Links and Resources of the Belknap County Citizens Council on Children & Families
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Community Justice is an emerging concept describing an approach to community problems. It has three major themes that operate together in an integrated manner.
The links below are grouped into four categories:

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These links are provided solely as a convenience and for information purposes only. The Belknap County Citizens Council on Children and Families does not specifically endorse any organization or adopt the views of any site that a user may access from this point. The Belknap County Citizens Council does not maintain any of these sites that are referenced below and is not responsible for failed links or for any changes in any site’s subject matter from the time the link was posted.
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1. Juvenile Justice / Restorative Justice / Community Justice
Red Dot Community Justice Exchange
The Community Justice Exchange is a national resource providing information and assistance to community justice planners across the country
Red Dot Deschutes County, Oregon Juvenile Restorative Justice
The Juvenile Justice Department in Deschutes County, Oregon, one of the national leaders in balanced and restorative justice programs
Red Dot Justice Matters Institute
A social justice organization whose mission is to develop visionary solutions that move us toward social justice and to develop people with the capacity to carry out these solutions
Red Dot JUSTICEWORKS at the University Of New Hampshire
A research and development group in justice studies at the University of New Hampshire, providing accurate, timely, and relevant information about crime and justice
Red Dot Juvenile Info Network
Official site of the national corrections industry
Red Dot Model Programs Guide from the US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Evidence-based prevention and intervention programs
Red Dot National Civic League
Strengthening Citizen Democracy by transforming democratic institutions since 1894
Red Dot US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Federal website
Red Dot Restorative Justice Implementation Guide
Red Dot Restorative Justice in Minnesota
Red Dot US Cooperative Extension Programs
Links to Cooperative Extension websites around the country
Red Dot Child Welfare League of America
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2. Prevention Resources, Best Practices / Parenting
Red Dot Adults and Children Act Together Against Violence
A violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach children ages 0 to 8 years
Red Dot Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention
A sourcebook for community action, maintained by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Red Dot Center for the Study of Prevention of Violence
CSPV is a Research Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder offers resources, technical assistance, and research around understanding and preventing violence
Red Dot Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
A national organization strengthening the capacity of community coalitions to create safe, healthy and drug free communities
Red Dot Community Toolbox
A University of Kansas resource that promotes community health and development
Red Dot Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character at Boston University
Character education for today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders
Red Dot Connect for Kids
Information and tools to learn about and address issues affecting children, youth, families, and communities
Red Dot Connect With Your Kids
Tips and information about Internet Safety
Red Dot Drug Strategies
A non-profit research institute that promotes more effective approaches to the nation’s drug problems and supports private and public efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement, and community initiatives
Red Dot Family Support America
Links to the top ten prevention websites in a number of areas including internet safety, childhood obesity, and suicide.
Red Dot Guidance Channel Ezine
Links to the top ten prevention websites in a number of areas including internet safety, childhood obesity, and suicide.
Red Dot Guidance Channel OnLine
An online portal offering access to newsletters and an online magazine including ful articles, interviews, tips, website reviews, and other content that addresses the social, emotional, and educational issues facing today’s youth.
Red Dot Help for Tobacco Addiction
A comprehensive and content-dense website providing information on tobacco cessation, maintained by David Stamps, a New Hampshire resident and a former smoker
Red Dot Join Together
A national organization that provides strategies and resources to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment
Red Dot Mickey’s Place In The Sun
Child services, troubled teens, domestic violence, child molestation, volunteer work and an array of other produces and service
Red Dot New Futures - NH
A New Hampshire- based non-profit organization promoting effective strategies that reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug problems
Red Dot Parents: The Anti-Drug
Information and education for parents
Red Dot Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support
Assisting schools in establishing appropriate behavior as the norm
Red Dot Prevention Institute
A national organization that works to establish prevention as the center of community well-being
Red Dot Promising Practices Network
A national network that identifies and describes evidence-based programs and practices that are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth, and families
Red Dot Public/Private Ventures
A national, action-based research and public policy and program development organization
Red Dot Reclaiming Futures Initiative
A national pilot project funded through the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation that assists communities to help teens overcome drugs, alcohol, and crime; Belknap County is one of the ten pilot sites
Red Dot SAMHSA Prevention / Centers for the Application of
Prevention Technologies
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides current information on prevention theories, practices, and resources
Red Dot The Marin Institute
The Marin Institute, a California-based entity, promotes effective alcohol policy, conducts media advocacy, and supports grassroots campaigns in Marin County, California and nationwide
Red Dot Tufts University Child & Family WebGuide
A comprehensive directory with links to the best sites about infants, children, and teens supported by the William T. Grant Foundation and maintained by Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts
Red Dot US Cooperative Extension Programs
Links to Cooperative Extension websites around the country
Red Dot Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
Information on prevention compiled by the State of Wisconsin
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3. Community Development / Youth Development / Parenting
Red Dot America’s Promise
Partnership alliance committed to seeing that children experience the fundamental resources they need to succeed (caring adults, safe places, a healthy start, an effective education and opportunities to help others) – at home, in school and out in the community.
