Policy

Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy – The Goodling Institute creates policy briefs and related documents useful to family literacy educators and supporters as they advocate for their programs.

United States Code – Database containing the general and permanent laws of the United States

Government Printing Office – Produces and distributes federal government information products

General Accounting Office – The investigative arm of Congress

Federal Legislative Information – Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet, includes Congressional Record and Committee Information

Guide to U.S. Department of Education Resources & Programs – Database describing federal education programs and funding

U.S. Department of Education's No Child Left Behind (Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization) website – Information on the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

U.S. Department of Education's Fiscal Year 2006 Discretionary Grant Programs Forecast – Budget projections for federal education programs

Federal Register – Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, Executive Orders and Presidential Documents

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance – Database of all federal programs available to state and local governments, individuals and other groups, including information on federal grants

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics – Online database of federal and state statisticsand reports on children and families

Government

U.S. President

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. Department of Education – Agency administering federal education policy including the Even Start family literacy program

Head Start Bureau – Federal agency administering Head Start programs nationwide

National Institute for Literacy – Disseminates information about literacy and educational research on adults and children

National Conference on State Legislatures – Provides links to state legislature home pages

National Governor's Association – Serves as a clearinghouse of information for and about state governors

Advocacy

State, Regional and Urban Organizations Which Advocate for Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Literacy and ESL/ESOL – Contact information of organizations promoting adult education compiled by the Adult Literacy Resource Institute

Project Vote Smart – Nonpartisan information on elected officials and political issues. Using your zip code, you can identify your elected officials at the federal and state levels

Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education – Advocating for adult education in Pennsylvania

Other Resources

The Finance Project's "Economic Success Clearinghouse" – Information, policy analysis and technical assistance related to welfare, workforce development, as well as other human and community services

Food Research and Action Center – Information on federal food and nutrition programs

National Center for Family Literacy – Family literacy's home on the internet

Verizon Reads Family Literacy Networks

National Even Start Association