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Data and Statistics

Kids Count 2004 Indiana Profile
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/kc.cgi?action=profile&area=Indiana

Indiana Census Data
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/IN.htm

National Child Care Information Center Child Care Indiana Profile
http://nccic.org/statedata/statepro/indiana.html

United States Department of Agriculture Indiana Economic Research
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/IN.htm

The Right Start – Indiana Child Population
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/rightstart2003.cgi?action=profile&area=Indiana

Reports and Studies

14 and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/youngteens/default.asp

A Child’s Day: 2000 – Selected Indicators of Child Well-being
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p70-89.pdf

Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children
http://www.childtrends.org/Files/AttendingKindergartenRB.pdf

Building a Better Teenager
http://12.109.133.224/files/k7brief.pdf

Building Strong Families: A Preliminary Study from the YMCA
http://www.abundantassets.org/building.cfm

Grading Grown-Ups 2002: How Do American Kids and Adults Relate?
http://www.search-institute.org/norms/

Helping Teens Developing Healthy Social Skills & Relationships: What the Research Shows About Navigating Adolescence
http://www.childtrends.org/files/k3brief.pdf

How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage Workers & Low-Income Families
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/R_302DNR.pdf

Low Income and the Development of America’s Kindergartners
http://www.nccp.org/media/lat03d-text.pdf

Parent Power: What Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/reading/parentpower/

Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths: Developmental Assets Among Youth of Color
http://www.search-institute.org/research/Insights/InsightsEvidence-11-03.pdf

Kids’ Health

CDC Growth Charts
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm

Child Development Chart (birth to 6 yrs) 
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov

Child Health Guide (growth charts)
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/hg/pg12.html

Parents Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child (articles, medical research)
http://www.pnpic.org/

Adoption - Disruption

Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/publications/pdfs/cwla1.pdf

NAIC Information on Disruption
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_disrup.cfm

Adoption Preservation (support for parents with difficult children) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adoption-preservation/

Adopt Disrupted Children
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adopt_Disrupted_Children/

Parenting Children Adopted from Disruption
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/parentingdisrupted/

Adoption – Funding

Adoption Subsidies
http://www.nacac.org/adoptionsubsidy.html

Affording Adoption 
http://www.affordingadoption.com

National Adoption Foundation
http://www.nafadopt.org/

Open Arms Adoption Grants
http://www.open-arms.org/

Adoption – Research

Adoption Law Site
http://www.adoptionlawsite.org/main_cur.asp

Adoption Research
http://www.adoption-research.org/

Council on Accreditation
http://www.coanet.org/

Ethica (a voice for ethics in adoption)
http://www.ethicanet.org/

Ethics in Adoption
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ethicsinadoption

The Americans with Disabilities Act: What Adoption Agencies Need to Know
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/policy/ada.html

ADA Homepage (from the U.S Department of Justice)
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Foster Parenting

Be a Foster Parent
http://www.facsniagara.on.ca/child_protection_services/foster_care.html

Family Alliance
http://www.familyalliance-sac.org

Foster Care Alumni of America
http://www.fostercarealumni.org

Foster Care Support Network
http://www.impact-publications.com

FosterParenting.org
http://www.fosterparenting.org

Foster Parenting.com
http://fosterparenting.com
 
Fostering Perspectives
http://ssw.unc.edu/fcrp/fp/

FosterCare.net
http://www.fostercare.net/

National Foster Parent Assocation
http://www.nfpainc.org/

AdoptUSKids
http://www.adoptuskids.org

Legal Resources

Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting
http://www.LAPPonline.org

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
http://www.ncjfcj.org

American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child/home.html

Education Law Center
http://www.edlawcenter.org