American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
www.aaaai.org
The mission of the Academy is the advancement of the knowledge and practice of allergy, asthma and immunology by discussion at meetings, fostering the education of students and the public, encouraging union and cooperation among those engaged in the field, and by promoting and stimulating research and study in allergy, asthma and immunology.

American Council for Drug Education (ACDE)
www.acde.org
The American Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society.

Annie E. Casey Foundation:
www.aecf.org
The mission at the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
www.aafa.org
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is the premier patient organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma and allergies through education, advocacy and research.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov
An independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, state and local governments, business, and labor. Also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.

Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of vulnerable children and their families. CWLA's web site contains publications, calendar of events, recent news of activities and legislative information.

Department of Health and Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
www.preventiondss.org
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, to prevent underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances. CSAP is one of three Centers in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

FBI Uniform Crime Reporting
www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Collects information on crimes reported to law enforcement authorities. The crime data can be accessed easily through tables and descriptive narratives.

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
www.childstats.gov
On this Web site, you can access statistical reports, including America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being. There are links to KIDS COUNT national and state data.

Federal Statistics
www.fedstats.gov
Contains statistics from more than 70 federal agencies.

Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) at Indiana University
www.drugs.indiana.edu/prevention
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is a statewide clearinghouse for prevention technical assistance and information about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs for the State of Indiana. It is Indiana's officially designated RADAR Network (Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource Network) State Center.

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
www.casacolumbia.org
CASA's mission is to inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives, as well as assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.

National Center for Children in Poverty
http://www.nccp.org/
Provides several articles and reports on welfare reform as it relates to the impact on children and the implications for the child welfare system.

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
The primary Federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. The Web site allows you to access fast facts, data products and publications, and databases of statistics.

National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
The Nation's official vital statistics -- births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths. These vital statistics are provided through state-operated registration systems. Data is available in both published and electronic form.

National Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
www.captus.org
Launched in 1997 as part of the DHHS Secretaryís Initiative on Youth Substance Abuse Prevention, the CAPT program is focusing its efforts on four key prevention areas: 1) Youth illicit drug use; 2) Underage drinking; 3) Alcohol, drugs, and violence; and 4) HIV/AIDS and drug use.

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
www.ndacan.cornell.edu
The mission of NDACAN is to facilitate the secondary analysis of research data that is relevant to the study of child abuse and neglect. The Web site includes child abuse and neglect data sets, publications, information about training institutes and workshops, a discussion group for child maltreatment researchers, and links to other related sites.

National Institute of Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov
This web site has information and publications, media advisories, funding information, and access to NIDA Infofax online (fact sheets on drug abuse and NIDA notes, a bimonthly newsletter on AOD treatment, prevention and other issues.

National Neighborhood Indicators Project
www.urban.org/nnip
A project of the Urban Institute, the NNIP has created a national neighborhood data system that tracks changing neighborhood conditions.

National Survey of American Families
http://newfederalism.urban.org/nsaf
This major effort of the Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism Project, was designed to collect and report on important aspects of the lives of adults and children in 13 case study states.

Population Reference Bureau
www.prb.org
PRB is a non-partisan organization that provides timely and objective population information. They work closely with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the KIDS COUNT Network on a variety of data efforts related to children.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
http://www.samhsa.gov/
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving thequality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resultingfrom substance abuse and mental illnesses.

U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov
A source for social, demographic, and economic information. Includes the current United States population and the current economic indicators.