- Social Work - Social Work Employment - Health and Mental Health - Advocacy - Native American - Aging and Gerontology -
Social
Work
National Association of Social Workers
Council on Social Work Education
State of Maine Board of Social Work Licensure
The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) is the association of boards that regulate social work. ASWB develops and maintains the social work licensing examination used across the country, and is a central resource for information on the legal regulation of social work.
The New Social Worker - networking for social work students.
Social work Access Network - Useful resource links for social workers
The Social Work Café - Cross-global exchange of information by social workers
Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc. An International Professional Organization. Advocacy and Action in Support of Group Work Practice, Education, Research, and PublicationSocial
Work Employment
National Association of Social Workers
Job Link, Information about social work careers
The Monster Board - Employment and job postings
Good Works is a national directory of social change organizations and is the first directory to present alternatives to traditional corporate employment. This directory, now in its fifth edition, lists the aims and projects of over 1000 organizations and provides background information on contacts, starting salaries and benefits, types of staff openings, available internships, annual budget and funding sources, and the application process. It also profiles individuals who are building public interest careers.
Health & Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness
Resource and information about the welfare of children
US Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Center for Mental Health Services Administration
A Mental Health Report of Surgeon General
Advocacy
Maine Women's Lobby
The Disability Rights Activist brings together much of the information needed to enable anyone interested in the rights of disabled people to work for those rights.
Advancing rights and enhancing lives of people with disabilities
Children's Defense Fund - Advocacy group for children
National Coalition of Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Youth
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Advocacy, resource network.
Eastern Maine AIDS Network, Advocacy and services organization
Child welfare League of America
Native
American
Abbe Museum - Celebrating Maine's
native American Culture, arts, and archeology
National Center for American Indian and Alaska native Mental Health Research
Timeline of Native American Culture in Maine
Aging
& Gerontology
Administration on Aging
The Gerontological Society of America
Family Caregiver Alliance WEBsite
SeniorNet (nonprofit) provides adults 50+ access to and education about computer technology and the Internet to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.
