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  1. Chat - Private for Teachers or Families (HeyNetwork.com)
      Allows chat areas to be set up for teachers or families to use safely, without outside intrusions. Free online discussions without additional software. 12-99

  2. Flight 93 Families (Todd Beamer Foundation)
      Provides support for families of United Airlines Flight 93, the flight that overcame the terrorists and prevented a much larger disaster. Todd Beamer was one of the heroes who stopped the terrorists at the expense of his own life. At least four who were involved in stopping the terrorists were Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Jeremy Glick, and Tom Burnett. Todd is known for saying "Let's roll" just before taking on the terrorists. 11-01

  3. Reading Skills - What Families Can Do (U.S. Department of Education)
      Provides sources of information. 8-02

  4. Reading Skills - Action Steps for Families (U.S. Department of Education)
      Provides over a dozen suggestions for helping children become better at reading. 8-02

  5. 11-01-03 More Families Now Hungry (CBS News)
      "About 12 million American families last year worried that they couldn't afford to buy food, and 32 percent of them actually experienced someone going hungry at one time or another, the Agriculture Department said Friday." 11-03

  6. September 11th Families for Peace (PeacefulTomorrows.org)
      "Peaceful Tomorrows is an organization founded by family members of those killed on September 11th who have united to turn our grief into action for peace. By developing and advocating nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice, we hope to break the cycles of violence engendered by war and terrorism. Acknowledging our common experience with all people affected by violence throughout the world, we work to create a safer and more peaceful world for everyone." 09-08

  7. 05-10-09 Economy Puts Families on the Streets (CNN News)
      "Salinas has been working to help the homeless here for eight years now, driving the streets every day looking for people hiding under bridges and in abandoned properties. More and more of late, there are people in business clothes, heading off to work. More and more, they are women with young children." 05-09

  8. -04-07-11 Food or Rent? How Will Families of Soldiers Handle a Government Shutdown? (CNN News)
      "If the government actually shuts down, many public services, from passport processing to national parks, could close. Only services critical for the protection of life and property -- like national security -- would continue. Nonessential federal workers would be furloughed. Essential workers, like military personnel, would continue working, but their pay would be delayed until the shutdown is over."

      "One more thing -- Ryan's changes affect only those who are now 55 or younger. Everyone else still gets traditional Medicare. This means that younger Americans will have to pay for their elders' potentially better and cheaper insurance but will not get it themselves." 04-11

  9. -05-31-12 Airlines Now Against Families? (Time.com)
      "The fees aren’t chump change. Schumer writes that a family of four could incur $200 in seat reservations charges just so that they could sit together on both legs of a round trip"

      "Now, the nonprofit Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA), which works on the behalf of travelers’ rights, has chimed in to criticize the rise of fees for seat reservations and baggage, as well as the decrease in policies allowing passengers with special needs to board planes first." 05-12

  10. -158 Families Contributed Over Half the Political Funding (New York Times)
      "Just 158 families, along with companies they own or control, contributed $176 million in the first phase of the campaign, a New York Times investigation found. Not since before Watergate have so few people and businesses provided so much early money in a campaign, most of it through channels legalized by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision five years ago."

      "The 158 families each contributed $250,000 or more in the campaign through June 30, according to the most recent available Federal Election Commission filings and other data, while an additional 200 families gave more than $100,000. Together, the two groups contributed well over half the money in the presidential election -- the vast majority of it supporting Republicans." 10-15

  11. Extreme Homes for Special Families (Extreme Makeover Home Edition)
      Provides homes for families with special needs. Includes the possibility for families to apply for an "extreme home."

      "Put together one very run-down house, a deserving family, several opinionated designers, seven days and what do you get? The answer is - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." 07-06

  12. -04-30-09 Pandemic Flu Checklist for Families (PandemicFlu.com)
      "You can prepare for an influenza pandemic now. You should know both the magnitude of what can happen during a pandemic outbreak and what actions you can take to help lessen the impact of an influenza pandemic on you and your family. This checklist will help you gather the information and resources you may need in case of a flu pandemic." 04-09

  13. Facts for Families (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
      Provides basic facts related to over 100 issues of concern to parents. 10-09

  14. Low Income Resources for Families

  15. Helping Programs for Families in Need in Oregon (OregonHelps.org)
      Provides assistance with Food Stamps, Oregon Health Plan, Employment Related Day Care (ERDC), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Federal Housing Assistance, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Federal Earned Income Tax Credit and Oregon's Earned Income Credit, Oregon's Working Family Tax Credit, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), National School Lunch Program, Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program(WIC), and Emergency Food. Provides information in English, Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese. 5-03

  16. Challenging Travels (GOALS)
      Provides the stories of individuals and families who have taken on extreme challenges, such as pedaling around the world or kayaking around New Zealand. 5-00

  17. Languages of the World (Summer Institute of Linguistics - Ethnologue.com)
      Provides information about geographic distribution, languages of special interest, language by country, language families, names of languages, and more. 10-05

  18. Letters of the Civil War (civil-war.net)
      Provides letters from soldiers to their families. 7-00

  19. Helping Your Children Cope in a Time of Crisis and Fear (FamilyEducation - Abel)
      Provides suggestions on what to say to children by grade level. For example, it is good for older children to be able to participate in helping in some way, such as writing letters of condolence to families of victims. 9-01

  20. Safe Schools (Awesome Library)
      While the disaster in New York City has been an opportunity to pull together as a nation, and as a world, it also provides an opportunity to fight prejudice that arises from such a crisis. Schools and families can assure children and teens that while the assailants may have come from a single region of the world, children and families of Arabian descent or Muslim heritage in the USA are also in grief over the incident--but could be targets of misplaced anger. Teachers and parents can help to prevent the expression of misplaced anger toward innocent children and families in the USA. 9-01

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