Red Dot Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD)
Established in 1995 by the Community Development Program at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research, is built upon three decades of community development research by John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight
Red Dot Better Together
BetterTogether provides interactive ways to celebrate and learn from the ways that Americans are connecting, and provides tools and strategies to reconnect with others; a look at Civic Engagement and Social Capital
Red Dot The Case Foundation
Sustainable solutions to complex social problems through collaboration, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
Red Dot Center For Wise Democracy
A national non-profit organization offering a new structural approach to genuine democracy in public and private arenas
Red Dot Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement
Involving citizens in civic life
Red Dot Connecticut Assets Network
A private, nonprofit organization promoting strength-based and resiliency building strategies for positive youth and community development.
Red Dot Coalition for Community and Schools
An alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K-16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school networks. The Coalition advocates for community schools as the vehicle for strengthening schools, families and communities so that together they can improve student learning.
Red Dot Community Action Network
A public/private partnership of 14 organizations in Austin and Travis County, TX who are interested in the social well-being of its citizens
Red Dot ContentBank
Online resources that support community organizing
Red Dot Every Day Democracy
Helping communities to find ways for all kinds of people to think, talk and work together to solve problems
Red Dot Family Support America
The national resource organization for the theory, policy, and practice of family support
Red Dot Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
An international non-profit that assists others to understand the principles and practices of servant leadership
Red Dot Leadership For A Changing World
A national initiative that (1) recognizes leaders who bring positive change to their communities and (2) encourages public dialogue on effective social justice leadership
Red Dot Making Connections
A national initiative sponsored by the Annie E Casey Foundation that focuses on ways to positively impact the life circumstances of this country's children and families through resident leadership and to model that work for others. Community members, policymakers, nonprofits, and businesses can find ways to promote meaningful resident participation in community leadership and decision making on this new Resource
Red Dot National Civic League
America's original advocate for community democracy. It is a non-profit, non-partisan, membership organization dedicated to strengthening citizen democracy by transforming democratic institutions
Red Dot New Ways To Work
A team of experienced and dedicated professionals focused on improving the lives of our nation's youth. New Ways guides a process that brings the right people together with customized tools for powerful learning and dramatic change. Building on "the best stuff out there," New Ways engages and supports local communities in the invention and renewal of connected, comprehensive youth-serving systems.
Red Dot Search Institute
A national, independent nonprofit organization providing leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities.
Red Dot The Connecticut Assets Network (CAN)
Grassroots nonprofit network of citizens and organizations based in Connecticut that promotes the integration and successful use of asset-based strategies for community development
Red Dot The Orton Family Foundation
The Orton Family Foundation seeks to transform the land use planning system as a pathway to vibrant and sustainable communities by helping engage and empower people to make land use decisions inspired by their community’s heart and soul - working with communities and turning ideas into action
Red Dot Time Keeper Organization
Empowering people to convert their personal time into purchasing power by helping others and by rebuilding family, neighborhood and community
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4. New Hampshire / Local Links
Red Dot Belknap County Website
Information about County departments.
Red Dot Belknap County Economic Development Council
Red Dot Belknap County UNH Cooperative Extension
Red Dot Belknap-Merrimack Community Action Program
Information about Extension Programs including 4-H, Community Development, and Consumer and Family Resources
Red Dot Belknap & Merrimack Counties Community Prevention Coalition
Red Dot Belknap County CoRe Coalition
Red Dot Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region
Red Dot CASA of NH
Red Dot Child and Family Services of New Hampshire
Red Dot Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire
Red Dot Community Health and Hospice
Red Dot FamilyStrength
Red Dot GENESIS Behavioral Health
Red Dot Greater White Mountain American Red Cross
Red Dot Greater Weirs Beach Laconia Chamber of Commerce
Red Dot Laconia Area Community Land Trust
Red Dot Laconia Housing Authority
Red Dot Laconia Main Street
Red Dot Lakes Region Child Care Centers
Red Dot Lakes Region Community Services
Red Dot Lakes Region Early Childhood and Family Resources
Red Dot Lakes Region Habitat for Humanity
Red Dot Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health, Inc
Red Dot LRGHealthcare / Lakes Region General & Franklin Regional Hospitals
Red Dot Lakes Region United Way
Red Dot Mayhew Program
Red Dot Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce
Red Dot New Beginnings: A Women’s Crisis Center
Red Dot New Hampshire Catholic Charities
Red Dot NH Center for Public Policy
Red Dot Lakes Region Community College
Red Dot New Hampshire 211
Red Dot New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Red Dot New Hampshire Children’s Trust Fund
Red Dot NH State Government
Red Dot      DHHS District Office Operations
Red Dot      Juvenile Justice Services
Red Dot      Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Treatment Programs
Red Dot New Hampshire Task Force on Women and Addictions
Red Dot Open Arms Outreach
Red Dot Ozanam Place
Red Dot Parent Information Center of NH
Red Dot Salvation Army
Red Dot Taylor Community
Red Dot The Friends Program
Red Dot The Teen Center of the Lakes Region
Red Dot UpStream
Red Dot Youth Services Bureau
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