Website Links for resources

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton – Sister Organizations
Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC): http://www.ecresourcescenter.org
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland: http://www.socfdncleveland.org
Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina: http://www.sistersofcharitysc.com
Sisters of Charity Health System: http://www.sistersofcharityhealth.org
Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine: http://www.srsofcharity.org

Best Practices
Child Trends (for school readiness and child development): http://www.childtrends.org
Joint Center for Poverty Research (for poverty issues): http://www.jcpr.org
National Center for Children in Poverty (for children/poverty issues): http://www.nccp.org
National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices (children’s learning opportunities): http://www.nga.org
Neighborhoods Online/Institute for the Study of Civic Values (neighborhood development): http://www.iscv.org

Early Childhood
Build Initiative: http://www.buildinitiative.org
Build Ohio: http://www.build-ohio.org
CD Publications: http://www.cdpublications.com
Children’s Defense Fund: http://www.childrendefense.org
Children's Defense Fund – Ohio: http://www.cdfohio.org
Early Experiences Last a Lifetime: http://www.earlyexperiences.org
Kids Ohio: http://www.kidsohio.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children: http://www.naeyc.org
Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children: http://www.naeyc.org
SPARK Ohio: http://www.sparkohio.org
W.K. Kellogg Foundation/SPARK Initiative: http://www.sparkkids.org

Education
Canton City Schools: http://www.ccsdistrict.org
National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov
Ohio Department of Education: http://www.oed.state.oh.us

Employment
U.S. Bureau of Labor: http://www.stats.bls.gov

Health
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry: http://www.aapd.org 
American Dental Association: http://www.ada.org
American Dental Hygienists Association: http://www.adha.org
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention-Oral Health Resources: http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth
Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Stark County: http://www.starkmhb.org
National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Ohio Department of Health: http://www.odh.ohio.gov
Ohio Department of Mental Health: http://www.mh.state.oh.us
Ohio Department of Medicaid: http://www.jfs.ohio.gov/ohp
Prescription Assistance Network of Stark County: http://www.starkrxnetwork.org
Stark County Board of MRDD: http:///www.starkmrdd.org
Stark County Dental Society: http://www.starkcountydentalsociety.org
Stark County Healthcare Resource Guide: Download PDF
Stark County Health Department: http://www.starkhealth.org/statistics.htm
(click on 2001 Community Assessment Report for Statistics on Stark County births, deaths, HIV/AIDS, poverty, welfare, Medicaid, employment, earnings, child care, education, graduation rates, paternity issues [support, neglect, abuse], housing, crime rate, juvenile crime, juvenile substance abuse):

Stark County Medical Society: http://starkmedical.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.os.dhhs.gov

Housing
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio: http://www.cohhio.org
Stark County Metropolitan Housing Authority: http://www.starkmha.org
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov

Human Service
Alliance for Justice: http://www.afj.org
Center for Community Solutions: http://www.communitysolutions.com
Harvard Family Research Project: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp
Health & Social Service agencies telephone directory: Download PDF
National Center for Children & Families: http://www.nccf-cares.org
National Center for Children in Poverty: http://www.nccp.org

Organizations for grantmakers:
Council on Foundations: http://www.cof.org
Foundation Center: http://www.fdncenter.org
Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families: http://www.gcyf.org
Grantmakers in Health:  http://www.gih.org
Ohio Grantmakers Forum: http://www.ohiograntmakers.org

Other
United Way of Greater Stark County: http://www.uwgsc.org
COMPASS pilot project of the United Way: http://www.starkcompass.org
Diocese of Youngstown: http://www.doy.org
Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce: http://www.cantonchamber.org
Ohio United Way: http://www.ouw.org

Statistics - general
U. S. Census Bureau - Stark County: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/39151.html
U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov

Statistics - related to children
Children’s Defense Fund: http://www.cdfohio.org
Children’s Hunger Alliance: http://www.childrenshungeralliance.org
Child Welfare: http://www.jfs.ohio.gov/sacwis
Ohio Head Start: http://www.ohsai.org