Human Development

Abuse & Neglect

• Child Welfare Information Gateway
  A service of the U.S. Dept. of Human Services, this web site acts as a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification and treatment of child abuse & neglect.

Adolescent

• Adolescence & Nutrition from the Food and Nutrition Information Center
• Adolescent Health
• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well Being
• Health Topics: Adolescents & School Health

Child Care Programs

• National Resource Center for Health & Safety in Child Care and Early Education
  This site promotes health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation, and provides access to Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards, licensure regulations from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as other child care information resources.

Families/Parenting

• Child & Family Web Guide
  A directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. Created by faculty and librarians at Tufts University.
• Facts for Families
  A collection of over 80 brief fact sheets developed by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry on various issues of childhood and adolescence. Topics include child abuse, child and adolescent development, medical, health and disease, mental health and disorders, media issues, parenting and family problems, and sexuality issues.
• The National Parenting Center
  A leading parent advocacy organization dedicated to providing parents with comprehensive and responsible guidance from renowned child rearing authorities.
• ParenthoodWeb
  Offers parenting, family and pregnancy information. It provides an index to recent articles on a variety of subjects ranging from adoption, bedwetting. childcare, discipline, etc.

Infant/Child Development

• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well Being
• Child Nutrition and Health
• Infants and Toddlers (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
• Nutrition Assistance Programs: Children and Hunger
• Our-Kids
  A support group web site for parents, caregivers & others who are working with children with physical and/or mental disabilities and delays.
• UNICEF Home Page

Older Adults

• Aging ​(Food & Nutrition Information Center)
• AgingStats.Gov: Website of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics.
• Aging Statistics
  Developed by the Administration on Aging, this site links to web sites providing statistical information on older Americans. Includes health, marital status, 60+ population by state, projections, and more.
• AOA is the official web site for "The Administration on Aging, an agency in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, whose mission is to promote the dignity and independence of older people, and to help society prepare for an aging population."
• Healthy Aging for Older Adults
  Information, research, statistics & links to other aging-related organizations from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention.