Social Policy Resources

Children, Youth and Family Resources

Government

• Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS)
  
• Child Support Agency Australia
  
• Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)
  
• Family Assistance Office
  
• Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA)
  
• Relate marriage and relationship education services
  
• Work and Family Home Page from the Commonwealth Government portal Australian Workplace
  

Directories

Children and Family Directories

• Family Assistance Office the Commonwealth Government's families portal
  
• The Australian Institute of Family Studies maintains a web links page
  
• The National Child Protection Clearinghouse maintains a list of State and Territory Legislation and Departments Responsible for Protecting Children

Youth Directories

• The Source is the Commonwealth Government's youth portal
• YouthGas is a comprehensive directory, including non-government activities
• The Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies maintains many resources including a list of youth organisations, attitudes and resources and an events calendar
  

Organisations

• Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
  
  • The journal Youth Studies Australia with indexes and abstracts online
    
• Australian Family Association


• Australian Institute of Family Studies
  
  • Current Australian Journal Abstracts
    
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
• Ausyouth
• Children's Week Council of Australia
  
• Dusseldorp Skills Forum
  
• Family Centre, University of Queensland
  
• Foundation for Young Australians
• National Children's and Youth Law Centre and their Lawstuff website on legal rights for people under 18
• National Investment for the Early Years
  
• Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne, maintains the Youth Affairs Research Network (YARN)
  

Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics theme page Families, Children and Community Statistics
  
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Children and Youth Portal
  

Parliamentary Library Publications and E-briefs

• Who's Looking After the Kids? An Overview of Child Abuse and Child Protection in Australia e-brief
• Domestic Violence in Australia—An Overiew of the Issues e-brief
• Children in Detention e-brief
• Education and Training Policy Resource Guide
• Commonwealth Support for Childcare e-brief

International Resources

• International Planned Parenthood Federation
  
• Society for Research in Child Development
  
• UNICEF, The State of the World's Children 2003
  
  
• Japan - Child Research Net

• UK - Department for Education and Skills
• UK - Social Science Information Gateway
• UK - Surestart programme
  
  
• USA - Administration for Children and Families
  
• USA - Families and Work Institute

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