SOCIAL POLICY 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 |
| Budget of the United States |
| Capweb |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PoliSci.Com This site contains the Almanac of Politics & Government and much more. |
| Policy Library |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Stateside Associates This Week in the States Page |
| 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
| 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 |
| US Senate Official Site |
| US Congress Handbook Frequently needed information on Congress. |
Executive Branch Agencies
Judiciary
| Supreme Court Decisions |
| Federal Court Home Page |
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 |
| 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
| Democratic National Committee |
| Democrats with an Attitude |
| Republican National Committee |
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 |
| Project Vote Smart |
| Rock the Vote |
| United We Stand |
Welfare Reform
| 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
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
| UNESCO |
| United Nations |
| World Bank |
Research Organizations
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