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Helpful Links
Arizona's Foster
Care Review Boards strive to serve the best interests of Arizona's dependent
children.
The following organizations also work towards helping and protecting children.
NEW! Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents
The Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents is a non-profit, state wide organization that serves families who adopt children and provide foster and kinship care. Working in partnership with child welfare professionals and the community, our purpose is to support, educate, empower and provide a voice for Arizona’s foster and adoptive families, with the goal of increasing the well-being and stability of Arizona’s most vulnerable children.
Child
Welfare Information Gateway
Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and
the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information
Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children
and strengthen families. A service of the Children's
Bureau, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
AdoptUSKids.org
AdoptUSKids.org is a national photo listing service for children awaiting
adoption across the United States. You may "Meet
the Children" by searching our photo listing.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has worked to build better
futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The
primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service
reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's
vulnerable children and families.
Arizona
Drug Endangered Children Program (DEC)
The DEC program unrelentingly pursues safety for children exposed to the extreme
dangers of drug-abuse environments in a manner that gives the child the best
opportunity for a happy and productive future. This website is very informative,
examining the methamphetamine epidemic in Arizona, and its effect on children.
2006
KIDS COUNT Data Book
This system contains state-level data for over 75 measures of child well-being,
including all the measures regularly used in our popular KIDS COUNT Data Book.
This easy-to-use, powerful online database allows you to generate custom reports
for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare geographic areas on a topic
(Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).
LawForKids.org
LawForKids.org is America's first stand alone web site dedicated to teaching
children about the law. The Site was created by the Arizona Foundation for Legal
Services and Education with the specific goal of educating Arizona's youth,
their parents, communities and schools to increase their knowledge about youth
laws and to encourage law-abiding behavior.
Foster Club
Foster Club's mission is to provide foster children with a network that allows
them to communicate with other other and provide them with education,
motivation, and benefits that the foster care system does not usually provide.
National
Adoption Day
National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the
119,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. For
the last six years, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of
children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys, and advocates to
finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for children in foster care.
National Adoption Day 2006 will be held on November 18,
2006!
Center on
Children and the Law
Improving children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge,
practice, and public policy. A program of the American Bar Association Young
Lawyers Division. This site includes the Association's Standards of Practice for
Lawyers Representing a Child.
The
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity
dedicated to increasing the adoptions of the more than 150,000 children in North
America’s foster care system. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s International,
created the Foundation in 1992 in support of the vision that every child
deserves a permanent home and a loving family. The Dave Thomas Foundation for
Adoption focuses on increasing adoption awareness while supporting model
adoption service programs.
Adoption
assistance information by State
Adoption assistance information by State is provided by the Association of
Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance and
the American Public Human Services Association.
Never Shake A Baby
Arizona
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is the collection of signs and symptoms resulting
from the violent shaking of an infant or small child. It is a form of child
abuse. In America last year, approximately 1,200 - 1,400 children were shaken
for whom treatment was sought. Of these tiny victims, 25 -30% died as a result
of their injuries. The rest will have lifelong complications. It is likely that
many more babies suffered from the effects of SBS and no one knows, because SBS
victims rarely have any external evidence of trauma.
Delaware Child
Placement Review Board
(CPRB) serves foster children in the State of Delaware by involving, trained
citizen volunteers in regular reviews of where these children have been placed,
how they are treated, and how their changing needs are being addressed.
Justice
For Children
Justice For Children is a national nonprofit organization of citizens concerned
about children's rights and their protection from abuse. Justice For Children's
mission is to raise the consciousness of our society about the need to protect
victims of child abuse, to provide legal advocacy for abused children and to
develop and implement, on a collaborative basis where possible, a full range of
solutions that enhance the quality of life for these children.
Oregon
Citizen Review Board
The Oregon Judicial Department's Citizen Review Board (CRB) creates a system of
checks and balances in which the public can affect how our state's child welfare
and juvenile justice systems are serving children, youth, and families.
Nebraska State Foster
Care Review Board
The State Foster Care Review Board’s mission is to ensure the best interests
of children in out-of-home care are being met through external citizen review,
monitoring facilities that house children and youth, maintaining up-to-date data
on a statewide tracking system, and disseminating data and recommendations
through an Annual Report.
South
Carolina Foster Care Review Board
Every child in South Carolina deserves the opportunity to grow up knowing the
many advantages of a safe, secure, healthy, permanent family.
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