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Children, Youth & Families
Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Alliance for Justice Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education University of Wisconsin The Urban Institute	http://www.healthykidsproject.org http://www.afj.org http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CACE/ http://www.urban.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America	http://www.bbbsa.org
Center for the Future of Children	http//www.bbbsa.org
Child Abuse Prevention Network	http://child.cornell.edu/
Children Now	http://www.childrennow.org
Children's Defense Fund	http://www.childrensdefense.org/
Child Welfare League of America	http://www.cwla.org
Families & Work Institute	http://www.familiesandworkinst.org
National Black Child Development Institute	http://www.nbcdi.org
National Child Care Information Center	http://www.nccic.org/
National Parent Information Network	http://npin.org/
National Resource Center for Youth Services	http://www.nrcys.ou.edu
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention	http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
Planned Parenthood Federation of America	http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Cybergrrl Safety Net	http://www.cybergrrl.com
Stand For Children	http://www.stand.org
National Center for Youth Law	http://www.youthlaw.org
Institute for Child Health Policy	http://www.ichp.edu
Families USA Foundation	http://www.familiesusa.org
Health
California Healthcare Foundation Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Alliance for Justice The Urban Institute Agency For Health Care Research and Quality National Health Law Program	http://www.chcf.org http://www.healthykidsproject.org http://www.afj.org http://www.urban.org http://www.ahcpr.gov http://www.healthlaw.org
AIDS Action An AIDS and HIV Information Resource	http://www.thebody.com
American Public Health Association	http://www.apha.org
AIDS.org	http://www.immunet.org
Families USA	http://www.familiesusa.org
Health Care Financing Administration	http://www.hcfa.gov
National Association of People With AIDS	http://www.napwa.org
National Center for Health Statistics	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
National Health Law Program	http://www.healthlaw.org
National Academy for State Health Policy	http://www.nashp.org/
The Alliance for Health Reform	http://www.allhealth.org
Institute for Health Care Research and Policy	http://healthinsuranceinfo.net
Institute for Health Policy Solutions	http://www.ihps.org
Electronic Policy Network - Ideal Central	http://www.epn.org/ideacentral
Center for Studying Health System Change	http://www.hschange.com/
Housing & Community Development
California Reinvestment Committee The Urban Institute	http://www.calreinvest.org http://www.urban.org
Best Practices for Human Settlements Database	http://www.bestpractices.org
Civic Practices Network	http://www.cpn.org
US Department of Housing and Urban Development	http://www.hud.gov
Enterprise Foundation	http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/
Housing Assistance Council	http://www.ruralhome.org
National Coalition for the Homeless	http://nch.ari.net/
The Council for Urban Economic Development	http://www.cued.org
National Housing Institute	http://www.nhi.org
National Low Income Housing Coalition	http://www.nlihc.org
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty	http://www.nlchp.org/
Pratt Institute Center for Community & Environmental Development	http://www.picced.org/
Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods	http://www.louisville.edu/org/sun
Tenant Net	http://www.tenant.net/main.html
US Department of Housing & Urban Development	http://www.hud.gov
Welfare Reform
The Urban Institute American Public Human Services Association	http://www.urban.org http://www.aphsa.org
Center for Law & Social Poverty	http://www.clasp.org
Joint Center for Poverty Research	http://www.jcpr.org
Institute for Women's Policy Research	http://www.iwpr.org
National Conference of State Legislatures	http://www.ncsl.org
Social Security Welfare Reform Page	http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html
The Institute for Research on Poverty	http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
Welfare Information Network	http://www.welfareinfo.org
Welfare Watch	http://www.welfarewatch.org
Product Safety
SaferMotoring.co.uk	www.safermotoring.co.uk
Public Policy
Project Vote Smart NoGatekeepers.org Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education	http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm http://www.nogatekeepers.org/ http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CACE/
Consumers International	http://www.consumersinternational.org
California Voter Foundation	http://www.calvoter.org
