Social Work

Websites for Social Work

GOVERNMENT

• FirstGov.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
  This site connects to all branches of government. It will find any information on a topic that is put out by any branch, department, or agency of the federal government. If you don't know what agency produces the information you need, this is the best place to start.
  URL:http://www.firstgov.gov/
  
  
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
  Go here to find information on the House of Representatives, Senate, bills, acts and public laws.
  URL:http://thomas.loc.gov/
  
  
• Thomas: Bills in the News : Current bills (and public laws from several previous Congresses) recently receiving coverage in newspapers and in TV and radio news.
  
  
• United States Department of Health and Human Services
  Government information on families, aging, homeless, and other social services topics.
  URL:http://www.hhs.gov/
  
  
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
  "Timely and well-balanced information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics regarding the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
  URL:http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm
  
  
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Information on the mental health system, prevention programs, juveniles, statistics, and many other mental health topics.
  URL:http://www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx
  
  
• Influencing State Policy
  Influencing State Policy (ISP) assists social work faculty and students in learning to effectively influence the formation, implementation, and evaluation of state - level policy and legislation.
  URL:http://www.statepolicy.org/
  
  
• State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board: Social Work Licensing
  URL:http://cswmft.ohio.gov/swlicen.htm
  
  
• Ohio Department of Human Services
  Information about various programs at the state level.
  URL: http://www.state.oh.us/odhs/
  
  
• Ohio's Laws, Rules, and Constitution
  Access to all legislative bills enacted during the last two General Assemblies and to the Ohio Revised Code.
  URL: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/laws.cfm
  
  
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  A database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
  URL:http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
  

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STATISTICS

• Lexis-Nexis Statistical
  Statistical information from government and other sources; index and abstracts for statistical reports from the U.S. federal government. Includes or has links to full text. (Off-Campus Access via OhioLINK login.)
  
  
• FedStats: The Gateway to statistics from over 100 US Federal agencies
  URL:(http://www.fedstats.gov/)
  
  
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  (Also available in print in the library.)
  URL:(http://www.census.gov/statab/www/)
  
  
• Social Statistics Briefing Room
  This service provides easy access to current Federal social statistics in education, crime, health and demography.
  URL:(http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html)
  
• More Statistics Websites

ASSOCIATIONS

• NASW: National Association of Social Workers
  A website for the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world.
  URL: http://www.naswdc.org
  
  
• Public Children Services Association of Ohio
  A private non-profit association charged with preventing child abuse and neglect in Ohio.
  URL: http://www.pcsao.org/
  
  
• School Social Work Association of America
  URL:http://www.sswaa.org/
  
  
• Clinical Social Work Federation
  A confederation of 31 state societies for clinical social work.
  URL: http://www.cswf.org/wecome.html
  
  
• Council on Social Work Education
  CSWE accredits bachelor's and master's degree programs in social work, promotes research and faculty development, and advocates for social work education.
  URL:http://www.cswe.org/
  
  
• SWAN: Social Work Access Network: Social Work Organizations
  URL: http://cosw.sc.edu/swan/organizations.html
  

CONFERENCES

• SWAN: Social Work Access Network: Conferences
  URL:http://cosw.sc.edu/swan/conference.html
  
  
• Social Work Conferences Worldwide
  URL: http://www.conferencealerts.com/socialw.htm
  

SELF-HELP

• Ideas and Suggestions for Starting a Mutual Aid Self-Help Group
  Practical guidelines for starting a self-help group from the New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse.
  URL:http://www.njgroups.org/
  
  
• Self-Help Group Sourcebook Online
  "This guide has been developed to act as your starting point for exploring real-life support groups and networks that are available throughout the world and in your community."
  URL:http://www.mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/
  

WELFARE

• WIN - The Welfare Information Network
  A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance related to welfare, workforce development, and other human and community services.
  URL: http://www.welfareinfo.org
  

ETHICS

• Code of Ethics
  The NASW Code of Ethics is a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers.
  URL: http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp
  

RURAL

• Rural Assistance Center
  A national resource on rural health and human services information.
  URL:http://www.raconline.org/

SEARCH ENGINES

• World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
  A large collection of links, with international coverage.
  URL: http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
  
  
• Socialservice.com
  For job-seekers in the social services.
  URL: http://www.socialservice.com/
  
  
• Social Work (Yahoo)
  Links to other sites, journals, conferences, organizations, etc.
  URL: http://www.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Social_Work/
  
  
• Internet Links for Social Workers
  A variety of sites to assist the practitioner.
  URL: http://www.tecinfo.com/~dcmhs/soclink.htm
  
  
• Grassroots: A Search Engine for Social Work
  A search tool to link you to a variety of social work sites by subject area.
  URL: http://www.andrews.edu/SOWK/grassroots.htm/
  
  
• Social Work Search
  A directory of social work related links.
  URL: http://www.socialworksearch.com

Last Updated : 06/25/2007 3:14 PM