SUCCESS CENTER
The following documents contain a wealth of tips and information geared toward helping students succeed in school, the workplace, and independent living.
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Tips for Time Management
Become an efficiency expert!
Dealing With Test Anxiety
Take the stress out of test-taking!
Proofreading Power
A crucial skill!
Improve Your Memory
Remember it all!
Filing Taxes
Tax know-how!
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
CFNC is one of North Carolina's premier online resources dedicated to helping students plan, apply, and pay for college.
The College Board is a not-for-profit association connecting students to college success and opportunity. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, teaching and learning.
The University Career Center (UCC) is a resource for students, employers, faculty/staff, alumni and parents. It helps students with deciding on a major, classes to take and graduate degrees, and lists career fair events, jobs and internships. The site also focuses on interview skills, resumes and letters to potential employers.
Connectforkids.org is a website covering children's issues from foster care to college life and adulthood.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life.
High School Ace is an academic homepage for high school students. Along with its many study guides, tests, facts and puzzles, the site provides a college directory and guidance for succeeding in college.
Casey Family Programs provides and improves - and ultimately prevents the need for - foster care. Drawing on four decades of front-line work with families and alumni of foster care, CFP develops tools, practices, and policies to nurture all youth in care and to help parents strengthen families at risk of needing foster care.
General Resources on Child Welfare and Foster Care
Abuse and Neglect
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Children's Institute International
Child Abuse.Org
American Humane Association
Advocacy
VOICES for America's Children
Network For Good
Child Welfare League of America
National Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
National Effective Parenting Initiative
The Center for Improvement of Child Caring
Children are Waiting
US House of Representatives
US Senate
Agency Members
Camelot Community Care, Inc.-FL
Current Issues/Statistics
AFCARS
Child Abuse Statistics and Resources
Children are Waiting
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Outcomes Statistics
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of Canada
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Children's Defense Fund
Connect for Kids
Kids Count
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
National Foster Care Coalition
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
US House of Representatives
US Senate
Education
Casey National Working Group on Foster Care and Education
Educational Resources Search Engine
Familias y Abogados Asociados por Educación
Family & Advocates Partnership for Education
Ideal Lives Project
Internet Special Education Resources Directory
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Parenting Special Needs Children
Ethnic Resources
Bureau of Indian Affairs
League of United Latin American Citizens
Foster Care Information
Be a Foster Parent
Family Alliance
Foster Care Alumni of America
Foster Care Support Network
Foster Parent Loss
Foster Parenting.Org
Foster Parenting.com
Fostering Perspectives
FosterCare.net
Foster Care Programs
Angels' Arms
Bay Area Homes for Kids
Canadian Foster Parent Association
Casey Family Programs
Casey Family Services
Catholic Social Services of Grand Rapids
Concept 7
Devereux Foundation
FosStars Institute
Foster Family-Based Treatment Association
International Foster Care Organization
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Larimer County, Colorado, Foster Care Program
Lutheran Social Services of the South
New Alternatives
Our Children's Homestead
Pathways Youth and Family Services
Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH)
Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth
FamiliesFirst
Families for Kids
Foundations
Annie E. Casey Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Freddie Mac Foundation
Stuart Foundation
Internet
Razzul Software
Kinship Care
Generations United
Legal Resources
Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law
Education Law Center
Recruitment/Retention
National Foster Parent Assocation
AdoptUSKids
Scholarships
Horation Alger Association
Jim Casey Youth Opportunities
National Foster Parent Assocation
Discover Scholarship
Social Work
American Public Human Services Association
National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators (NAPCWA)
National Association of Social Workers
Perspectives on Youth
Social Work History Station
Substance Abuse Issues
Children of Alcoholics Foundation
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects
Support Groups
FosterParentNet
North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
North Georgia Foster Parent Support Group Foundation
State and Local Foster Parent Associations
Taxes
IRS-Publication 525: Taxable and Nontaxable income
Training
Child Trauma Academy
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare Institute
Critters and Company
FosterCare.org
Foster Parents.com
National Foster Parent Assocation
Northwest Media
Red Cross
Required Training, by State, for Foster Parents
Social Learning
Youth Information and Resources
Foster Care Alumni of America
California Youth Connection
Child Welfare League of America
Elevate-Desire to Inspire
Former Orphan Foster Children Support Group
Fostered Abandoned Children Together
HRC FamilyNet
Jim Casey Youth Opportunities
Mockingbird Times
National Independent Living Association
National Network for Youth
National Resource Center for Youth Services (NRCYS)
Original Foster Care Survival Guide
Youth Today
Other Information
Attachment Disorder Site
Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
Barbara Sinatra Children's Center
Child & Family WebGuide at Tufts University
Child Care Aware
Economic Success Clearinghouse
Emotional Wellness Matters
Foster Swap
International Foster Care Organization
National Child Care Association
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
National Family Week
The National Grange
National Parent Information Network
National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
Parent Soup
Presidio
Safer Child
State Regulatory Standards for Child NCCIC.org and NRC.UCHSC.edu
Suitcases for Kids