Social Welfare Policy Resources

Companion Website for Social Welfare Politics and Public Policy (5th ed.): www.abacon.com/dinitto - Very useful for students using the text Social Welfare Politics and Public Policy. Includes multiple-choice and true-false questions, and numerous web links for each chapter.

Companion Website for American Social Welfare Policy (3rd ed.) - Internet Policy Sites: www.abacon.com/karger

Policy-oriented web sites related to Aging, Children, Conflict Resolution and Non-Violence, Criminal Justice, Disabilities, Economic Policy, Environment, Food Policy, Gays and Lesbians, Gender Issues, Government: Agencies, Legislative Parties, Information and Reform, Federal Government Offices, Agencies, and Legislative Bodies, Health, Housing, Human and Civil Rights, International Policy, Law and Social Policy, Links to Policy-Oriented Web Sites, News and Media Sources, Non-Profit Organizations and Foundations, People of Color, Poverty, Public Assistance, Research: Resources for Social Policy, Social Work, Stigma, Oppression, and Advocacy Organizations, Substance Abuse, Think Tanks and Public Policy.

Conte's Compendium - "Page One for Public Policy Information": http:world.std.com/~fconte/index.html

The Policy News and Information Service: www.policy.com/

Policy.com perhaps has the most comprehensive listing of think tanks, advocacy groups, associations, foundations, universities and its centers. Includes an extensive listing of the United States Government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches; independent agencies and commissions; and, state and local government. Also includes a listing of "useful online databases" and "online reference materials." Helpful to "browse the issues library" on such topics as "civil rights," "education," "health," "society and values," and "welfare and housing."

Electronic Policy Network: www.epn.org/

The Electronic Policy Network of policy and research organizations "provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and politics that shape our world." Its goal is to "trenchant policy analysis to the general public." Information is organized by 60 member organizations - each with its own web site - and by nine central, including education, economic policy, welfare and families, and health policy.

Information Sources for Social Welfare Policy: www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mmomis/courses/socw151.html

Information Sources for Public Policy Analysis: www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mmomis/courses/pols391a.html

Smith College Libraries, Social Policy Resources: www.smith.edu/libraries/subject/sswpol/htm

Listing of organizations, networks, new and government information, and links to other social work web pages.

Boston College Graduate School of Social Work - Social Welfare Policy and Practice Group, Resources for Policy Analysis: www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ gssw/links.htm - Extensive listing of sources, including news sources and data sources; the White House, House and Senate, Executive Branch agencies, and the Judiciary; and advocacy and research organizations.

Public Policy Resources, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago: www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/ policy_links.html

Information on Social Welfare, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work: www.ssw.upenn.edu/web.html

Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research: www.uic.edu/jaddams/ college/JACSPR.html

Social Policy Virtual Library: www.bath.ac.uk/~hsstp/world3.htm

Influencing State Policy: www.statepolicy.org/ - "Influencing State Policy assists faculty and students in learning to influence effectively the formation, implementation, and evaluation of state-level policy and legislation."