Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) administers the major Federal programs that support: social services that promote the positive growth and development of children and youth and their families; protective services and shelter for children and youth in at-risk situations; child care for working families and families on public assistance; and adoption for children with special needs.

Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/
The Census Bureau Web site is designed to enable intuitive use of their Internet offerings, so users need not to be familiar with the Census Bureau's internal organizational structure to effectively locate and use the resources the site has to offer.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.

Canadian Government Main Site
http://canada.gc.ca/
The Government of Canada Site is the Internet electronic access point through which Internet users around the world can obtain information about Canada, its government and its services. Direct links are also provided from this site to government departments and agencies that have Internet facilities.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/cfda/
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs (CFDA) is a government-wide compendium of all 1,381 Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. These programs provide grants, loans, loan guarantees, services, information, scholarships, training, insurance, etc.

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The site provides health news, publications, software, data and statistics, and information about funding and programs.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/csap.html
CSAP's mission is to provide national leadership in the Federal effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug problems. CSAP fosters the development of comprehensive, culturally appropriate prevention policies and systems that are based on scientifically defensible principles and target both individuals and the environments in which they live.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csat/csat.html
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) was created in October 1992 with the Congressional mandate to expand the availability of effective treatment and recovery services for alcohol and drug problems. CSAT works cooperatively across the private and public treatment spectrum to identify, develop, and support policies, approaches, and programs that enhance and expand treatment services for individuals who abuse alcohol and other drugs and that address individuals' addiction-related problems.

Child Support Enforcement
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/
Child Support Enforcement helps States locate absent parents, establish paternity, and enforce legal orders for support.

Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.cns.gov/
This site provides information about volunteer opportunities, including VISTA, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Learn and Serve America, and National Service Scholarships.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. It is the largest grant-making agency in the federal government, providing some 60,000 grants per year. HHS' Medicare program is the nation's largest health insurer, handling more than 800 million claims per year.

Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an independent agency of the federal government, reporting to the President. Founded in 1979, FEMA's mission is to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

FedWorld Information Network Home Page
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Access to thousands of U.S. Government Web sites, more than 500,000 U.S. government documents, databases, and other information products.

Government Information Sharing Project
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/
The Government Information Sharing Project was initiated with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and is administered at Oregon State University Libraries. The original goal of the project was to demonstrate improved access to electronic government information, especially for remote users (such as rural Oregon residents) and the general public. Beginning in 1995, the Project developed World Wide Web access to a variety of federal statistical information issued on CD-ROM and distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program. Through the Web, the audience of the site has quickly become a national and international one, including libraries, community developers, small and large businesses, researchers, students, journalists, agencies, and many more.

Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/
The Government Printing Office (GPO) prints, binds, and distributes the publications of the Congress as well as the executive departments and establishments of the Federal Government. Distribution is being accomplished on an increasing basis via various electronic media in accordance with Public Law 103-40, "The Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993."

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
http://www.cms.gov
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) provides health insurance for over 74 million Americans through Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). In addition to providing health insurance, CMS also performs a number of quality-focused activities, including regulation of laboratory testing (CLIA), development of coverage policies, and quality-of-care improvement. CMA maintains oversight of the survey and certification of nursing homes and continuing care), and makes available to beneficiaries, providers, researchers and State surveyors information about these activities and nursing home quality.

Healthfinder®
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthfinder® is a gateway consumer health and human services information Web site from the United States government. Healthfinder® can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public. Launched in April 1997, Healthfinder® served Internet users over 1.7 million times in its first year online.

Hispanic Agenda for Action
http://www.omhrc.gov/haa/
Hispanics are the fastest growing minority population in the U.S. and are predicted to be the largest minority group in the next 15 years. The adverse social conditions suffered by many Hispanics are severely challenging those institutions and service structures, which struggle to provide and deliver quality services to Hispanic families and communities. HHS is determined to work more closely with its partner institutions and organizations that serve the Hispanic community to better address the needs of the growing Hispanic population, together with other customer groups. As one of many efforts to meet this objective, they have established the Hispanic Agenda for Action (HAA) Home Page to serve as a Departmental Internet link for improving service delivery. The HAA Home Page features services provided by the Department that are of particular interest to the Hispanic community and organizations serving Hispanics. Links to services outside the Department also are featured.

House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
Contact your congressional representative the easy way.

Indian Health Service
http://www.ihs.gov/
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes.

Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/
The Library of Congress mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. This World Wide Web site allows the Library of Congress to historical collections, their catalog, the text and images from major exhibitions, the THOMAS database of current and historical information on the U.S. Congress, a Learning Page for K-12 students and teachers, and much more.

