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    Information for Practice
    IP’s goal is to provide social service professionals with easier access to relevant news stories, articles in scholarly journals, and other high quality information that can be used to improve their practice.

    Internet Public Library: Social Issues and Social Welfare
    Search or browse through topics such as housing and poverty, human rights, and social work.

    New Social Worker Online
    Called "the place for social workers on the Net," this site includes information on careers and jobs, along with links to many relevant Web sites.

    Social Work Search
    Search this site or browse through categories such as child welfare, mental health, disabilities, employment opportunities, education, and licensing and credentials.

Topics in Social Work
    Children, Youth and Families
    • Child Abuse Prevention Network
      Provides information for professionals to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
    • Child Welfare League of America
      Develops and promotes policies and programs to protect America's children and strengthen families. Click on "Advocacy" and "News & Events" for information on legislation and other government information related to child welfare.
    • FamiliesUSA
      A national non-profit organization dedicated to the achievement of affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
    • Family Violence Prevention Fund
      This site includes news on domestic violence issues, information on legislation, fact sheets with statistics and links to related sites.
    • Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
      Links to hundreds of pamphlets produced by college counseling centers across the country on a wide variety of topics of interest to students including alcohol and substance abuse, cults, eating disorders, grief, sexual orientation, and stress.
Government Resources
    New York State Office for the Aging
    Serves as an advocate for New Yorkers sixty years and older through the development and delivery of policies, programs and services.

    New York State Office of Mental Health
    The OMH operates psychiatric centers across the state and oversees over 2,500 programs including inpatient, outpatient, emergency, community support, and family care programs.

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Provides information on government services and resources. Administers agencies such as Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Institutes of Health, Administration on Aging, and Administration for Children and Families.

    UNdata (United Nations data)
    Statistics sources from the United Nations on education, health, population, human development, business, and more.

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Compiled by Donna J. Davidoff, Reference Librarian


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