India - Sambhav
:: works for the rights of tribals, children and women. Issues: child abuse; women, female infanticide, tribal rights, working children Location: Gwalior.
UK - Stop abuse with StopAbuse.org
:: a site witch exposes the corruption that causes and hides abuse, perticualy by institutions and organizations. Issues: child abuse; Psychiatric abuse, Location: Bath.
Safety Awareness and Family Education Network, Inc.
:: A non-profit whose goals include educating families,
educators and children on effective ways to keep
children safer from preditors and pedophiles.
Issues: child abuse; family education, child abduction, child safety, sexual assault Location: Clovis, CA 93612.
Origins of Cerebral Palsy
:: CP has its origins in genetic and non genetic factors. This sites explores its causes from both positions.
Issues: child abuse; cerebral palsy, cerebral, palsy, origins, origin, causes, cause, causal pathway, causal pathways, aetiology
Location: , CA .
Children's Defense Fund
122 C St. NW
Washington, DC 20001-2109 Phone: (202)628-8787
Affiliate: Children's Defense Fund. Issues: justice; media; politics; demographics; family; health; education; hunger; press; film; children; child abuse; nutrition; childhood. Contacts(s): Marian Wright-Edelman (Executive Director) Type: media; guide. Source: Macrocosm USA.
200 Park Ave. S
New York, NY 10003-1503 Phone: (212)254-7230
Affiliate: Alcoholics Anonymous. Issues: health; substance abuse; counseling. Description: This is the bay group to AA. These are specials groups that support the children, spouses and possible "co-dependents" of recovering alcoholics. It is believed that the entire family is in need of guidance and support through the process towards wellness. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
63 Inverness Drive East
Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (303)792-9900
Issues: environment; feminism; justice; animal rights; child abuse. Description: Its goal is to prevent the neglect, abuse, cruelty and exploitation of animals and children and to insure that their rights, welfare and interests are effectively and humanely guaranteed by our society. Other Resources: See THE ADVOCATE magazine, SHOPTALK newsletter and Legislative Alerts, and PROTECTING CHILDREN newsletter. Dues: $15-$50/yr. Office Address: 9725 East Hampden Ave., Denver, CO 80231., Washington, DC 20041--0352. Contact: Adele Douglass (Director), (202)543-7780. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 4157
Boulder, CO 80306-4157
Issues: family; justice; children; domestic violence; child abuse. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Box 1182
Washington, DC 20013-1182 Phone: (703)821-2086
Affiliate: Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information. Issues: family; media; feminism; justice; child abuse; children; film. Description: Distributors of over 300 films, videotapes, filmstrips with tapes, slides with tapes, and audiovisual packages about child abuse and neglect and family violence. Arranged alphabetically by title; indexed by product, subject, and distributor name. Categories include title, name of producer, distributor name and address, description of materials, including length, format, and price. Published Date: 2/90. Page#: 160. Price: $20/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Office Address: 8201 Greensboro Dr., McLean, VA 22103. Type: media; guide. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Child Find of America, Inc.
Box 277
New Paltz, NY 12561-0277
Affiliate: Child Find of America, Inc. Issues: family; justice; demographics; child abuse; children; criminal system. Description: About 570 children reported as missing in the US arranged chronologically by date of birth and indexed alphabetically by name. Data in each child includes photograph, description, date of birth, date abducted or disappeared, location where last seen. Sometimes referred to as "National Directory of Missing Children." Other Resources: (800)A-WAY-OUT, a non-governmental contact for parents who want to return a kidnapped child. Published Date: 1988. Page#: 60. Price: $1.50/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Box 1182
Washington, DC 20013-1182 Phone: (703)821-2086
Issues: family; media; feminism; child abuse; domestic violence; rape; exual abuse; film; criminal system. Description: Distributors of over 300 films, videotapes, filmstrips with tapes, slides with tapes, and audiovisual packages about child abuse and neglect and family violence. Other Resources: See CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AUDIOVISUAL CATALOG. Published Date: 2/90. Page#: 160. Price: $20/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Office Address: 8201 Greensboro Dr., McLean, VA 22201. Type: media; clearinghouse. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
HarperCollins
10 E. 53rd
New York, NY 10022 Phone: (800)242-7737
Issues: feminism; health; child abuse; rape; sexual abuse; psychology; counseling; empowerment. Description: List of organizations and support groups that provide assistance to women who were sexually abused as children; also includes publications dealing with child sexual abuse. This is primarily a recovery guide for women who were sexually abused as children. Contacts(s): Janet Goldstein (Senior Editor) Publisher: Harper Collins. Published Date: 2/90. Price: $16.95/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Type: reference; guide. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Porter Sargent Publishers, Inc.
