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Directory of Child Advocacy Programs

NCJ Number
75547
Date Published
1978
Length
104 pages
Annotation
This directory lists 107 child advocacy programs in 37 States, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands, and provides contact and activities information.
Abstract
Each entry includes project title, address, telephone number, contact person, a statement of purpose, and a summary of current advocacy activities. Entries are indexed under the following terms: adolescent parenthood, appropriations and funding, child abuse and neglect, child care and day care, child labor, child welfare, coalitions, community involvement, comprehensive coordinated planning, deinstitutionalization, delivery of services, developmental disabilities, developing monitoring and assesment instruments, drugs, early periodic screening diagnosis and treatment, foster care, health care, individual advocacy, juvenile justice, lead poisoning, legislative action, mental health, native Americans, parent education, public education, recreation, rights of children, statewide child advocacy structure, training advocates, workshop on data collecting and planning, and youth. About 90 programs are included. (ERIC abstract modified).