Program Outcomes for Children

RELATED WEB-BASED RESOURCES:

CSREES CYFAR Initiative Home Page
http://www.reeusda.gov/4h/cyfar/cyfar.htm

Gateway to National Outcome Work Groups and to on-line access to StSt (State Strengthening) Evaluation Guide.

CYFERNet 
http://www.cyfernet.org
Cooperative Extension's children, youth & family information service (USDA/CSREES)

National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
http://www.coled.umn.edu/nceo/
Source of conceptual model for Children’s Program Outcomes; site provides in-depth description of development of NCEO model, ordering information for NCEO publications, and updates on suggested data sources for the eight NCEO children’s outcome domains.

Ask NOAH About: Health Living: Keeping Kids Safe
http://www.noah.cuny.edu/healthyliving/healthy.html

Children, Youth and Family Consortium/University of Minnesota
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/
Electronic clearinghouse of information and publications on children, youth, and families.

Cooperative Extension's National Network for Child Care (NNCC)
http://www.nncc.org
Links to a variety of resources related to child Care.

Cooperative Extension's National Network for Family Resiliency (NNFR)
http://www.nnfr.org/
Resources for professionals working in family support fields.

Harvard Family Research Project 
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hfrp/index.html
Includes on-line access to The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services  (a free quarterly newsletter addressing evaluation issues) and the Harvard Outcomes Evaluation Database (compiles detailed information about selected model evaluations of preventive, family-oriented programs serving children and youth).

I Am Your Child 
http://www.iamyourchild.org
A comprehensive early childhood development resource; useful source of information on early brain development.

National 4-H Youth
http://www.4-H.org

American Academy of Pediatrics website
http://www.aap.org
Includes recommended immunization schedules for children.

Strengthening Families
http://www.strengtheningfamilies.org
Offers literature reviews and description of model family programs for prevention of delinquency (University of Utah, Dept. Of Health Promotion and Education).

University of Oklahoma Children’s Web Pages on Internet Safety
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/inet.htm

University of Wisconsin-Madison publication FOCUS
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/focus.htm
Institute for Research on Poverty publication (articles on poverty’s impact on children)

Zero to Three: National Center for Clinical Infant Programs
http://www.zerotothree.org
This website provides a wealth of research and information for both parents and professionals on development of infants and toddlers, as well as new service approaches and "best practices";  useful source of information on early brain development.


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