FEDERAL WEB SITES

The Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/default.asp
    Contains information on the Children's Campaign, community support, emergency services, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, managed care, mental health statistics, protection and advocacy, special populations, and state planning.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/childmenu.cfm
    Resources in the forms of Books, Fact Sheets, and Summaries are provided for the Public, Practitioners and Researchers.

"COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILD CARE CENTERS AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT" -- U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/childq%26a.htm
    Document with questions and answers pertaining to ADA.

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/
    Site of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) U.S. Department of Education. OSERS provides a wide array of support to parents and individuals, school districts and states in: special education, vocational rehabilitation, and research. Includes I.D.E.A. law and regulations at http://www.IDEApractices.org/

Office of the Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/cmh/default.htm
    The Surgeon General's National Action Agenda for Children's Mental Health, outlines goals and strategies to improve the services for children and adolescents with mental health problems and their families.

Social Security Benefits
http://www.ssa.gov/about.htm
    Complete directory of Social Security Administration's electronic pamphlets and fact sheets on its benefit programs, including Disability and Supplemental Security Income programs.

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informational website on the Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov
    Provides information on subjects related to cultural competence, including the provision of mental health and other services to minority children. Tel: 800-444-6742