Parent Soup

A place where parents come to help other parents.

Talking with Kids about Tough Issues
This web site has tips to help encourage parents to talk with their children earlier and more often about tough issues like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, alcohol and drug abuse.

Not Me, Not Now
Not Me, Not Now seeks to increase awareness of the consequences of teen pregnancy and be a guide for teachers and parents to initiate conversations with children about personal issues such as sex.

The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
This web site provides a directory for parents seeking child care, child care professionals and child care advocates.

The Family Source of Florida
The Family Source of Florida is a child abuse prevention and family support network.   This website can help you identify and report child abuse, get tips on parenting and find a parent support group near you.




The Children's Defense Fund
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

The Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is an association of more than 1,100 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.

Connect for Kids
Connect for Kids helps adults make their communities better places for families and children.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The mission of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is to improve the life prospects of this generation and the next — and, in particular, to reduce child poverty — by influencing cultural values and building a more effective grassroots movement.

I Am Your Child/Do Something
I Am Your Child is a national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a top priority for our nation. Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference and take action to change the world around them.

Points of Light Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to engage more people more effectively in volunteer community service to help solve serious social problems.

Join Together
This site is designed to help reduce substance abuse and gun violence.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation
KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States.

 





CSAP's Model programs

CSAP's Model Program web site is for everyone involved in preventing substance abuse and creating positive change in the lives of youth.

The Urban Institute
A nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization

The Florida Children's Campaign and the Center for Florida's Children
The Florida Children's Campaign improves the lives of children and families in Florida by educating and inspiring voters to elect public officials of any party who will make children a priority. The mission for the Center for Florida's Children is to build a powerful voice for children and to persuade the people of Florida to act on their behalf.

The Search Institute
Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to advance the well-being of adolescents and children by generating knowledge and promoting its application.

The National Training Institute
The mission of the National Training Institute for Community Youth Work (NTI) is to strengthen the field of youth work through the professional development of youth workers.




My Florida

My Florida.com is the Sunshine State’s new online gateway to government services.

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
This web site has information to help reduce juvenile crime.

The Florida Department of Children and Families
The Florida Department of Children and Families is committed to working in partnership with local communities to ensure safety, well-being and self-sufficiency for the people they serve.

The Florida Department of Health
This web site provides information to promote and protect the health and safety of all Floridians.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Keeping our state's residents, and the world, informed of Florida Law Enforcement Activities.

The Florida Department of Education School Indicators Report
The on-line Florida School Indicators Report (FSIR) is a searchable database, which provides data on public elementary, middle, and high schools for each of Florida's 67 school districts. The FSIR provides numerous indicators of school status and performance over the last three school years.





FosterClub

This site provides ongoing connection for foster children. The online FosterClub features activities, information, message boards, a questions and answers column, contests, and advice columns just for youth in foster care. FosterClub for grownups includes success stories of youth placed in foster care, information on how to help a child in foster care.