Some helpful sites...
Allendale's Foster Care and Mentor Program
http://www.nurturingyouth.org/
Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
http://www.jcaho.org/
Illinois
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
http://www.iffcmh.net
Child Welfare
League of America, Inc.
National Association
of Private Schools for Exceptional Children
Reclaiming
Youth at Risk
Obsessive-Compulsive
Foundation
National
Opportunity NOC
Clinical Social
Work Federation
Child Care Association
of Illinois
United Way of Lake County
www.uwlakeco.org
Other informational areas...
The Foster Parent Home Page
The Foster Parent Home Page is a site created by an individual foster
parent. This extensive site includes a news/articles section with
many articles written by foster parents and an interactive discussion
area.
www.fostercare.org
Mental Health Net
The Mental Health Net has extensive information about mental health.
Areas of this site include a reading room, professional resources,
and self-help resources.
http://www.cmhc.com/
The U.S. Government Printing Office
The U.S. Government Printing Office site offers the full text of
the Federal Register, congressional records, reports from the General
Accounting Office, and other documents. All of these documents can
be searched by key words.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/
The State of Illinois
The web site for the State of Illinois, offering news and information
about Illinois, state government, state agencies, legislature, communities,
education, and tourism.
http://www.state.il.us/
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Offers news and events relative to DCFS, as well as information
regarding adoption, child protection, foster care, and day care,
plus much more.
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/
Illinois Legislative Information
Provides schedules for the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives,
information maintained by the Legislative Reference Bureau such
as the Illinois Compiled Statutes, an on-line copy of the Illinois
Constitution, Public Acts, information about Illinois Legislators,
Legislative Support Services, and more.
http://www.ilga.gov/senate/schedules/default.asp
Adoption Information Center of Illinois
In this site you will find information about the "waiting children"
of Illinois, including a photographic data base, the Adoption Listing
Service; information on adopting a waiting child; general information
on adoption in Illinois; and resources and references of interest
to adoptive families and children.
http://www.adoptinfo-il.org/
State of Illinois Education Services Agencies
The education agencies are responsible for regulating, improving,
overseeing and coordinating all educational facilities in Illinois.
They are responsible for elementary, secondary and higher education
and work to provide a quality education for every child in the state
of Illinois.
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/Default.htm
Illinois Department of Human Services
Human services agencies are set up in an effort to constantly improve
the welfare of Illinois citizens throughout their lives. Various
programs at the different agencies have a common goal. They aim
to make people self-sufficient and responsible for their actions
through programs including counseling, treatment, benefits, assistance
and awareness programs.
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/
Illinois State Comptroller's Office
The Comptroller's site has been developed as an open, interactive
querying environment providing direct public access to financial
and other data that the Comptroller's Office accumulates as the
State's chief financial officer.
http://www.ioc.state.il.us/iw/
Child Welfare League of America's (CWLA) National Data Analysis
System
The CWLA National Data Analysis System (NDAS) provides you with
access to all states' child abuse and neglect data from 1990 to
1996, with some data available for 1997 and 1998. Predefined tables
and graphs are customizable by state and data year, and include
data sources and notes.
http://ndas.cwla.org
Family Resource Coalition of America
An organization which works to bring about a completely new societal
response to children, youth, and their families: one that strengthens
and empowers families and communities so that they can foster the
optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members
-- one that solves the problems by preventing them. They envision
a society in which all of us -- families, communities, government,
social service institutions, businesses -- work together to provide
healthy, safe environments for children and families to live and
work in.
http://www.frca.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
www.samhsa.gov
National Runaway Switchboard
www.nrscrisisline.org
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