Maternal and Child Health Bureau
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is charged with the primary responsibility for promoting and improving the health of our Nation's mothers and children. It predecessor, the Children's Bureau, was established in 1912. In 1935, Congress enacted Title V of the Social Security Act, which authorized the Maternal and Child Health Services Programs‹providing a foundation and structure for assuring the health of mothers and children now for more than 60 years. Today, Title V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

National Association of State Information Resource Executive's StateSearch
https://www.nascio.org/statesearch/
StateSearch is a service of the National Association of State Information Resource Executives and is designed to serve as a topical clearinghouse to state government information on the Internet.

National Cancer Institute
http://www.nci.nih.gov/
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training. The National Cancer Act of 1971 broadened the scope and responsibilities of the NCI and created the National Cancer Program. Over the years, legislative amendments have maintained the NCI authorities and responsibilities and added new information dissemination mandates as well as a requirement to assess the incorporation of state-of-the-art cancer treatments into clinical practice.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
In 1970, the United States Congress recognized alcohol abuse and alcoholism as major public health problems and created the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to combat them. The Web site provides information about reports and publications available from the Institute, as well as access to the ETOH database.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NICHD conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiological, developmental, and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and populations.

National Institute of Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction, ranging from the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse; the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research. The NIDA Web page is an important part of NIDA's effort to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners and the general public.

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information.

National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. Created by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, NIJ is authorized to support research, evaluation, and demonstration programs, development of technology, and both national and international information dissemination.

National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
NIMH is the foremost mental health research organization in the world, with a mission of improving the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depressive illnesses, and other conditions that affect millions of Americans, including children and adolescents. The Web site provides information about mental health disorders, news and events, grants and contracts, and NIMH-sponsored research -activities.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
The NLM site provides individuals free access to MEDLINE for free. The visible human project and other offerings make this a "must browse" site.

National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form the National Institute on Aging to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this legislation designated the NIA as the primary federal agency on Alzheimer's disease research.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
The OJJDP Web site is designed to provide information and resources on both general areas of interest about juvenile justice and delinquency including conferences, funding opportunities, and new publications and the comprehensive strategy as a framework for communities to combat youth crime.

Office of Population Affairs
http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov
The Office of Population Affairs provides resources and policy advice on population, family planning, reproductive health, and adolescent pregnancy issues. OPA also administers two grant programs, the national Family Planning Program and the Adolescent Family Life Program.

PREVLINE: Prevention Online
http://www.health.org/
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, NCADI, is the world's largest repository of information on substance abuse prevention and policy. PREVLINE presents information on drug and alcohol abuse, alcoholism prevention, overdoses, addiction, and treatment through links to thousands of documents, searchable databases, statistics, press releases, public domain graphics, and interactive forums.

Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
http://www.ezec.gov/
The Rural Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Communities Home Page is designed to promote the exchange of information about the Presidential Empowerment Initiative. Here you will find information about the purposes and organization of the Initiative and the Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Champion Communities participating in the Initiative. In addition, the REZ/EC Home Page provides a toolbox of information to help communities develop and implement effective strategic plans for community and economic development.

Rural Housing Service
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/
The USDA Rural Housing Service has various programs available to aid in the development of rural America. Rural Housing programs are divided into three categories: Community Facilities (CF), Single Family Housing (SFH), and Multi-Family Housing (MFH). These programs were formerly operated by the Rural Development Administration and the Farmers Home Administration.

Senate Home Page
http://www.senate.gov/
Contact your Senators the easy way.

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/
Social Security Online provides a wealth of information about the Social Security Administration, enabling users to better negotiate the maze of services available.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov/
SAMHSA's mission is to assure that quality substance abuse and mental health services are available to the people who need them and to ensure that prevention and treatment knowledge is used more effectively in the general health care system.

Thomas‹U.S. Congress on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Current US Federal Legislative Information, including bills, laws, Congressional Record, reports, and links to further information.

Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov/
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Web site provides information on VA programs, veteran's benefits, VA facilities worldwide, and VA medical automation software. The site serves several major constituencies including the veteran and his/her dependents, Veterans Service Organizations, the military, the general public, and VA employees around the world. Documents on the site are linked from their table of contents and searchable by keyword.

White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
This site links users to the executive branch of the United States government. The site includes an archive of White House documents.

YouthInfo
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/fysb/youthinfo/
YouthInfo is a Web site created by the U.S. Department of Health and -Human Services (HHS) and currently maintained by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) within HHS. The HHS and FYSB designed this site for those interested in learning about America's young people, their development into productive adults and engaged citizens, and ways to help them achieve their full potential. YouthInfo currently includes the following: a statistical profile of America's teenagers; the latest reports and publications about adolescents; information for parents of teens; speeches by federal officials on youth topics; links to youth-related Web sites at HHS, other federal agencies and private foundations and research organizations.

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