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• Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Has the latest information on requirements that the social work curriculum must meet for accreditation.
• Help Starts Here (by NASW): An excellent resource for basic information on aspects of social work practice such as working with combat veterans and counseling victims of child abuse.
• International Federation of Social Workers  The official site for an international association of social workers with a goal of reaching global social justice.
• Information for Practice: Contains a wealth of updated information from the media on doings of social workers and other relevant news and research articles.
• Information for Practice from Around the World: Provides information for innovative practices worldwide. 
• International Forum on Globalization: Focusing on the implications of globalization for the world's citizens, this group has launched a pioneering program that focuses on alternative visions and policies to globalization that are more equitable, just, democratic, accountable, and sustainable for people and the planet.
• International Association of Schools of Social Work: For membership by schools of social work to arrange international events and conferences.
• National Association of Social Workers: The official NASW website. Some social policy statements are found here.
• United Nations Development Programme: This site provides a human development index on which the world's nations can be compared, as well as information concerning social development initiatives.
• United States Supreme Court: Official site and source for the United States Supreme Court, including cases and opinions.

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• The White House: The official website for the administration contains biographies of the President and other elected/appointed officials, issues important to the administration, contact information, and articles on United States history.
   

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• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Provides research and information about social welfare policies and policies impacting low-income individuals and families.
• Coalition on Human Needs: Result of a coalition of national organizations working together to provide updates on legislation impacting poor and vulnerable populations and advocacy.
• Global Policy Network: Provides information on global social policies, including social welfare policies, through a focus on the work of the United Nations.
• Internal Revenue Service: The official site for the IRS provides information about present rules and regulations, proposed rules and regulations, publications, and taxpayer assistance.

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• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): A general resource on EPA efforts in the area of sustainability practices and approaches, including labeling green products and promoting green chemistry and engineering.
• Environmental Protection Agency Mapper: This resource allows students to locate areas of high pollution using an environmental map.
• Indigenous Environmental Network: Focuses on how environmental actions and policies have an impact on indigenous populations.
• Midwest High Speed Rail Association: An advocacy group to bring train service to the heartland.
• Serra Club: From Yosemite National Park to the Grand Canyon, since 1892 the Sierra Club has been instrumental in preserving nature's most splendid wild places. 
• Sustainable Communities Online: Highlights sustainable activities and communities worldwide.
• Union of Concerned Scientists: Contains a lot of information for research on climate change.
• United Nations Environmental Programme Includes numerous resources on global development and the environment.
• United States Environmental Protection Agency: Includes a definition of environmental justice.
• United States High Speed Rail: Contains information related to advocacy of high speed rail for the U.S.

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• Fair Housing Accessibility First:This government website provides detailed information about the Fair Housing Act, and subsequent amendments, with a focus on providing information to increase compliance with this act.
• National Law Center on Homelessness and Policy: This not-for-profit organization website provides advocacy, information, and publications on homelessness.
• The National Poverty Center: Provides analysis, research, and information about poverty and its impact on individuals and families.
• United States Census Bureau: Provides research and statistics about the numbers of individuals and families in poverty.
• U.S. Census Bureau (2014, October). Coresident grandparents and their grandchildren: 2012. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce.
• U.S. Census Bureau (2014, September). Income and poverty in the United States, 2013.
• United States Department of Health and Human Services: Provides information and research about the poverty line.
• United States Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: Provides research, statistics, articles, and publications on housing related issues and policies.
• Welfare Reform Academy: Provides articles on poverty and other social welfare issues with a focus on alternatives to the poverty line determination while offering solutions and strategies for reform.
• United States Dept. of Health and Human Service, Administration for Children and Families: Provides the text of the TANF Act, together with regulations, publications, and resources relating to poverty and legislation impacting the same.
• Welfare Information Network: Provides information about the history of welfare programs in the United States, practical guidance in applying for welfare, and numerous articles in regard to welfare programs.

• National Organization for Women (NOW): Provides research, information, and publications about women and women’s issues.
• People with a History: Provides research, articles, and links to numerous articles on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer history.
• Feminist: Provides research, resources, advocacy, and links in regard to innumerable women’s issues.
• Status of Women: Gives state-by-state data on human rights and wage-earning issues related to gender.
• United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Provides the text of the Civil Rights Act, publications, resources, and information about employment discrimination based on race.
• U.S. Census Bureau (2010). American Indian and Alaskan Pacific Population: 2010.
• U.S. Census Bureau (2011, May). The Hispanic population: 2010.
• U.S. Census Bureau (2012a, March). The Asian population: 2010.  
• U.S. Census Bureau (2012b). 2010 census shows multiple-race population grew faster than single-race population.
• U.S. Census Bureau (2013, August. Frequently asked questions about same-sex couple households.

