Children & Families

• ACF The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
• Child Abuse: Childhelp USA¨ is one of America's leading organizations in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment. Our mission is to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and educational needs of abused and neglected children by focusing our efforts and resources on treatment, prevention, and research. 
• CDF - Children's Defense Fund:  The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and
  a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
• CII - Children's Institute International (CII) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and strengthening the family through the provision of child abuse prevention and treatment services for high-need, low-resource families, as well as through professional training, research, and advocacy. 
• Child Help - Childhelp® exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on advocacy, prevention, treatment and community outreach.
• Children Now - Children Now is a nonpartisan, independent voice for children, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action.
• Child Trends - Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses. 
• Connect for Kids - This web site offers a place on the internet for adults—parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers and others—who want to become more active citizens, from volunteering to voting with kids in mind.
• Learning Disabilities onLine- The interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, reachers, and children. 
  
• Stand for children - Stand For Children’s mission is to ensure all children have an opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. 
• WMAD - Welfare Made a Difference: The Welfare Made A Difference National Campaign seeks to reshape public perception about and public policy relating to welfare by documenting and disseminating the stories of the diverse group of people who have received welfare and struggled out of poverty with the help of welfare.
  

Fatherhood

• ACFC American Coalition for Fathers and Children
• DADs - Dads against discrimination
• NFN - National Father's Network
• NFI - National Fatherhood Initiative

Motherhood

• ivillage - It's been a long time coming. Now there's a place where
  women don't just read about how they can get the most out of life,
  but can help each other do it. It's called iVillage.com: The Women's Network. 

Professional Organizations

• MLFCCA Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association
• MNAEYC Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children
• NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young Children 
• NDAEYC North Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children

Interesting Articles

• Fathers and children with AD/HA

Interactive Web Site

CNN Millennium Project