Footsteps
Celebrating African American History and Achievement:
This online magazine celebrates the heritage of
African Americans and explores their contributions
to our culture. |
National
Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
NBCDI's website includes information on membership,
public policy, resources, and a calendar of upcoming
events. |
Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Tools and Strategies for Change
On May 24 and July 26, 2005, the NRCFCPPP and CWLA hosted two teleconferences for state foster care and adoption managers. To listen to the audio files, visit our archived teleconferences page. |
Addressing Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System: What State Policymakers Should Know
This webcast from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practice brought together experts to discuss the problem of the disproportional representation of minorities in the child welfare system and what states can do to so that all children and their families receive the appropriate level of supports and services needed to improve outcomes. |
| The Race Matters Consortium
The Race Matters Consortium (The Consortium) is a diverse group of child welfare experts representing research, policy, administration, practice, and advocacy , who first joined together in 1999 to systematically examine disproportional representation of individuals of different races and ethnic groups in the child welfare system. |
| The Role of the Caseworker in Identifying, Developing and Supporting Strengths in African American Families Involved in Child Protective Services: A Practice Guide
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006).
This guide will help child protective services caseworkers identify strengths in African American families and build upon them. |
Assessing Parenting Behaviors Across Racial Groups: Implications for the Child Welfare System Berger, McDaniel, & Paxson (2005)
Examines whether the race of interviewers, relative to the race of families they interview, influences parenting assessments. |
| Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This renowned and widely linked site supports the Schomburg Center, "a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world." The site continues to grow, recently adding The Digital Schomburg and Online Exhibitions. |
| American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. Developed by the Library of Congress for the study of black history and culture, this site includes African-American Mosaic, African-American Odyssey, and African-American Perspectives. American Memory is a searchable collection with documents, photographs, maps, sound, and film clips. |
| NAACP. The homepage of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People includes timely information about the organization, text of speeches by the current president Kweisi Mfume, and a calendar of upcoming events. A page of NAACP Links connects to a range of minority interest and advocacy groups |
Black Families Online. This site provides a wide array of information for African American families, as well as many links to other sites of interest.
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