness, providing education and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. See the Georgia affiliate, Prevent Child Abuse Georgia for more information on child abuse prevention in our state.

Promising Practices Network
www.promisingpractices.net
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) website is a unique resource that offers credible, research-based information on what works to improve the lives of children and families. In addition to providing information on Programs that work. PPN also links to additional research information in all areas related to child well-being, including their physical and mental health, academic success, and economic security

Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org
Zero to Three's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.

The sites listed on this page are not under the direction of GOCF; we have no control over their content. This listing does not serve as an endorsement by GOCF of the views expressed in any of these sites.