11 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02108-3002
Issues: education; health; justice; disabled; children; child abuse. Description: 2,600+ public and private schools, clinics, and treatment centers for children and young adults with emotional, developmental, and organic disabilities; includes lists of governmental and private agencies, associations, etc. Publisher: Porter Sargent Publishers, Inc. Published Date: 1/90. Page#: 1400. Frequency: Biennial. Circulation: 6M. Labels: 400. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
National Center for the Protection of Children
1033 N. Fairfax, #200
Alexandria, VA 22314-1540
Affiliate: National Center for the Protection of Children. Issues: justice; family; children; child abuse; criminal system. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Robert E. Kennedy Library
California Polytechnic State Universtiy
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Affiliate: California Polytechnic State Universtiy. Issues: family; justice; child abuse; children. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 6731, Yorkville Station
New York, NY 10128-0007
Issues: feminism; family; sexism; rape; sexual abuse; child abuse. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
6955 Fernhill Dr.
Malibu, CA 90265-4238 Phone: (310)457-5531
Issues: justice; feminism; education; arts; child abuse; children; childhood; music, dance, graphics; volunteers. Description: FAAC introduces creative arts activities to victims of child abuse as outlets through which they can grow. Volunteers in dance, drama, writing, music, painting, sculpting and film increases the child's self-worth and build character by unlocking the child's imagination. Children participating in this ongoing process learn new ways to channel emotion, release anger and come to know the meaning of success. Tax Status: Nonprofit. Type: organization. Source: Creative Resources Guild .
30 E. 33rd St.
New York, NY 10016-5337 Phone: (212)689-3700
Issues: education; demographics; health; travel; hunger; youth; childhood; empowerment; juvenile. Description: A national service and advocacy organization for the rights and needs of all girls. Traditional and non-traditional activities including career development, juvenile justice, alcohol and drug abuse, sexuality education and rights for youth programs. Contacts(s): Mary Jo Gallo Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Holistic Education Review
39 Pearl St.
Brandon, VT 05733-1007 Phone: (802)247-8312
Issues: education; feminism; health; justice; children; child abuse; childhood; welfare rights. Description: "Each particular movement has its own publications, resources, and opportunities for networking. However, this Guide is the only comprehensive listing of organizations and publications from all the various movements. This is, of course, an ambitious undertaking and the Guide is by no means complete. We invite readers to send information about additional resources or revisions of the information presented here." Also covers children's rights and welfare organizations. Great little directory! Other Resources: "The Guide will be updated periodically, with additions appearing quarterly in HOLISTIC EDUCATION REVIEW." Some of the listings in MACROCOSM were reprinted with permission from this guide. Publisher: Holistic Education Review. Page#: 16. Price: $2/ea., free with orders. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
International Primate Protection League
Box 766
Summerville, SC 29484-0766
Affiliate: International Primate Protection League. Issues: environment; animal rights; wildlife/endangered species. Description: Vol.18 No.3: Illegal shipments of primates in which 90% died and far too many other examples of the killing or kidnapping of primates. Punishment poll for orangutan smuggling, from warning letter to life in prison. Visit to a monkey training school in Thailand, the nexus of primate abuse. But all is not hopeless, as shown in a report from a sanctuary in Ghana where 2,000 people live who consider monkeys to be "Children of the gods." Page#: 24. Subscriptions: $20/yr. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Jerod Pore.
528 Hennepin Ave., #702
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1810 Phone: (612)339-4944
Issues: education; health; feminism; childhood; AIDS; rape; sexual abuse; child abuse. Description: "Through our pioneering collaboration of prevention specialists and professional artists, we create and present prevention plays, workshops, and educational resources. Topics: Rape, child abuse, AIDS and related areas." Other Resources: Publishes newsletter, IN TOUCH, and guide, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION: HOW TO TAKE THE FIRST STEPS and SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Contacts(s): Cordelia Anderson, MA (Director) Publisher: ETR Associates. Member of: National Family Life Network. Additional Address: ETR Associates, Box 1830, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Illusion Theater Prevention Program
528 Hennepin Ave., #704
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1810 Phone: (612)339-4944
Affiliate: Illusion Theater Prevention Program. Issues: education; arts; health; feminism; childhood; AIDS; rape; sexual abuse; child abuse; theater. Description: A newsletter published by the Theater that keeps its followers abreast of its activities concerning sex education of children. Utilizes drama and various other forms of performing arts to convey messages about AIDS and issues of sexual abuse. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Superintendent of Documents
US Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402 Phone: (202)783-3238
Affiliate: National Institute of Mental Health. Issues: health; demographics; psychology; homelessness; substance abuse; veterans; disabled. Description: Hospitals, treatment centers, outpatient clinics, day/night facilities, residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children, residential supportive programs with halfway houses and mental health centers offering mental health assistance; does not include substance abuse programs, VA programs, nursing homes, programs for the developmentally disabled, and organizations in which fees are retained by individual members. Geographically arranged. Contacts(s): Marion R. Warscak Publisher: Superintendent of Documents. Published Date: Fall 1990. Page#: 355. Frequency: Irregular. Additional Address: National Institute of Mental Health, 5600 Rishers Lane, Dept. of Health & Human Welfare, Rockville, MD 20857, (301)443-4513. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Child Keyppers International
Box 6292
Lake Worth, FL 33466-6292
Affiliate: Child Keyppers International. Issues: justice; family; children; criminal system; child abuse. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
