| General Sites |
| PA Chapter of the NASW |
PA chapter of the National Association of Social Workers |
| National Association of Social Workers |
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world |
| School Social Work Association of America |
SSWAA is the only national organization solely dedicated
to advancing the profession of School Social Work.
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| Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare |
The Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care is an association dedicated to promoting the universal availability, accessibility, coordination, and effectiveness of health care that addresses the psychosocial components of health and illness. |
| The New Social Worker Online |
The magazine's primary focus is on career development for social workers and social work students at all levels. |
| Association of Social Work Boards |
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| Economic Success Clearinghouse |
Connects you to resources about effective policies, programs and financing strategies that help low-income and working poor families |
| Council on Social Work Education |
The sole accrediting agency for social work education in this country. |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics |
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information |
| Association for Community Organization & Social Administration |
A membership organization for community organizers, activists, nonprofit administrators, community builders, policy practitioners, students and educators. |
| Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups |
The purpose of this non-profit, member-driven organization is to promote excellence in group work practice, education, field instruction, research and publication. |
| Geriatric Sites |
National Institute on Aging
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Leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.
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| Social Security Administration |
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| Administration on Aging |
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is the Federal agency responsible for advancing the concerns and interests of older people and their caregivers. |
| Seniors & Aging |
Provides you with information of the different issues facing the aging population |
| Geriatric Social Work Initiative |
Prepares needed,aging-savvy social workers and seeks to improve the care and
well-being of older adults and their families. |
| Medicare |
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| Institute on Aging (IOA) at Boston College |
The overall mission of IOA is to foster education and research regarding spiritual, physical, social, financial, and emotional dimensions of well-being of older adults and their families. |
| Children, Youth, and Family Sites |
| Child Trends |
A nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of development. |
| Child Welfare League of America |
CWLA is a powerful coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies serving vulnerable children and families since 1920. |
| ACT against Violence |
The ACT program mission is to mobilize communities and educate families to create safe, nurturing, healthy environments that protect children and youth from violence and its consequences. |
| National Data Archive on Child Abuse & Neglect (NDACAN) |
NDACAN promotes scholarly exchange among researchers in the child maltreatment field.
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| Reference Sites |
| American Psychological Association |
American Psychological Association electronic reference citation format |
| Purdue Online Writing Lab |
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material that are provided as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. |
| Social Welfare Policy |
| Society for Social Work and Research |
Founded in 1994 as a free-standing organization dedicated to the advancement of social work research. |
| American Evaluation Association |
An international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. |
| Influencing State Policy |
Assists faculty and students in learning how to influence effectively the formation, implementation, and evaluation of state-level policy and legislation. |
| Research |
| The Institute of Quantitative Social Science at Harvard |
Access the world's largest collection of social science research data |
| The Library of Congress/THOMAS |
Federal legislative information freely available to the public. |
| Human Services News |
A collection of current human services and community development information important to low-income communities and communities of color. |
| Diversity Issues |
| Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice (CHHIRJ) at Harvard Law School |
This institute is committed to marshalling the resources of Harvard and beyond to use the law as a tool to reverse the unjust consequences of racial discrimination.
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| The Jim Crow Museum |
Jim Crow Museum at Ferris University, Grand Rapids, Michigan displays many artifacts that represent racism in America |
| Feminist Majority Foundation |
A cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence and utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically |
| Anti-Defamation League |
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, legislation, and advocacy |
| Diversity Rx |
Diversity Rx works towards promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant and ethnically diverse communities. |
| Human Rights Watch |
Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States
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| Association of Clinicians for the Underserved |
ACU is a nonprofit, trans-disciplinary organization of clinicians, advocates, and health care organizations united in a common mission to improve the health of America's underserved populations and to enhance the development and support of the health care clinicians serving these populations.
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| GLBT Concerns Committee |
The online presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and ally (LGBTQIA) resources and organizations at Shippensburg University |
| International Social Work |
| International Federation of Social Workers |
A global federation of national organizations of social workers (unions or associations). |
| NGOabroad |
A unique service that helps you enter or advance in international humanitarian work and provides frugal international volunteer opportunities.
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| The United Nations |
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights |
| International Council on Social Welfare |
It is a non-governmental organization which represents national and local organizations in more than 70 countries throughout the world that work directly with people in poverty, hardship or distress.
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| Mental Health |
| National Institute of Mental Health |
The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. |
| SAMHSA |
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. |
| Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) |
The mission of SAVE is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma and serve as a source to those who are touched by suicide. |