Agencies & Nonprofits
Nonprofits and governmental agencies are great resources for education and training for social service issues. Some nonprofits and agencies are doing their own research and have reports about evidence-based research.
Local Social Services
In Virginia
Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS)
- Child Protective Services Reports & Studies from VDSS
- Mandated Reporters - Training & Resources from VDSS
Community Services Boards
- Local Community Services Boards with Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services
- Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
- Virginia Department of Social Services Regional Training Centers
Organizations & Nonprofits
US National Social Services
Homelessness
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Center for Homeless Education
- United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
- National Center on Family Homelessness
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- Urban Institute: Homelessness
- National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
- Homeless and Runaway Youth from NCSL
- Child Protective Services Reports & Studies from VDSS
Domestic Violence
- CDC's Violence Prevention with Intimate Partner Violence
- Battered Women's Justice Project Criminal and Civil Justice Center (Free webinars & Training)
- National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- National LGBTQ Institute on IPV
- National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
- National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Child Protective Services
- Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV)
Trauma Focused Therapy
- NCTIC (National Center for Trauma-Informed Care & Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint) funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services
- National Center for PTSD
- International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
- American Psychological Association Trauma Division
- American Psychiatric Association: Disaster and Trauma
Multi Topic
Smarter Searching
Finding information concerning social work in databases doesn't have to end in the library. When searching outside the library, make sure websites are vetted.
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topic: environmental justice
site: epa.org
environmental justice site: epa.org
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