County Welfare Directors Association of California Web Site

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State of California
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Department of Aging
Department of Social Services
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   - Welfare to Work Practitioner's Guide
Department of Health Care Services
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   - Medi-Cal
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California Attorney General's Crime and Violence Prevention Center
Department of Aging
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Department of Child Support Services
Department of Developmental Services
Employment Development Department
Department of Finance
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Department of Mental Health
Department of Rehabilitation
Department of Veteran Affairs
California Legislature
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Governor’s Office
Health and Human Service Agency
Healthy Families Program
Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board: The state agency that administers Healthy Families and other health access programs in California.
Medicare & Medicaid Services
State Controller’s Office
Department of Health Services

Federal Government

FirstGov: The Official Portal to federal government websites.
Congress
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Department of Health and Human Services
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Department of Labor
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Department of Housing and Community Development
Department of Veteran Affairs
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Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
National Institute of Mental Health
Social Security Administration
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Statewide Associations and Advocacy Organizations

100% Campaign: A collaborative effort of Children Now, Children’s Defense Fund, The Children’s Partnership, and The California Endowment created to ensure that all of California's children obtain health coverage.
AFTER: Adoptive Family Therapeutic and Educational Resources is the first regional Post-Adoption Center in California and the State pilot for Adoption Assistance (AAP) wraparound services.
California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
CSAC Affiliates
   - California Mental Health Directors Association
   - County Drug and Alcohol Program Administrators Assoc of CA
   - California Workforce Association
California Alliance of Child and Family Services: A statewide association of adoption service agencies and community-based residential service providers for foster children.
California Association for Adult Day Services: A not-for-profit statewide association to support the development of adult day services as an alternative to institutional care.
California Association of Adoptive Agencies: A nonprofit, professional organization representing licensed county and private adoption agencies.
California Association of Area Agencies on Aging: An association representing California's 33 area agencies on aging.
California Association of Public Guardians, Administrators & Conservators
First Five Association of California: The statewide association of California Children and Families Act Commissions formed under Proposition 10 to create a comprehensive and integrated system of information and services promoting early childhood development from prenatal to age 5.
California Health Advocates: California Health Advocates (CHA) is a non-profit organization that strives to be the premier source of health insurance information and advocacy in order to have a well-informed and empowered Medicare population inCalifornia. CHA supports the work of local HICAP offices (see below) and also reaches out to other organizations that serve Medicare beneficiaries through the California Medicare Coalition.
California Food Policy Advocates: A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to food.
California & Nevada Community Action Association : An association of California and Nevada community action agencies.
California Social Work Education Center: A coalition of University Schools of Social Work, the State of California, and county human service agencies dedicated to improving the education and supply of social workers in California.
California Youth Connection: An advocacy/youth leadership organization for current and former foster youth.
Center for Health Policy – University of California, Los Angeles:A research center that facilitates collaborative research on health needs and health policy among departments at UCLA.
Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect: A center established in the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine to offer medical, forensic, and victim services to abused and neglected seniors living in the Irvine area, serve as a "living laboratory" of innovative approaches, and serve as a central source of technical assistance, best practice information, multidisciplinary training, useful research, and relevant policy issues statewide in California.
Child Support Directors Association of California: A non-profit association representing the child support directors of California’s 58 counties.
Children and Families First: The statewide Proposition 10 Commission.
Children Now: A research and action organization dedicated to children’s issues.
The Childrens Lobby: A non-profit childrens advocacy organization.
Medi-Cal Policy Institute: An independent source of information on Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs.
Western Center on Law and Poverty: A non-profit legal services program devoted to poverty law litigation and legislative advocacy.
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program: HICAP, the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program, is a statewide program that does Medicare benefits counseling and education under the California Dept. of Aging.

National Associations and Advocacy Organizations

American Public Human Services Association
Childrens Defense Fund: A private non-profit childrens advocacy organization.
The Children's Partnership: A non-profit, non-partisan children's research, analysis, and advocacy organization.
Child Welfare League of America: A national non-profit organization that develops and promotes policies and programs to protect children and strengthen families.
The National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators
National Association of Counties
National Association of County Behavioral Health Directors
National Association of County Human Services Administrators
National Association of State Legislatures
National Center on Youth Law: A non-profit law office serving the legal needs of children and their families.
National Governors Association
- Center for Best Practices
National Workforce Association
Public Children Services Association of Ohio: A private non-profit association of the county public children services agencies and departments of job and family services agencies charged with preventing child abuse and neglect in Ohio, which is also actively working with California counties.
National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators

Research Organizations

American Humane Association: A national association of child protection programs, agencies and individuals.
California Budget Project: A non-profit, non-partisan organization engaged in independent fiscal and policy analysis and public education.
California Evidence Based Clearinghouse
The California Evidence Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) helps to identify and disseminate information regarding evidence-based practices relevant to child welfare.
California Institute for County Government: A non-partisan, public policy research organization dedicated to improving county government in California through research and analysis.
California Institute for Federal Policy Research: A non-profit research organization focused on shaping federal policies, to improve the economic situation in California.
California Research Bureau - California State Library: A non-partisan governmental unit that provides confidential research to the Governor's Office, members of both houses of the Legislature, and other state constitutional officers.
Center for Law and Social Policy: A national non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: A non-partisan research organization and policy institute with an emphais on issues affecting low and middle income persons.
Child Welfare Research Center - University of California, Berkeley: A research center based in the School of Social Work that explores a variety of child welfare issues.
Manpower Development and Resource Corporation: A non-profit, non-partisan social policy research organization researching strategies to improve the well-being of low-income people.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.: A private company that conducts research into social policy issues.
National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse: A research center based at Columbia University that studies the effects of substance abuse in society.
RAND: A non-profit institution that strives to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
Southern Area Consortium of Human Services (SACHS): A county/university partnership, that engages in strategic planning, training, policy development, advocacy, and research to improve the quality and responsiveness of human services in the Southern California region.
The Urban Institute: A non-partisan economic and social policy research organization.
Welfare Information Network: A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on Welfare Reform.

Foundations

Annie E. Casey Foundation: A foundation dedicated to building better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States.
The California Endowment: A private statewide foundation dedicated to expanded access to affordable, quality healthcare for underserved individuals and communities.
California HealthCare Foundation: An independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation - The Future of Children: A philanthropic foundation that disseminate information on major issues related to children's well-being.
The Kaiser Family Foundation: An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation.
Robert Woods Johnson Foundation: A national philanthropic foundation devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation: A non-profit foundation focused on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems.

News Media

California Newspapers: A link to California's daily newspapers.
Rough & Tumble: A daily snapshot of headlines capturing California public policy and politics.

Automation Resources

Federal Computer Week: News on federal, state, and local automation initiatives.
The Pew Project on the Internet and the American Life: A non-profit initiative that produces research on the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.
Webopedia: Definitions of technical terms.
Statewide Automation Projects
   - California Child Support Automation System (CCSAS)
   - Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS)
   - Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)
   - Health-e-App
   - Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System
   - Welfare Data Tracking Implementation Project (WDTIP)