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• Child Welfare Information Gateway: Provides publications, research, state-specific child welfare statute summaries, and advocacy information on child welfare policies.
• Child Welfare League of America: Provides current legislation and updates on child welfare policies, publications, and information about child welfare issues.
• Children’s Defense Fund: This website, for a national not-for-profit children’s rights organization, contains information about legislation and proposed legislation impacting children, advocacy, and research.
• National Indian Child Welfare Association: This not-for-profit organization’s website provides informationon legislation impacting Native American children, advocacy, training, and research.
• Child Welfare Research Institute: Provides detailed state statute information on a range of child welfare policies.
• United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Families and Children: The official site for the Administration for Families and children provides information about social welfare policies impacting families, including TANF.
• United States Dept. of Education: This official government website provides information about the No Child Left Behind Act, including school performance statistics.
• United States Department of Health & Human Services, Offices of Human Services Policy: The official site for the Office of Human Services Policy  provides research, policy analysis, and general information about a myriad of social welfare policies.

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• Affordable Care Act (ACA): Provides information on the ACA by state and a glossary to define the relevant terms.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): This government resource contains access to a great deal of data on health concerns with a focus on disease control.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Indoor Air Pollutants: Has information to help inform students on environmental hazards that their clients might face that are health-threatening.
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid: Provides the text of important health care policies, research, statistics, and information about Medicaid, Medicare, SCHIP, and other health care policies.
• Kaiser Family Foundation: This not-for-profit organization provides a clearinghouse of information on health care issues, as well as policy analysis and information.
• United States Dept. of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Research & Quality: Provides research, statistics, and articles on health care issues and policies.
• United States Department of Justice, ADA homepage: Provides the text of the Americans with Disabilities Act, publications, resources, and research about legislation impacting on persons with disabilities.
• United States Medicare Dept: The official government website in regard to Medicare; contains information designed to help potential and actual Medicare recipient utilize and understand the services offered by this program.
• World Health Organization (WHO): Official website for a division of the United Nations, which addresses health care issues and health care policies worldwide.

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• Addiction Treatment Forum: Contains scientific articles of a progressive nature on addiction-related research.
• Downtown Emergency Services Center (DESC): Contains the latest research information concerning housing programs that follow a harm-reduction model to house chronically homeless persons with severe mental disorders.
• National Alliance to End Homelessness. Contains research and data on homelessness in the U.S.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): An advocacy organization for persons with mental illness and their families. This is an excellent educational resource on the various mental disorders and for policy issues related to treatment needs. 
• National Coalition for the Homeless: This not-for-profit organization provides policy information, research, and advocacy on homelessness.
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): This website is the government resource for the latest scientific research on alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
• Screening, Brief Intervention Referral and Treatment (SBIRT):  This screening and intervention website is recommended by CSWE for students of social work. Motivational interviewing skills are described here.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This website contains extensive information on virtually every topic of contemporary interest in substance-abuse treatment.
• Trauma Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services: This website provides specific information on trauma-informed care.

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• AARP:  An advocacy group for older Americans that lobbies to protect the benefits that they get.
• National Council on Aging: Provides information on a wide range of topics relating to health, caregiving, and the Older Americans Act.
• Nursing Home Quality Initiative Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: provides information on nursing home standards of care.
• Raging Grannies: An activist group that pokes fun at social institutions that are considered harmful to citizens while advocating for peace and social justice.
• Social Security Administration: The official site for the SSA; provides information about SS, SSD, and SSI in addition to other benefits.

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• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The official site for the American Civil Liberties Union provides information, research, and advocacy in regard to many social welfare policies.
• Amnesty International national reports: Lists human rights violations country by country and discusses human rights advances across the globe.
• Creating a Human Rights Culture: This website created by Dr. Joseph Wronka contains relevant human rights documents and a great deal of human rights information.
• FindLaw: Provides a search engine for and links to federal and state laws and cases.
• Social Care Online: The UK’s largest database of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work.
• Human Rights Watch: This organization investigates human rights abuses worldwide and gives special attention to violations in prison systems.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): This organization does amazing work--for example, in war zones--to protect the lives of children.
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Passed in 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—including civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.
• UN Women: This is the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
• UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The United Nations set a common standard on human rights with the adoption of this declaration in 1948.  
• Violence Policy Center:  An advocacy group for gun control; provides  information on homicide cases involving handguns.

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• Center for Law and Social Policy: The official site for a national not-for-profit organization that provides policy analysis and information on numerous social welfare policies.
• Influencing State Policy: A great advocacy resource with instructions on how social work organizations can influence legislation on topics of interest to social workers and their clients.
• Restorative Justice: Contains a wealth of resources on restorative strategies and initiatives.
• Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA): Through national meetings and alliances with regional organizations to end poverty and homelessness, radical advocacy group SWAA uses the UN Declaration of Human Rights to advocate for the rights of poor people.