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Related Websites

Websites that offer content and links to organizations relevant to working with homeless families and children are organized into the categories of Helping Clients Plan for the Future, Integrating Service Provision with Advocacy, and Parenting While Homeless. If you are aware of other useful links, please e-mail them to homewords@uww.edu.


Helping Clients Plan for the Future

Landlord/Tenant Information: Although laws regarding evictions are different in every state, the information on http://mycounsel.com/content/landlord is very useful for workers or clients unfamiliar with landlord/tenant relations.

Mental Health: The National Resource Center on Homelessness & Mental Illness http://www.prainc.com/nrc/index.html provides technical assistance, identifies and synthesizes knowledge, and disseminates information. The National Resource Center links policymakers, service providers, researchers, consumers, and other interested parties to findings from federal demonstration and Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) projects and research on homelessness and mental illness.

Alcohol and Drug Use Information: http://www.health.org/ This the national clearinghouse for SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the US Government). It is well organized with a pull down tab where you can choose a specific drug of abuse (such as alcohol or cocaine) and a pull down tab where you can choose your audience (such as Parents/Caregivers or Teenagers.

Alcohol and Drug Use Information: Easy to read pamphlets and brochures on alcohol-related issues are available from http://silk.nih.gov/silk/niaaa1/publication.publication.htm

Domestic Violence: The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence has useful information on the topic of domestic violence and coalitions in local areas at http://www.nacady.org.

Homelessless: This section of the Housing and Urban Development Department's website (http://www.hud.gov/homeless.html) contains general information on homeless issues (e.g., "where to start if you are homeless;" " ten tips for homeless persons," etc.). This site also lists the HUD news and links to other resources (i.e., "owning your own home," "rental issues," etc.).


Integrating Service Provision with Advocacy

The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty ( http://www.nlchp.org) advocates to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. The Law Center strives to place homelessness in the larger context of poverty, aiming to address homelessness as a very visible manifestation of deeper causes: the shortage of affordable housing, insufficient income, and inadequate social services. The Law Center presses for solutions that address the causes of homelessness, not just its symptoms.


The National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org/oor99/index.htm)Many people know that millions of households in the United States cannot afford to pay for decent housing. Far fewer people know the extent of the affordability problem in their own communities. The National Low Income Housing Coalition produces Out of Reach in an effort to provide information to policymakers and advocates. This website provides calculations and data for states and counties (by query) on rental housing prices vs. medial family income, etc.

Policy-Related Information: The Electronic Policy Network (http://www.epn.org)
a project of the American Prospect Magazine, has valuable reports in their Welfare and Families section.


Parenting While Homeless

Child Abuse: The Child Abuse Prevention Network (http://child-abuse.com) has valuable information on child maltreatment, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse and neglect.

Children's Well Being: CYFERNet (http://www.cyfernet.org/index.html) is a national network of Land Grant university faculty and county extension educators working to support community-based educational programs for children, youth, parents, and families. This metasite offers links to a plethora of resources for those interested in community-based, experiential education, childcare issues, and policymaking concerns that impact children, adolescents, and families. With a database of children, youth, and family professionals, as well as subject-specific discussion groups, CYFERNet enables networking among those working in these fields.

Children's Health: The American Academy of Pediatrics (http://www.aap.org/) has a wide variety of information for parents concerning their children's health and well-being; covering topics such as immunizations, sleep problems, newborn care, and television.

Child Development: This link is a site for parents to find family facts about development (http://www.parent.net/parents/facts/development.shtml). It takes you step by step giving you good advice and information on the stages of development. This sit will help prepare parents for the transition of their child into adolescence and then on to teenage years and beyond. It also helps make the parent(s) aware of how communication and working together are key factors when trying to work through these difficult transitions. This link also discuses the signs of your child's movement towards independence sexuality and provides tips for adjusting to these changes.

General Parenting: This is a comprehensive parenting site(http://www.lifematters.com/parentn.html) that is aimed at providing parents with information and facts on parenting for the short term and also for the long term. This site promotes a democratic style of parenting that is firm and also mutually respectful for both the parent and the child. This site provides links to various aspects of parenting, for instance the role of the father in the household and how reading with your child really pays off. Toilet training, childbirths dealing with c-sections, child safety and coping with divorce are all topics discussed in this helpful web site. You can also have the option of choosing a topic to search for on their search engine.

Single Parent Parenting: This link (http://www.parentingteens.about.com/parenting/singleparents) focuses on parenting when you're a single parent. It provides child development information for single parents, as well as a guide to early brain development in your child. The site has information and tips for single mothers, fathers, and also teenage parents. It has many links that deal with all the aspects of parenting, including spirituality and it's role in raising your child, and also useful tips for stress management and time management. This site also provides single parents with legal information regarding non-custodial parenting, child custody laws, and information on what to do about back child support.

Children's Crying: This link (http://www.parenting-qa.com/cgi-bin/detail/behavior/crying) is a good resource for parents that are having a hard time dealing with their child's behavior of crying. This link goes into with information on why your child cries to what is the best way to respond to those tears. It also discuses colic and how it plays a factor in crying. They also provide tips and fact sheets that are beneficial to coping with your sensitive child and their needs. The link also provides informative reading and books on how to deal with your own stress when your child is crying.

Discipline: This website from discipline from familyeducation.com
(http://familyeducation.com/subchannel/0,2794,20-100,00.html) provides information on discipline issues from toddlers to teens.

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