The Democracy Center	http://www.democracyctr.org
Alliance for Justice	http://www.afj.org/home.html
Brookings Institute	http://www.brook.edu
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities	http://www.cbpp.org/
Electronic Policy Network	http://www.epn.org
National Association of State Budget Officers	http://www.nasbo.org
National Center for Policy Analysis	http://www.ncpa.org
OMB Watch	http://www.capweb.net/omb
New Democrats Online	http://www.NDOL.org/
The Feminist Majority Foundation	http://www.feminist.org/welcome
The Urban Institute	http://www.urban.org
Consumer Net	http://www.consumernet.org
Electric Consumers Alliance	http://www.electricconsumers.org/
Consumer Protection Groups	http://www.civilrights.com/consumerpro.html
Utility Consumer's Action Network (UCAN)	http://www.ucan.org
National Institute for Consumer Education	http://www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/
Adbusters Media Foundation	http://www.adbusters.org/information/foundation/index.html
The International Center For Not-For-Profit-:Law	http://www.icnl.org/
Project Vote Smart	http://www.vote-smart.org/
IGC Internet's Progressive Gateway	http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
Labornet	http://www.labornet.org/
American Civil Liberties Union	http://www.aclu.org/
Prison Activist Resource Center	http://www.agitprop.org/
PeaceNet	http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/pnindex.html
EcoNet	http://www.igc.org/econet/
WomansNet	http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/wnindex.html
The Center for Democracy and Technology	http://www.cdt.org/
The Electric Frontier Foundation	http://www.eff.org/
Independent Sector	http://www.indepsec.org
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse	http://www.privacyrights.org
OpenSecrets.org	http://www.opensecrets.org/
Public Campaign	http://www.publicampaign.org/
Center for Public Integrity	http://www.publicintegrity.org
National Journal	http://www.nationaljournal.com/
Legal Services
National Legal Aid & Defenders Association	http://www.nlada.org
National Senior Citizens Law Center	http://www.nsclc.org
Alliance For Justice	http://www.afj.org/home.html
National Association for Public Interest Law	http://www.napil.org/
Public Interests Jobs Forum FindLaw Consumer Law Center	http://www.pirg.org/jobs/ http://consumer.findlaw.com/
Hunger & Nutrition
The Urban Institute Bread for the World	http://www.urban.org http://www.bread.org
Food Research & Action Center	http://www.frac.org/html/all_about_frac/about_index.html#top
US Department of Agriculture	http://www.usda.gov
Immigration
Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights	http://www.nccir.org
Immigration & Naturalization Services	http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm
National Immigration Forum	http://www.immigrationforum.org
Environment
Rainforest Alliance Alliance for Justice Care2 Consumers Union's Pest Management Information Site The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Pesticide Action Network	http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ http://www.afj.org/home.html http://www.care2.com http://www.pmac.net http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/nawqa_home.html   http://www.panna.org/panna
Natural Resources Defense Council	http://www.nrdc.org
Enviromental Defense Fund	http://www.edf.org
Sierra Club	http://www.sierraclub.org
CU's Food Quality Protection Act Site	http://www.epa.gov/opppsps1/fqpa/index.html
Earth Island Institute	http://www.earthisland.org
Government
U.S. Department of Energy	http://www.energy.gov
CA Department of Health Services	http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/
CA Department of Insurance	http://www.insurance.ca.gov
CA Senate Home Page	http://www.sen.ca.gov
The United States General Accounting Office	http://www.gao.gov
Federal Goverment Information	http://infolink.org/gov.htm
White House	http://www.whitehouse.gov
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service	http://www.fsis.usda.gov
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commision	http://www.medpac.gov
Federal Communications Commission	http://www.fcc.gov
Department of Health and Human Services	http://www.hhs.gov
Department of Housing and Urban Development	http://www.hud.gov
Federal Trade Commission	http://www.ftc.gov
US. Department of Treasury	http://www.ustreas.gov/
Enviromental Protection Agency	http://www.epa.gov
U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission	http://www.cpsc.gov
Department of Transportation	http://www.dot.gov
Associations
National Governers Associations	http://www.nga.org
Better Buisness Bureau	http://www.bbb.org
National Association of Insurance Commisioners	http://www.naic.org
American Automobile Association	http://www.aaa.com