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Techniques of an Identity Thief
Shiva Brent Sharma, who is serving a two- to four-year prison term, describes the techniques he used as an online identity thief.
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Legal Information For Single Moms
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Volunteer Legal Services Program of The Bar Association of San Francisco
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Family/Domestic Violence
• Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/acf_services.html
Domestic Violence (National Domestic Violence Hotline) Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233); TTY: 1-800-787-3224
U.S. Department of Justice, National Sex Offender Public
• Index of major pages on the U.S. Department of Justice Web site
The Bar Association of San Francisco – Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP)
VLSP provides pro bono legal services.
465 California Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 1-415-982-1600 Email: vlsp@sfbar.org
Child Support Network
Child Support Network (CSN) is a specialized service company that locates missing parents and collects court ordered family support payments. Family support includes child support, spousal support, medical support, and educational support. We are the alternative to overburdened state child support agencies.
The CSN collection team is made up of seasoned, experienced collectors using state-of-the-art computer systems. Their approach is firm but professional and is based on years of proven results.
CSN is licensed and bonded, and they are a member of the Single Parents Association and the American Collectors Association.
NationalChildSupport
National Child Support has the nation's leading experts at helping parents collect delinquent child support.
Support Collectors
Support Collectors is a private child support collection and enforcement agency that offers its services to parents nationwide.
SupportGuidelines.com
SupportGuidelines.com is the comprehensive resource for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States. Because the law of child support depends heavily on the construction of child support guidelines, this site provides access to the actual text of the child support guidelines for all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Supportkids
Supportkids is the nation's leading private child support collection company. The company has over 175 dedicated child support services professionals.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.
National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
NOVA is a private, non-profit organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)
NCYL uses the law to improve the lives of poor children. NCYL works to ensure that low-income children have the resources, support, and opportunities they need for a healthy and productive future. Much of NCYL's work is focused on poor children who are additionally challenged by abuse and neglect, disability, or other disadvantage.
405 14th Street, 15th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: 1-510-835-8098 Fax: 1- 510-835-8099 Email: info@youthlaw.org
The National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
NCVC is the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Since its inception in 1985, the National Center has worked with grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States serving millions of crime victims.
The mission of NCVC is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. We are dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime.
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 1-202-467-8700 Fax: 1-202-467-8701
Legal Momentum (formerly NOW)
Advancing Women’s Rights Since 1970
Founded in 1970 as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Legal Momentum is a leader in establishing litigation and public policy strategies to secure equality and justice for women.
The current programs are:
395 Hudson Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10014 Phone: 1-212-925-6635 Fax: 1-212-226-1066
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
CLASP is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all.
1015 15th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 1-202-906-8000 Fax: 1-202-842-2885
Legal Services Corporation (LCS)
LSC provides civil legal assistance to those in need. LSC funds 138 legal aid programs with over 900 offices around the nation to help poor Americans gain equal access to the judicial system.
Legal Services Corporation 3333 K Street, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20007-3522 Phone: 1-202-295-1500 Fax: 1-202-337-6797 Email: info@lsc.gov
National Partnership for Women & Families
The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 1-202-986-2600 Fax: 1-202-986-2539 Email: info@nationalpartnership.org
CyberAngels
CyberAngels is one of the oldest and most respected online safety education programs in the world. The program is a virtual learning community - earning a prominent position among online safety education providers.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Charles B. Wang International Children's Building 699 Prince Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3175 Phone: 1-703-274-3900 Fax: 1-703-274-2200 Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
GetNetWise
GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
OVW is committed to raising awareness and supporting training and services responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
NCJRS offers a range of services and resources, balancing the information needs of the field with the technological means to receive and access support.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.
National Consumers League’s Fraud Center
NCL gives consumers the information they need to avoid becoming victims of telemarketing and Internet fraud and to help them get their complaints to law enforcement agencies quickly and easily.
Child Support
All States and territories run a child support enforcement program, usually in the human services department, department of revenue, or the State Attorney General’s office, often with the help of prosecuting attorneys, district attorneys, other law enforcement agencies and officials of family or domestic relations courts. Native American Tribes, too, can operate culturally appropriate child support programs with Federal funding. Families seeking government child support services must apply directly through their state/local agency or one of the tribes running the program. Services are available to a parent with custody of a child whose other parent is living outside the home. Services are available automatically for families receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Services within the CSE: locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity, establishing support orders, collecting support payments, services for Non-Custodial parents.
Family and Youth Services Bureau
The mission of the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is to provide national leadership on youth and family issues. The Bureau promotes positive outcomes for children, youth, and families by supporting a wide range of comprehensive services and collaborations at the local, Tribal, State, and national levels.
Services: Youth Development, Family Violence, Abstinence Education Divisions, Positive Youth Development.
ChildCare.gov
ChildCare.gov is a comprehensive online resource designed to link parents, child care providers, researchers, policymakers and the general public with Federal Government sponsored child care and early learning information and resources both quickly and easily.
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On the Job, Nursing Mothers Find a 2-Class System
When a new mother returns to Starbucks’ corporate headquarters in Seattle after maternity leave, she learns what is behind the doors mysteriously marked “Lactation Room.”
Whenever she likes, she can slip away from her desk and behind those doors, sit in a plush recliner and behind curtains, and leaf through InStyle magazine as she holds a company-supplied pump to her chest, depositing her breast milk in bottles to be toted home later.
But if the mothers who staff the chain’s counters want to do the same, they must barricade themselves in small restrooms intended for customers, counting the minutes left in their breaks.
“Breast milk is supposed to be the best milk, I read it constantly when I was pregnant,” said Brittany Moore, who works at a Starbucks in Manhattan and feeds her 9-month old daughter formula. “I felt bad, I want the best for my child,” she said. “None of the moms here that I know actually breast-feed.”
Doctors firmly believe that breast milk is something of a magic elixir for babies, sharply reducing the rate of infection, and quite possibly reducing the risk of allergies, obesity, and chronic disease later in life.
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