RESOURCES : Web Links

(These consumer-related web sites can be useful advocacy tools. Their listing here does not suggest or imply that Consumers Union either agrees or disagrees with their positions.)

Agriculture and Trade
Associations
Children, Youth & Families
Consumer
Environment

Food Safety
Government
Health
Housing & Community Development
Hunger & Nutrition
Immigration

International Consumer Movement
Legal Services
Public Policy
Utilities
Welfare Reform



Children, Youth & Families


Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools

Alliance for Justice
Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education
University of Wisconsin
The Urban Institute

http://www.zerotothree.org/

http://www.healthykidsproject.org

http://www.afj.org
www.schoolcommercialism.org

http://www.urban.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

http://www.bbbsa.org

Center for the Future of Children

http://www.futureofchildren.org/

Child Abuse Prevention Network

http://child-abuse.com/

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

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://www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrp/

Institute for Health Policy Solutions

http://www.ihps.org

The Policy Action Network

http://www.movingideas.org/

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://www.nationalhomeless.org/

International Economic Development Council

http://www.iedconline.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.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/default.asp



Public Policy


Free Press

NoGatekeepers.org

Commercialism in Education Research Unit (CERU)

http://mediareform.net/

http://www.nogatekeepers.org/

www.schoolcommercialism.org

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/

Brookings Institute

http://www.brook.edu

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities

http://www.cbpp.org/

Moving Ideas

http://movingideas.org/

National Association of State Budget Officers

http://www.nasbo.org

National Center for Policy Analysis

http://www.ncpa.org

OMB Watch

http://www.ombwatch.org/

New Democrats Online

http://www.NDOL.org/

The Feminist Majority Foundation

http://www.feminist.org/welcome

The Urban Institute

http://www.urban.org

Electric Consumers Alliance

http://www.electricconsumers.org/index

Consumer Protection Groups

http://www.civilrights.com/main.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/

Institute for Global Communications

http://www.igc.org/index.html

Labornet

http://www.labornet.org/

American Civil Liberties Union

http://www.aclu.org/

Prison Activist Resource Center

http://www.prisonactivist.org/

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/dtaweb/home.asp

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/

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


Immigration & Naturalization Services

http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm

National Immigration Forum

http://www.immigrationforum.org



Environment


Consumers Union Guide to Environmental Labels

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.eco-labels.org/

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

http://www.afj.org/

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


Regulations.gov

U.S. Department of Energy

http://www.regulations.gov/

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

First Gov.gov

http://www.firstgov.gov/

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

Consumer


Consumer WebWatch
The American Council on Consumer Interests
Essential Information
Alliance for Justice
California Reinvestment Committee
FindLaw Consumer Law Center
TURN: The Utility Reform Network

National Consumer Law Center

http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/
http://www.consumerinterests.org/
http://www.essential.org/orgs/
http://www.afj.org
http://www.calreinvest.org
http://consumer.findlaw.com/
http://www.turn.org/
http://www.nclc.org


Agriculture and Trade


Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

http://www.iatp.org


International Consumer Movement

World Trade Organization

The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue

Consumers International

http://www.wto.org/

http://www.tacd.org/

http://www.consumersinternational.org/


Food Safety

Ag BioTech InfoNet

http://www.biotech-info.net/

Food Quality Protection Act

http://www.ecologic-ipm.com/menu.html


Utilities

Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc.
TURN: The Utility Reform Network

http://www.pulp.tc
http://www.turn.org/


 


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