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 These
links to useful resources are organized into four different categories:
Parent
and Child Advocacy Organizations
Doing
Work Differently
Of
Special Interest to Fathers
Research
Resources
Please let us know if there are other sites we should include in our
list of resources. Thanks to the National Parenting Association for
providing site descriptions.
Parent
and Child Advocacy Organizations:
Children, Youth and
Family Consortium
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An electronic
clearinghouse that serves as a link to a wide range of information and
resources on children, youth and families. Links to former Vice
President Gore's series of Family Reunion meetings on the family and
fathering, the media, work, and education. |
Children's Defense
Fund
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This non-profit advocacy
organization is focused on educating the nation about the needs of
children and encouraging preventative investment in children. The site
features reports, publications and data on children's health and
safety, welfare reform, and child care. Their Parent Resource Network
(PRN) provides access to a variety of websites that offer parents
information on parenting and on getting involved in group efforts to
help children. |
The Children's
Partnership
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Conducts research and
policy analysis and publishes reports and multimedia materials,
identifying new trends and emerging issues that will affect America's
children. Online publications include "The Parents' Guide to the
Information Superhighway." |
Connect for Kids
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An information and
action center for those who want to act on behalf of children.
Resources include articles, statistics, descriptions of organizations
and programs, and links to related sites. |
Family Support
America
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Formerly the Family
Resource Coalition of America, the organization provides technical
assistance, training and education, conferences and publications to the
family support field and to families. |
National Parent Information Network
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This network provides
information and resources for parents and professionals who work with
parents. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education. |
Hand in Hand (formerly Parents Leadership Institute)
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The Institute connects
parents with each other using simple but powerful guidelines for
listening, and offers strategies for building closeness and respect
into the relationship between parent and child. |
Zero to Three:
National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
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Zero to Three works with
parents and professionals to educate them around issues of child
development. It seeks to support families in their struggles to raise
young children. |
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Doing
Work Differently:
The Alliance of Work/Life Professionals
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The Alliance is devoted
to improving the professional organization of the work/life field, and
does so by sponsoring conferences and distributing information
promoting better integration of work and life. |
Catalyst
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This non-profit
organization tracks women's leadership development (career advancement,
the glass ceiling) and work/family issues. Available information
includes fact sheets, research, publications, and a speakers bureau. |
Families and Work
Institute
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This national non-profit
research, strategic planning, and consulting organization conducts
policy and worksite research on the changing workforce. |
Labor Project for
Working Families
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The Labor Project works
with unions to develop family policies in the workplace including
family leave, flexible work schedules, child care and elder care
benefits, sick time for families and more. A project of the Institute
of Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley. |
National Partnership
for Women and Families
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The National Partnership
offers information about issues such as family leave, healthcare and
other work-family legislation, as well as downloadable guides to the
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). |
9to5, National Association of Working Women
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9to5 is a national,
grassroots membership organization. Information on their website
includes a Job Survival Hotline, your rights on the job, facts about
the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act), nonstandard work, fair pay,
unfair labor practices, and more. |
US Department of
Labor Women's Bureau
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The USDL Women's Bureau
is concerned with serving and promoting the interests of working women.
The site offers information, resources, and statistics on issues such
as child care, elder care, family leave, fair employment practices, and
women's rights in the workplace. Te site also includes an FMLA Fact
Sheet, Compliance Guide, FMLA Employee/Employer Advisor, and a
toll-free help line. |
Work Options Inc.
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This commercial site
offers advice for successfully negotiating flexible work arrangements. |
Working Family
Resource Center
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Sponsored by the Saint
Paul Public Schools, this resource center seeks to educate and
influence businesses around work/life issues, and provides a range of
related seminars and resources. |
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Of
Special Interest to Fathers:
The Fatherhood
Project
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A national research and
education program, the Fatherhood Project examines the future of
fatherhood and ways to support men's involvement in childrearing. It
offers books, films, seminars and training and listings of other
fatherhood resources. |
FatherNet
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FatherNet provides
information on the importance of fathers and fathering and how fathers
can be good parents and parent educators. It explores the factors that
support and hinder men's involvement in the lives of children. It
includes research, policy and opinion documents, and is also the site
of Father to Father, a national effort to unite men in being a positive
force in their children's lives. |
The National Center for Fathering
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The mission of the
National Center for Fathering is to inspire and equip men to be better
fathers. They conduct research on fathering and develop practical
resources for fathers. A commercial site, NCF offers practical tips,
training, books, and tapes. |
National Center on
Fathers and Families
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Based at the University
of Pennsylvania, NCOFF conducts and supports the dissemination of
research that advances the understanding of father involvement. They
have a database of fatherhood research and literature. |
National Fatherhood
Initiative
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This initiative conducts
public awareness campaigns, holds conferences and community forums, and
provides informational material to men seeking to become more effective
fathers. |
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Research
Resources:
Alice Paul Center
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The Center is affiliated
with the University of Pennsylvania, and does research around gender,
race and class issues. It also offers lectures to students and faculty
interested in a range of related topics, in particular, gender and work. |
Center for Families
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Located at Purdue
University, the Center for Families is primarily focused on issues in
Indiana, and does national research on work and family. It provides
information and training to educators, families, public policy
analysts, and employers about many work/life issues. |
Center for
Ethnography of Everyday Life
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Located at the
University of Michigan, and funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
this Center is run by cultural anthropologists studying working
families in the United States. |
Center for Work and
Family
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The Center is affiliated
with Boston College. It romotes research projects and develops
information services around work-life balance, as well as forging
partnerships with businesses and organizations to improve work/life
integration. |
Center on Parents,
Children, and Work
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Located at the
University of Chicago, and also funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, the Center researches the changing structures of families,
and provides workshops, lectures, papers and publications that focus
primarily on the issues of the changing family. |
Center on Rituals
and Myths in Working Families
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The Center is located at
Emory University, and funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. |
Center on Working
Families
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Located at the
University of California, Berkeley, and funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, the Center is an interdisciplinary group of UC Berkeley
faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars and postgraduate
researchers doing research on working families and “cultures of care.” |
Employment and
Family Careers Institute
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The Institute is located
at Cornell University, and conducts surveys and ethnographic research
around issues affecting dual-career couples. |
Institute for Women's Policy Research
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The Institute researches
a broad range of public policy initiatives around women and families,
and works with scholars, public policy researchers and interest groups.
It also does research around work/family issues, in addition to topics
of poverty, health insurance, domestic violence and political
participation. |
Radcliff Public
Policy Center
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The Radcliff Public
Policy Center is located at Harvard University, and addresses a broad
range of important topics pertinent to work/life balance issues, such
as ways to influence policy makers around parenting and childcare
issues. The Center offers a variety of seminars, workshops and
materials around public policy issues. |
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Revised: April 29, 2008.
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