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The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
http://www.childwelfare.gov 330 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20447 Phone: 800-394-3366, 703-385-7565 Fax: 703-385-3206 Aims to educate individuals and communities about how they can help prevent the abuse and neglect of children. Provides current contacts, statistics, background information, and a "hotlinked" compilation of online resources, all focused on prevention of child maltreatment. Prevent Child Abuse America http://www.preventchildabuse.org 200 S. Michigan Avenue, 17th Floor Chicago, IL 60604-2404 Phone: 312-663-3520 Fax: 312-939-8962 Works to prevent child abuse in all its forms. Promotes and certifies Healthy Families America sites. American Association of Suicidology http://www.suicidology.org 4201 Connecticut Ave., NW #408 Washington, D.C. 20008 Phone: 202-237-2280 Fax: 202-237-2282 Dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide. AAS promotes research, public awareness programs, education and training for professionals and volunteers, and serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide. American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence http://www.abanet.org/domviol ABA Commission on Domestic Violence 740 15th Street, NW Washington, DC, 20005-1022 Phone: 312-988-5522 Fax: 202-662-1594 Seeks to develop a national response to domestic violence, and improve and enhance existing policies and solutions in state and federal domestic violence law. Provides an extensive list of legal resources for victims of domestic violence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc Mailstop K65 4770 Buford Highway, NE Atlanta, GA 30341-3724 Phone: 770-488-1506 Fax: 770-488-1667 As the lead federal agency for injury prevention, NCIPC works closely with other federal agencies; national, state, and local organizations; state and local health departments; and research institutions. Focuses on science-based prevention strategies to reduce injuries and deaths due to interpersonal violence and suicidal behavior. Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD) http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd 3440 Richmond Avenue, Suite B Houston, Texas 77046 Phone: 800-44-CROWD, 713-960-0505 Fax: 713-961-3555 Focuses on issues related to health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living. Committee for Children http://www.cfchildren.org 2203 Airport Way S., Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98134-2027 Phone: 800-634-4449, 206-343-1223 Fax: 206-343-1445 Dedicated to promoting the safety, well being, and social development of children. Provides award-winning "Second Step" social skills curricula for the prevention of youth violence, and "Talking About Touching" to prevent child abuse, trains educators throughout the U.S. and Canada. Families for Depression Awareness http://www.familyaware.org Families for Depression Awareness is a nonprofit organization providing educational information and a community to help families, especially family caregivers, recognize and cope with depression in the family. Those who have depression are suffering, are not in a position to help themselves, and need the help of the family members. However, family caregivers are usually operating with little or no knowledge and support. We offer the Helping Someone who is Depressed pamphlet; Family Profiles (interviews with photographs of families with depression) showing how depression impacts relationships and how families cope; depression seminars, and our educational web site, www.familyaware.org ,with extensive resources. Life Skills International http://www.lifeskillsintl.org See the tab: Signs of Abuse / General Help: It has the topics of: Important Phone NumbersSuicide Help Line 1-800-784-2433 |
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The Children who died at the hands of their own mother!This site is a memorial to the children, the only true innocent victims in any type of abuse!
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