1216 Orchard Dr.
Somerville, NJ 08876-4026
Issues: education; health; youth; disabled. Description: Programs in local schools to help children and the handicapped understand abuse and how to prevent it. Helps other organizations set up similar programs. Member of: Co-op America. Type: organization; center. Source: Co-op America Quarterly.
2101 Wilson Blvd., #550
Arlington, VA 22201-3062 Phone: (703)235-3900
Issues: family; justice; child abuse; rape; sexual abuse; children. Description: See PARENTAL KIDNAPPING: HOW TO PREVENT AN ABDUCTION AND WHAT TO DO IF YOUR CHILD IS ABDUCTED under directories section. Other:Hotline: (800)843-5678. Type: organization; center. Source: Macrocosm USA.
1033 N. Fairfax St., #200
Alexandria, VA 22314-1544
Description: See NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTORS. Type: organization; center. Source: Macrocosm.
1033 N. Fairfax, #200
Alexandria, VA 22314-1540
Description: See DIRECTORY OF CHILD ABUSE. Type: organization; center. Source: Macrocosm.
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
1033 N. Fairfax St., #200
Alexandria, VA 22314-1544
Affiliate: National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse. Issues: family; justice; child abuse; children; criminal system. Description: 800+ prosecutors and district attorneys specializing in child abuse cases arranged geographically and indexed by personal name and jurisdiction. Includes district attorney name, assistant district attorney names. etc. Contacts(s): Janet L. Dinsmore (Communications Director) Published Date: 12/89. Page#: 170. Price: $5/ea. Frequency: Annual. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Marion L. Peterson, Publisher
Box 1837
Longmont, CO 80502-1837
Issues: education; feminism; justice; health; youth; child abuse; children; counseling; juvenile; welfare rights; criminal system. Description: Child and youth-oriented social services, health and mental health services, and juvenile court and youth advocacy services in state and private agencies, major cities, and 3,100 counties; also covers runaway youth centers, child abuse projects, congressional committees, clearinghouses, and national organizations concerned with child health and welfare; buyer's guide to specialized services and products. Arranged geographically. Contacts(s): Marion Peterson (Publisher) Publisher: Marion L. Peterson, Publisher. Published Date: 7/89. Page#: 725. Price: $63/ea., postpaid. Frequency: Biennial. Other Formats: Cheshire labels, $450; pressure-sensitive labels, $495; 3x5 cards, $495. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
American Youth Work Center
1751 N. St. NW, #302
Washington, DC 20036-2801 Phone: (202)785-0764
Affiliate: American Youth Work Center. Issues: justice; family; children; child abuse; juvenile. Description: 300+ programs serving runaway youth, arranged geographically with sponsoring agency, etc. Contacts(s): Virginia Hines (Deputy Director) Published Date: 1/88. Page#: 130. Price: $15/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Labels: 125. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
532 W. Lois Way
Louisville, CO 80027-9543 Phone: (303)666-5242
Issues: health; education; substance abuse; psychology; childhood. Description: "Publishes popular health, psychology, social change and self-help books aimed at paraprofessionals and general readership. Marketing methods include sales through nonprofit organizations. Innovative, unorthodox and controversial approaches welcome." Presently looking for manuscripts on addiction (physiological basis), and children's books on mental illness and grieving. Contacts(s): Martha Gorman (Editor) Established: 1985. Type: publisher. Source: Macrocosm USA.
