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The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES)
http://www.acestudy.org
The question of what determines adult health and well-being is important to all countries. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study(1) is a major American research project that poses the question of whether, and how, childhood experiences affect adult health decades later. This question is being answered with the ongoing collaboration of Robert Anda, MD at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the cooperation of 17,421 adults at Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Preventive Medicine in San Diego, California.
The American Bar Association Center
on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child/
The American Bar Association, the largest voluntary professional association in the world. The ABA provides information about child abuse, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for children.
American Humane Association
http://www.americanhumane.org
The American Humane is a network of individuals and organizations committed to preventing cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals and to assure that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively, and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.
American Professional Society
on Abuse of Children (APSAC)
http://www.apsac.org
APSAC's mission is to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response. It also offers information on legislation and professional education.
Best Interests
www.childadvocacy.com
The e-magazine for professionals and volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children. It provides separate legal and federal legislation pages, and links of interest to children's advocates.
Boys and Girls Town National Hotline
http://www.girlsandboystown.org/hotline
The Girls and Boys Town National Hotline is a 24-hour crisis, resource and referral line. Accredited by the American Association of Suicidology, the Hotline is staffed by trained counselors who can respond to your questions every day of the week, 365 days a year. Also provides a chatroom.
Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org/
Children Now is a research and action organization dedicated to assuring that children grow up in economically secure families, where parents can go to work confident that their children are supported by quality health coverage, a positive media environment, a good early education, and safe, enriching activities to do after school.
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