Family and Child Ecology

General Resources in Family and Child Ecology
Research Think Tanks with Resources for Integrating into Teaching
Evaluation and Accreditation

Children, Youth and Family Programs (Michigan State University Extension).
Links to sites that provide information under the broad categories of Human Development; Youth Development; Family Resource Management; Food, Nutrition & Health; Food Safety; and Volunteer Development. Also other useful links to relevant educational materials and resources.
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/

Children, Youth & Family Programs: Educational Materials and Resources (Michigan State University Extension).
Links to a wide variety of materials on children, youth, and family, including links to national networks, 4H materials, U.S. governments resources, and other relevant organizations.
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/cyf/edmat.html

Intute: Social Sciences.
Type “Family and Child” into their search engine and get links to over 100 items relevant to the field of family and child ecology throughout the world.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/

Family and Elder Law (Hieros Gamos, Worldwide Legal Directories).
Links to worldwide sites on child and family law, including the U.S.
http://www.hg.org/family.html

Harvard Family Research Project (Harvard University).
This program promotes more effective educational practices, programs, and policies for disadvantaged children and youth. Website includes current research, publications, news, and links to Evaluation Exchange and the Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE).
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/index.html

Child Trends
A research organization for those serving children and youth. The site offers material for researchers and educators, such as information on effective children and youth programs, fact sheets, assessment, and e-newsletter, and publications.
http://www.childtrends.org/index.cfm

National Youth Development Information Center: A Project of the National Collaboration for Youth
A large website for youth workers and educators, including links to resource libraries, listservs, resource directories, e-newsletters, research, statistics, and fact sheets.
http://www.nydic.org/nydic/about/index.htm

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago.
Chapin Hall is dedicated to “building knowledge to improve the health and well-being of children.” Links to research, publications, and programs.
http://www.about.chapinhall.org/index.html

Center for Research on Youth and Social Policy (University of Pennsylvania).
A research center working to bring about positive social change for youth. Links to a CRYSP film festival, current projects, reports, and a list of over 200 websites pertaining to youth development and juvenile justice issues.
http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/crysp/index.html

The Evaluation Exchange (Harvard University).
A free periodical addressing program evaluation in family and child ecology at all levels. Features innovative approaches to evaluation, emerging trends, and practical applications. Electronic or print version available. Website contains archives of past issues since winter 1995 in HTML or PDF format.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval.html

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Council for Accreditation (CFA).
Accreditation information and lists of accredited programs.
http://www.aafcs.org/education/accreditation.html

See also General Social Science Resources for additional discipline-specific materials.