Social Work Websites   Professional Associations  Substance Abuse Websites  Health & Welfare Sites  Websites About Aging  Children/Family Issues Sites  Other Helpful Websites PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION WEBSITES  Association of Social Work Boards American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work Council on Social Work Education International Federation of Social Workers National Assn. of Social Workers: National Homepage NASW: South Carolina Chapter SocialWorker.com SUBSTANCE ABUSE WEBSITES     Medline Plus: Substance Abuse: information about drug and alcohol abuse from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services. HEALTH AND WELFARE WEBSITES     PovertyNet:  comprehensive coverage, including measurements, trends, and strategies to reduce poverty; sections address the intersection of poverty with culture and health; includes the Poverty Monitoring database and an online library. Urban Institute: access to a number of online health-related press releases, periodicals, and publications. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: oversees the following agencies (among others) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services.   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which provide health care to America's aged and indigent populations; CMS also administers the new Children's Health Insurance Program through approved state plans that cover more than 2.2 million children.   Health Resources and Services Administration: helps provide health resources for medically underserved populations; HRSA supports a nationwide network of community and migrant health centers and primary care programs for the homeless and residents of public housing. Health Resources and Services Administration: helps provide health resources for medically underserved populations; HRSA supports a nationwide network of community and migrant health centers and primary care programs for the homeless and residents of public housing. WEBSITES ABOUT AGING     American Association of Retired Persons: a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to addressing the needs and interests of persons 50 and older through information and education, advocacy and service; site features sections on current legislation and elections as well as policy and research. AARP's AgeSource Worldwide: describes clearinghouses, databases, libraries, directories, statistical resources, bibliographies and reading lists, texts, and Web "metasites" focusing on aging and allied subjects. Information from more than 20 countries is represented, and coverage includes topics ranging from Alzheimer's disease to wills and estate planning. Gerontological Society of America: a non-profit professional organization with more than 5000 members in the field of aging. GSA provides researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers with opportunities to understand, advance, integrate, and use basic and applied research on aging to improve the quality of life as one ages. U.S.Census Bureau: Age Data: features census data about the older (55+) and elderly (65+) populations. Administration on Aging: supports a nationwide aging network, providing services to the elderly as well as policy leadership on aging issues. CHILDREN AND FAMILY ISSUES WEBSITES    National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information: website maintained by government agencies that provides practical, timely, and essential information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect: promotes scholarly exchange among researchers in the child maltreatment field; acquires microdata from leading researchers and national data collection efforts and makes these datasets available to the research community for secondary analysis. Child Welfare League of America: an association of more than 900 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist more than 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a range of services. Children With AIDS Project: one of the many services this organization provides is a database of national resources pertaining to adoption, foster care, respite, children with AIDS and drug abandoned babies. Children's Defense Fund: resources for meeting a variety of children's needs, preventing poverty, advocating for children, and working within faith-based communities. National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology: their mission is to assist state, local and tribal child welfare agencies and the courts in improving outcomes for children and families through the use of information technology. U.S.Census Bureau: Children: statistical data about a variety of topics that impact on children. Administration for Children & Families: is responsible for some 60 programs which provide services and assistance to children and families and administers the state-federal welfare program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics: access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Family Violence Prevention Fund: works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence; site includes sections for health care professionals, workplace managers, and police and justice officials; descriptions of private and public programs that have been successful; teens; children; and immigrant women. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information: connects professionals and concerned citizens to practical, timely, and essential information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. MedlinePlus: Child Abuse: a goldmine of information about child abuse from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Child Welfare Information Gateway: comprehensive information clearinghouse about info on family services OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES     The Urban Institute: provides statistics and data on topics such as children and families, social services, and health care. Population Reference Bureau: addresses important social, economic, and political issues in order to provide timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy: news and analysis of faith-based social services The Social Work History Station: website from the School of Social Work at Boise State University covers the history of Social Work from its beginnings up to World WAR II; includes many photographs