Child Abuse and Neglect Resources
Partner Agency Links
KidSafe works extensively with the agencies listed below in helping children and families in Chittenden County. Many of these agencies have staff members that are empaneled on our Child Protection Teams. To learn more about these agencies please follow these links.
Casey Family Services, http://www.caseyfamilyservices.org
Child Care Resource, http://www.childcareresource.org
Community Health Center of Burlington, http://www.communityhealthcenterburlington.org
CVOEO/HeadStart, http://www.cvoeo.org
Building Bright Futures of Chittenden County, http://www.buildingbrightfutures.org
Fletcher Allen Health Care, http://www.fahc.org
HowardCenter, http://www.howardcenter.org
Kids On The Block Vermont, http://www.kidsontheblockvermont.org
King Street Youth Center, http://kingstreetyouth.org
Lund Family Center, http://www.lundfamilycenter.org
Northeastern Family Institute, http://www.nafi.com/About.htm
Spectrum Youth & Family Services, http://www.spectrumvt.org
Visiting Nurse Association, http://www.vna-vermont.org
VT Catholic Charities, http://www.vermontcatholic.org/vcc/vcc.html
VT Department of Corrections, http://www.doc.state.vt.us
VT Department of Health, http://healthvermont.gov
Winooski Family Center/Winooski School District, http://www.winooski.k12.vt.us
Women Helping Battered Women, http://www.whbw.org
Women's Rape Crisis Center, http://www.stoprapevermont.org
Greater Burlington YMCA, http://www.gbymca.org
Vermont Resources:
VT Department for Children & Families Family Services Division, http://www.dcf.state.vt.us/fsd provides guidelines for reporting child abuse and neglect and general information.
United Way of Chittenden County, http://www.unitedwaycc.org
Vermont 2-1-1 at http://www.211.org, the 2-1-1 initiative seeks to reserve these three digits nationwide as a quick telephone number for finding human services answers.
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, http://www.pcavt.org/
Voices for Vermont’s Children, http://www.voicesforvtkids.org
Resources for Parents and Families:
Annie E. Casey Foundation http://www.aecf.org/
Kempe Children’s Center at http://www.kempecenter.org provides information for parents and other consumers regarding child abuse and neglect.
National Parent Information Network at http://www.npin.org sponsors a search engine to locate resources.
Parents Anonymous at http://www.parentsanonymous.org
National Resources:
American Humane Society at http://www.americanhumane.org whose children’s division works to improve child safety.
Child Welfare League of America at http://www.cwla.org, an association of public and private organizations that provide services to abused and neglected children and their families.
Child Abuse Prevention Network at http://child-abuse.com provides an index and directory of links for professionals in the fields of child abuse and neglect and child welfare.
National Children’s Advocacy Center at http://www.nationalcac.org/ provides prevention, intervention and treatment services to physically and sexually abused children and their families.
National Indian Child Welfare Association at http://www.nicwa.org is a comprehensive source on American Indian child welfare.
Connect For Kids at http://www.connectforkids.org under Topics A-Z, Child abuse and neglect, provides a useful summary on resources and services for kids and families.
Crimes Against Children Research Center at http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/ based at University of New Hampshire, provides statistics and research on crimes against children.
Prevent Child Abuse America at http://www.preventchildabuse.org
Children’s Bureau: the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/ within the US Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)
Family and Youth Services Bureau at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/fysb/ part of US Department of Health and Human Services.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, at http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org within the US Department of Justice.
Professional Associations:
American Academy of Pediatrics at http://www.aap.org includes a section devoted to child abuse and neglect including access to publications/resources on child abuse and neglect.
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law at http://www.abanet.org/child/
American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children at http://www.apsac.org
American Public Human Services Association at http://www.aphsa.org, provides an index and links to sites in the field of child abuse and neglect.
The Green Book Project at http://www.thegreenbook.info/ has guidelines for policy and practice on domestic violence and child maltreatment as well as an extensive index to other sites.