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Additional Resources

Direct Service Needs
First Call for Help, 211 a Community Service


Federal Government
The Federal Web Locator
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Research Data
National Institutes on Health
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse
New Guide for Communities to Assess Local Drug Problems
Health Care Financing Administration
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Bureau of Census Home Page
U.S. Statistical Abstract
Income Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Census
Poverty Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Census
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, U.S. Bureau of the Census
National Science Foundation

State Government
State of Ohio 
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS) 
Labor Market Information Division of ODJFS
Office of Criminal Justice Services, State of Ohio
Ohio Department of Education

Cleveland-area resources
NeighborhoodLink
Northern Ohio Data & Information Service (NODIS)
City of Cleveland Government
Cuyahoga County Government
Index to Various Cleveland and County Organizations
Libraries in University Circle
Cleveland Public Library
CLEVNET Library Cosortium of Northeast Ohio

Other resources
Government Information Sharing Project
Scholars' Lab (continaing the former Geospatial and Statistical Data Center)
Institute for Research on Poverty
The Institute on Race and Poverty
Joint Center for Poverty Research
Coalition on Human Needs
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Economic Success Clearinghouse/WIN
Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism
The Urban Institute
The Loka Institute
The Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program 
The Annie E. Casey Foundation: KIDS COUNT Data 
The Institute for Child and Family Policy at Columbia University
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers

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