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Adoption Funding Resources for Improving Child Abuse and Neglect and Child Welfare Programs and Practice
Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
The Annie E. Casey Foundation works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW -- Eighth Floor
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more.
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Children's Bureau (CB)
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW
Eighth Floor
The Children's Bureau, the oldest Federal agency for children and families, is located within the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. The Bureau is responsible for assisting States in the delivery of child welfare services designed to protect children and to strengthen families. The Bureau provides grants to States, Tribes, and communities to operate a range of child welfare services including child protective services, family preservation and support, foster care, adoption, and independent living.
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation Children, Families and Communities Program
The Future of Children
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street, Suite 200
One of the major program areas of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is the Children, Families, and Communities Program. The Program focuses on children's access to high-quality health care, the development of children and youth, the economic security of families, and the reduction of violence in homes.
The "Future of Children" is a publication of this Program. The primary purpose of this journal is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers and service providers with objective information based on the best available research.
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Freddie Mac Foundation
8250 Jones Branch Drive
Mailstop A40
The Freddie Mac Foundation provides funds for various nonprofit organizations that work on behalf of children, youth, and families. The Foundation focuses on children and prevention-oriented programs. Typically, grants are awarded to programs that build strong families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and recruit foster and adoptive parents. Among the Foundation's major programs are Healthy Families America and Wednesday's Child USA, a campaign to promote adoptions.
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- Healthy Families America - http://www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org/
The Healthy Families America (HFA) program helps first-time parents nurture their young children, and helps prevent child abuse and neglect. Home visitors are assigned to new parents to provide support, parenting education and referrals for the services they need, along with training and employment opportunities, for up to five years after the child is born. Healthy Families, a signature program of the Freddie Mac Foundation, is coordinated by Prevent Child Abuse America.
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
810 7th St., NW
OJJDP's mission is to provide national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP accomplishes this by supporting States and local communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it maintains public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitation tailored to the needs of families and individuals.
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Orphan Foundation of America (OFA)
21351 Gentry Drive
Unit 130
The Orphan Foundation of America's mission is to provide opportunities for America's foster youth to continue their education, to increase awareness of the number and plight of older teens leaving the bureaucratic maze of foster care, to highlight the potential of America's foster youth and the importance of supporting their dreams, and to offer direct opportunities for citizens, business, and civic organizations to assist older foster youth.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 12-105, Parklawn Building
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration was established to help the nation's health care system improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of substance abuse and mental illnesses. SAMHSA works in partnership with States, communities, and private organizations to address the needs of people with substance abuse problems or mental illnesses and to assess community risk factors that contribute to these afflictions.
SAMHSA is a program within the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF/HHS)
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20201
HHS is the Government agency responsible for protecting the health of Americans. While the website (http://www.hhs.gov) covers a much broader range of health issues, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is devoted to families and children and specific populations such as minorities, fathers, and the disabled. |
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