American Youth Work Center
1751 N. St. NW, #302
Washington, DC 20036-2801 Phone: (202)785-0764
Affiliate: American Youth Work Center. Issues: feminism; justice; demographics; child abuse; children; homelessness; juvenile. Description: Over 500 organizations offering programs or providing resources for youth workers and other professionals concerned with either runaway or homeless teenagers or missing children. Arranged geographically and indexed alphabetically. Contacts(s): Virginia K. Hines (Deputy Director) Published Date: Summer 1990. Page#: 200. Price: $15/ea. Frequency: Biennial. Fax: (202)728-0657. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
4041 N. Central Ave., #700
Phoenix, AZ 85012-3397 Phone: (602)265-2651
Issues: feminism; justice; health. Description: Publishes significant directories and guides on children's and women's issues, substance abuse and other health issues. Contacts(s): Susan Slesinger (Editorial Vice President) Established: 1975. Type: publisher. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Family Resource Coalition
230 N. Michigan, #1625
Chicago, IL 60601-5910 Phone: (312)726-4750
Affiliate: Family Resource Coalition. Issues: family; health; justice; education; child abuse; counseling; day care; self-help. Description: Descriptions of 72 organizations offering programs providing a variety of service models for working with families of varied economic and ethnic backgrounds in different geographic (urban, rural, etc.) settings; includes parents education, prevention of child abuse and neglect, day care, neighborhood-based self-help and information support programs, and others. Contacts(s): Carole Levine, Irene Beck (Editors) Published Date: 5/88. Page#: 140. Price: $12.50/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
American Humane Association
Box 1266
Denver, CO 80201-1266 Phone: (303)695-0811
Affiliate: American Humane Association. Issues: environment; feminism; justice; animal rights; child abuse. Description: "Preventing child abuse is the point of this newsletter. The pieces in its 24 pages effectively present ideas on stopping mistreatment - whether by parents or outside the home environment." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Kathryn Bond Price: $2/yr. Subscriptions: $5/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Office Address: 1984 Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Progressive Periodicals/CHILDREN.
1313 S. Military Trail #314
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442-7634
Issues: health; substance abuse. Description: Adult children, alcohol addiction, creative intimacy, cocaine recovery, grief recovery, letting go of fear, nicotine addiction, sex abuse survivors, sex addiction, winning at thinning. Price: $2/sample. Subscriptions: $20/12 issues. Type: periodical. Source: R. Seth Friedman.
Illusion Theater
528 Hennepin Ave. #704
Minneapolis, MN 55403 Phone: (408)438-4060
Affiliate: Illusion Theater. Issues: education; family; feminism; media; health; child abuse; childhood; rape; sexual abuse; theater; AIDS; psychology. Description: List of almost 50 organizations and consultants of help in establishing child sexual abuse prevention programs, and publishers or distributors of films, filmstrips, and videocasettes used in teaching prevention techniques or coping strategies. Guidelines and advice for establishing child sexual abuse prevention programs, information on interpersonal violence and HIV/AIDS prevention education, and listings of workshops and bibliographies on sexual health. Classified by type of program. Other Resources: Also publishes an excellent booklet guide, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION: HOW TO TAKE THE FIRST STEPS. Contacts(s): Kay Clark (Editor), (612)339-4944. Published Date: 1990. Price: $9.95/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Oryx Press
4041 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85012-3330 Phone: (602)254-6156
Issues: family; child abuse; victims' rights; rape; sexual abuse. Contacts(s): Linda Webster (Editor), (800)457-6799. Publisher: Oryx Press. Published Date: 7/89. Page#: c305. Price: $55/ea. Fax: (602)253-2741. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
2333 N. Vernon St.
Arlington, VA 22207-4036 Phone: (703)536-1750
Issues: justice; feminism; victims' rights; children; child abuse; rape; sexual abuse; domestic violence; criminal system; volunteers. Description: "We are the only magazine specifically focussing on the victim, on the dynamics of victimization; for social scientists, criminal justice professionals and practitioners, social workers and volunteer and professional groups engaged in prevention of victimization and in offering assistance to victims of rape, spouse abuse, child abuse, incest, abuse of the elderly, natural disasters, etc."" Contacts(s): Emilio C. Viano (Editor-in-chief) Price: $5/sample. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 2.5M. Type: periodical; journal. Source: Macrocosm USA.
777 UN Plaza
New York, NY 10017 Phone: (212)687-2163
Issues: feminism; justice; health; environment; family; domestic violence; children; seniors; substance abuse. Description: Deals with issues such as children's rights, discrimination against and abuse of women, religious discrimination, drug abuse, aging, the family, indigenous people, the environment. Other Resources: Publishes RELIGION FOR PEACE; BRIDGES OF PEACE, WCRP/USA Newsletters, quarterly, WCRP REPORT. Contacts(s): Rev. Nikkyo Niwano (Secretary General), Norma U. Levitt (International President), (212)288-5367. Fax: (212)988-2046. Type: organization; conference. Source: Macrocosm USA.