Children's Exposure to Violence
Web Sites
Child Witness to Violence Project
A counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of violence: children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence.
Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Provides clinical programs, linkages to community partners, applied research programs, publications, training services, and other resources to enhance intervention and prevention efforts and to improve understanding and services for children exposed to domestic violence. The Centre is part of the public health system in Canada.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Works to prevent violence within the home and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence. The FVPF raises awareness about and provides expertise on domestic violence, helps pass laws to stop violence and support victims, provides action alerts and access to legislative updates, and advises Congress and the Executive Branch. Program areas include immigrant women, children, teens, military, and workplace violence.
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
Established in 1994 by the Minnesota State Legislature with a charge "to improve the quality of higher education related to violence," MINCAVA supports research, education, and access to violence related resources.
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
A public policy center to promote the economic security, health, and well-being of America's low-income families and children. NCCP uses research to inform policy and practice with the goal of ensuring positive outcomes for the next generation.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Treatment and research centers from across the United States have joined together to form the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). The mission of the network is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.
National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV)
Publications and education to increase the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the incidence and impact of violence on children and families; trains and supports professionals who provide intervention and treatment to children and families affected by violence, and increases professional and public awareness of the effects of violence on children, families, communities and society.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
Information and education to improve courts and social systems practice and raise awareness of the core issues that touch the lives of many of our nation's children and families.
National Mental Health Information Center
Information and free publications on mental health, child social and emotional development, loss and grief, and trauma.
New York University Child Study Center
Information and guidelines related to the emotional and social development of children, mental health disorders, when to seek treatment and how to find a therapist.
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