This list of organizations was selected based on accessibility, comprehensiveness, relevancy, and accuracy, and is by no means complete, nor exclusive to rural. Contact your local or state school, mental health, youth, law enforcement, maternal and child health, and Extension professionals for additional resources. AAP exists to prepare its members with the tools, skills, and knowledge to be the best qualified health professionals. The Academy supports advocacy, education, research, service, and improving health care services for children and their families. APA is a membership organization for practitioners, researchers, educators, consultants, and students to advance psychology as a means of promoting human welfare.
Available resources focus on issues and dilemmas with family violence.
CSPV offers an interdisciplinary foundation for understanding and preventing violence. Services include topical database searches, bibliographic information, research summaries, abstracts, resource database, and videos. Through education, legal advocacy, and research, CPHV provides programs for parents and youth on the risks associated with guns. The Division of Violence Prevention in CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control focuses on youth violence including homicide, assault, and suicide. CDC provides funding, research, resources, and data.