- BROAD-BASED COMPREHENSIVE
- CHILDREN and FAMILIES
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – www.cbpp.org
Center for Law and Social Policy – www.clasp.org
Center for the Study of Social Policy – www.cssp.org
Child Trends – www.childrends.org
Children’s Defense Fund – www.childrensdefense.org
Families USA – www.familiesusa.org
Foundation for Child Development - www.fcd-us.org/
Guide to Careers in Child and Family Policy – http://cfp.igpa.uiuc.edu
Juvenile Justice Initiative – www.jjustice.org
National Institute for Early Education Research – www.nieer.org
Ounce of Prevention – www.ounceofprevention.org
Promising Practices Network – www.promisingpractices.net
Voices for America’s Children – www.voices.org
Voices for Illinois Children – www.voices4kids.org
- EDUCATION
Annenberg Classroom – www.annenbergclassroom.org
Broad Foundation – www.broadfoundation.org/index.shtml
Institute of Education Sciences: National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2007menu_tables.asp
The New Teacher Project (TNTP) – www.tntp.org
Teach For America – www.teachforamerica.org
- EMPLOYMENT and WORK
- ENVIRONMENT
Foresight Design Initiative – www.foresightdesign.org
Grist Environmental News and Commentary – www.gristmill.grist.org
Tree Hugger – www.treehugger.com
- GENDER and SEXUALITY
- GOVERNMENT
National Governor’s Association – www.nga.org
- HEALTH
Association of Schools of Public Health – www.asph.org
Commonwealth Fund – www.cmwf.org
Families USA – www.familiesusa.org
Kaiser Family Foundation for Health Policy – www.kff.org
Ounce of Prevention – www.ounceofprevention.org
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – www.rwjf.com
- JOURNALISM and MEDIA
- INTERNATIONAL
- LAW
Center for Law and Social Policy – www.clasp.org
Juvenile Justice Initiative – www.jjustice.org
Law School Admissions Council – www.lsac.org
National Association of Law Placement – www.nalp.org
National Legal Aid and Defender Association – www.nlada.org
Oyez (Supreme Court Info) – www.oyez.org
U.S. Supreme Court Official Site – www.supremecourtus.gov
U.S. Supreme Court Blog – www.scotusblog.com
- NON-PROFITS
Young Non-Profit Professionals of Chicago – www.ynpnchicago.org
- PHILANTHROPIC
Chronicle of Philanthropy – www.philanthropy.com
- POLITICS
Real Clear Politics – www.realclearpolitics.com
- POVERTY
Center for Law and Social Policy – www.clasp.org
Congressional Hunger Center – www.hungercenter.org
MDRC: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation - www.mdrc.org
National Poverty Center – www.npc.umich.edu
U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty – www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
- RELIGION
Association of Religion Data Archives – www.thearda.com
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society – www.hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT and PLANNING
Urban Institute – www.urban.org
- YOUTH
RESEARCH, THINK TANKS, and CONSULTING FIRMS
Abt Associates – www.abtassociates.com
Advisory Board Company (health) – www.advisoryboardcompany.com
American Enterprise Institute – www.aei.org
Brookings Institute – www.brookings.edu
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – www.cbpp.org
Center for Law and Social Policy – www.clasp.org
Center for the Study of Social Policy – www.cssp.org
Center for Women’s Policy Studies – www.centerwomenpolicy.org
Century Foundation – www.tcf.org
Data Ferrett – www.dataferrett.census.gov
Heritage Foundation - www.heritage.org
Institute of Education Sciences: National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2007menu_tables.asp
Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University - www.northwestern.edu/ipr
Kaiser Family Foundation for Health Policy – www.kff.org
Mathematica, Policy Research, Inc. – www.mathematica-mpr.com/
National Institute for Early Education Research – www.nieer.org
National Poverty Center – www.npc.umich.edu
Ounce of Prevention (birth to age five) – www.ounceofprevention.org
Rand Corporation – www.rand.org
Think Tank List (maintained by University of Michigan) - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html
U.S. Census Bureau – www.census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty – www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
Urban Institute – www.urban.org
NEWS SOURCES
Google News Alert – www.google.com/alerts
Real Clear Politics – www.realclearpolitics.com
CAREERS and OPPORTUNITIES
- WHILE YOU ARE A STUDENT AT NU
- FELLOWSHIPS
Coro (one year public policy) – www.coro.org
Dunn (IL Governor’s office) www.illinois.gov/gov/intopportunities.cfm
Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program – www.ppiaprogram.org
City Year (similar to Peace Corps but domestically focused) - http://www.cityyear.org/home.aspx
- GRADUATE SCHOOL
Association of Schools of Public Health – www.asph.org
Career Search – www.beta.careersearch.net//client
Law School Admissions Council – www.lsac.org
MBA.com – www.mba.com
National Association of Law Placement – www.nalp.org
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration – www.nspaa.org
Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program – www.ppiaprogram.org
- INTERNSHIPS
HillZoo (D.C. focused) – www.hillzoo.com
- JOB SEARCHES
Guide to Careers in Child and Family Policy – http://cfp.igpa.uiuc.edu
Idealist – www.idealist.org
Interaction (international work) – www.interaction.org
National Association of Law Placement – www.nalp.org
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration – www.nspaa.org
Northwestern University Career Services Office - http://www.northwestern.edu/careers/
Non-Profit Times – www.nptimes.com/index.html
NPO.net (Chicago-area non profit job listings) www.npo.net
Public Affairs Opportunities – www.opajobs.com
Teach For America – www.teachforamerica.org
USA Jobs – www.usajobs.opm.gov
Young Non-Profit Professionals of Chicago – www.ynpnchicago.org
- PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) – www.appam.org
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) – www.asph.org
- RESOURCES
GEOGRAPHIC
- CHICAGO
Young Non-Profit Professionals of Chicago – www.ynpnchicago.org
- ILLINOIS
Voices for Illinois Children – www.voices4kids.org
- FEDERAL
Opportunities in Public Affairs (D.C. jobs) – www.opajobs.com
Oyez (Supreme Court Info) – www.oyez.org
U.S. Supreme Court Official Site – www.supremecourtus.gov
U.S. Supreme Court Blog – www.scotusblog.com
USA Jobs – www.usajobs.opm.gov