National

NATIONAL RESOURCES

News Sources in Traditional Media

General Sources

American Journal of Political Science: Search articles from this scholarly journal.
American Political Science Association: Lots of interesting places to go on this huge site.
American Society for Public Administration
American University's Campaign Management Institute
Best of the Web: Lots of well chosen links
Budget of the United States
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Material on all Federal Domestic Funding Programs.
Congressional Quarterly A huge range of resources including articles, directories and other materials.This is an excellent place to begin looking at federal policies
Brint: This megasite is principally for business researchers but contains many things of use to policy practice scholars.
Campaigns and Elections
Center for Responsive Politics
Civic Practices Network: Excellent resources, including syllabi and documents.
Elections USA Lots of relevant material about all US Elections.
Electronic Policy Network This is a link to sites throughout the United States is impressive. Many advocacy and research groups are represented here. Read (on-line) copies of American Prospect magazine.
E-The People: Online petitions and much more.
Federal Web Locator: A guide through federal cyberspace.
First Gov The New Federal Web Portal
Gay and Lesbian Politics
Governing Magazine: Articles and resources of interest to policy practitioners.
Grantsmanship Center: A wonderful resource for grantseekers and non-profit managers. On-line articles from the Grantsmanship Center News.
HandsNet An excellent source for policy issues.
Harden Political Info System
Harvard Political Review
Dan Huff's Social Work History Site Great material to make social work history come alive.
Institute for the Study of Civic Values: A wonderful source for policy teachers and community activists.
Ed Schwartz is one of the truly great men of electronic activism.
Indymedia
John F. Kennedy School's Visions of Government Page
Marketplace of Political Ideas: Links to pages with a point of view
Mother Jones: The on-line site for Mother Jones magazine.
The National Association of Social Workers: The NASW site has advocacy alerts and other information.
University of Michigan's Document Center: Perhaps one of the largest collections of documents on the web.
National Network of Social Work Mangers
Planning Resources on the Internet: Lots of relevant sites and resources (UC Berkley).
Political Index
Politics America
Political Science Manuscripts: Papers that can be downloaded from the site
Political Science Resources on the Internet: Resources from UC-Berkley.
Political Science Virtual Library
PoliSci.Com This site contains the Almanac of Politics & Government and much more.
Poverty.Com
Praxis UPENN Resources on Comparative Social Policy
Public Affairs Web
Public Agenda On-Line
Public Citizen's Congress Watch
Resources for Economists on the Internet
Rollcall
Rural Poverty Portal
SAPA WEB Public Administration and the Internet
Stateline: PEW Memorial Trust's State Information Page: Excellent material on state policy making. T
he material is timely, up to date and credible.
The Social Work Manager
Thomas Contains all current bills in both houses.
Townhall: Links to on-line policy-relevant journals
Trinity Collge (Ireland) Social Policy Links.
United Nations
US National Debt Clock
World Bank
WWW Virtual Law Library from Indiana University
The WWW Virtual Library of Social Policy
WWW Resources for Social Workers

Data Sources

American Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Insurance Data
American Religious Data Archive
Census Bureau: A huge collection of free data.
Center for American Politics and Public Policy Congressional Hearings Data Set
Bureau of Labor Statistics Another great government site for data.
CIA The On-line Factbook is a treasure trove for Comparative Social Policy.
Fedstats
Kids Count (Anne Casey Foundation): Good data source on children's issues
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research: A huge data library with the results
from many studies available for secondary analysis
National Center for Educational Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
Social Security Some interesting data on social insurance issues.
WWW Virtual Library: U.S. Government Information Sources

The White House

The House and Senate

Capitol Watch Congressional Advocacy Group
Congress Watch Congressional Advocacy Group
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congress.Org (Legislative Information)
General Accounting Office Research reports and methodology papers on-line!
House of Representatives Official Site
Legislative Branch Information
Library of Congress
Starr Report
US Senate Official Site
US Congress Handbook Frequently needed information on Congress.

Executive Branch Agencies

Judiciary

Other Government

California Budget Project This site contains analysis, materials and data about the budget in California
Council of State Governments
Influencing State Policy
International City/County Management Association
Library of Congress State and Local Government Page
List of State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)
National Conference of State Legislatures
State and Local Government Gateway
State and Local Government on the Net
State and Local Government on the Web
Stateline: PEW Memorial Trust's State Information Page: Excellent material on state policy making.
The material is timely, up to date and credible.

