http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/leg/branch/html

http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/prevention – Site dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children

http://www.ncpa.org – National Center for Policy Analysis

http://www.cppp.org – Center for Public Policy Priorities

Education Policy

http://www.ed.gov – US Department of Education

http://edreform.com

http://www.ecs.org – The Education Commission of the States

http://www.mdrc.org/ – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Child Care Policy Links

http://www.clasp.org/ – CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy

http://nccic.org/hcca – National Child Care Information Center, Healthy Child Care America

http://www.publicagenda.org – Public Agenda Online, includes Child Care as a Red Flag

http://www.childrensdefense.org – Children’s Defense Fund

http://www.kidsouth.org – The Southern Institute on Children and Families

Health Care Policy Links

http://www.movingideas.org

Social Security Policy

http://www.socialsecurity.gov – The Social Security Administration online. Includes sites for benefits, Medicare information, forms, plus laws and regulations.

http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/social_security.html – Legal Information Institute of Cornell University includes legal materials relating to Social Security issues and concerns.

Welfare Reform Policy

http://www.clasp.org/ – CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.urban.org – Urban Institute

http://www.movingideas.org – Policy Action Network

http://www.mdrc.org/ – Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

http://www.financeproject.org/irc/win.asp – Economic Success Clearinghouse

http://lsir.la.psu.edu/workfam/links.html – Work and Family Links

Public Policy Tools by Other Groups

http://www.thataway.org/ – National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

http://www.tecec.org/pages.php/Key_to_working_with_legislators.html – Tips from the Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition

http://www.agls.uidaho.edu/fcsed – Sizing Up America Deliberative Forum at the Univeresity of Idaho

http://www.nifi.org – National Issues Forum resources from the Kettering Foundation

http://familyimpactseminars.org – The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars through the University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension

http://www.conginst.org – Congressional Institute

http://www.frc.org – Family Research Council

http://www.heritage.org – Heritage Foundation

http://www.geron.org – Gerontological Society

http://www.jcep.org/GuidetoDC.pdf – Joint Council of Extension Professionals

http://www.apa.org/pi/ – American Psychological Association, Public Interest Directorate

http://www.clasp.org/ – CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy

http://www.cffpp.org/ – Center for Family Policy and Practices

https://hallway.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=ci4scd41sace86n4iujtf7l6b7 – The Electronic Hallway

http://www.movingideas.org/ – Policy Action Network

http://www.familiesandwork.org/nationalstudy.html – Families and Work Institute

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/ – Head Start Bureau

http://www.iwpr.org/ – Institute for Women’s Policy Research

http://www.nationalpartnership.org/ – National Partnership for Women and Families

http://www.rupri.org/?flashVersion=6 – Rural Policy Research Institute

http://www.futureofchildren.org/ – The Future of Children

http://www.ncpa.org/evn/sumners/abouthws.html – Hatton W. Sumners Foundation for the Study and Teaching of the Science of Self-Government

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