Non Profit Sector

ARNOVA The organization for research on the non-profit sector.This site has a number of useful resources.
Council on Foundations
Institute for Global Communications
Internet Nonprofit Center
Non-Profit Gateway Federal Government Resources for Non-profits
Non Profit Online News: Wonder stuff. The best way to keep up.
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Wonderful page has a section of research studies related to advocacy and civic participation in its Projects & Findings section.
Nonprofit Times
Yale PONPO The program on nonprofit organizations.
United Way Material about the United Way and technical assistance information. On-line magazine.
Welfare Reform and the Non-Profit Sector

Issues

AIDS Patient's Project
American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center
Bread for the World International Human Rights
Catholic Mobile Poverty Page
Civic Network Civic Networking and technology issues
Children's Defense Fund One of the best advocacy sites on the web.
UCLA's Online Center for Cyberspace Law and Policy Interesting material on a variety of
areas related to on-line law

Democrats and Republicans

Advocacy Organizations

Advocacy Institute
Alliance for Justice Legal Information for advocates
American Civil Liberties Union
Benton Foundation Excellent source for those interested in technology and social problems
Bread for the World Hunger and Human Rights
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest
Child Welfare Home Page
Child Welfare League of America Excellent resources on children and families.
Children's Defense Fund One of the best advocacy sites
Electronic Freedom Foundation Technology issues
John Birch Society
National Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Advocacy Page
National Organization for Women
National Rifle Association: This site contains some good legislative information
OMB Watch Excellent resources on government issues and advocacy
Policy.Com A huge megasite with a wide range of information.
Project Vote Smart
Rock the Vote
United We Stand

Welfare Reform

ACF Welfare Reform Resource Kit
US Department of Agriculture
Corporate Welfare Information Center The other side of welfare reform
National Welfare Monitoring and Advocacy Partnership
State and Local Government Gateway Welfare Reform Pages
Tufts Center on Welfare and Poverty
Urban Institute On-line research reports and a database of state data.
Welfare Info A huge site for welfare reform information
Welfare Law Center Extensive materials on the law and welfare.
Welfare Reform Academy
Welfare Reform and Children (John Hopkins University): Results of a Three Year Study.
Welfare Reform and the Non-Profit Sector
Welfare Reform Resource Project (Regent University)
Welfare Watch

Managed Care and Health Care

AARP Managed Care Page: Oriented toward consumer issues
Families USA's Comparison of Patient Rights Bills
Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA)
Health Economics Resource Page
Managed Care Information from Knowledge Links
Migrant Health Newsline
National Center for Health Statistics
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative Great site for managed care information.

Social Security

American Association of Retired Persons
Campaign for America's Future
National Senior Citizens Law Center
National Academy of Social Insurance
Policy Oriented Curriculum Components in Aging and Social Sciences
Praxis UPENN Resources on Comparative Social Policy
Social Security
Social Security Education Center

Housing

Center for Community Change An advocacy and research organization. Lots of helpful material
Center for Housing & Urban Development Bibliography
Cityscape
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Low Income Housing Coalition

International

Canadian Council on Social Development
Praxis UPENN Resources on Comparative Social Policy
Social Security
United Nations
World Bank

Children

Research Organizations

American Enterprise Institute
American Journal of Political Science: Search articles from this scholarly journal.
American Political Science Association: Lots of interesting places to go on this huge site.
APSA Policy Section: Papers and Links. A lot of very helpful material.
ASPA Political Methodology Section
American Society for Public Administration
APPAM Policy Analysis & Management Organization
Aspen Institute On-line reports and working papers
Brookings Institute On-line reports and papers
Cato Institute
Center for Budget Priorities
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for Public Policy
Harvard Family Research Project
Heritage Foundation
Human Service Policy Center (University of Washington)
Institute for Policy Innovation: Downloadable Reports
Institute for Research on Poverty (University of Wisconsin) On-line reports, research papers and reviews
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Kids Count (Anne Casey Foundation) Online reports and data
Mathematica Policy Research: A list of working papers, some of which can be downloaded
National Center for Children in Poverty Interesting material about children
National Institute for Research and Advancement index of think tanks.
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Wonderful page has a section of research studies related to advocacy and civic participation in its Projects & Findings section.
The Rand Corporation On-line research reports
Tomas Rivera Institute: Latino Issues research institute. Excellent on-line reports
Urban Institute On-line research reports and a database of state data.

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