Grey Literature consists of governmental reports, data, and working papers that are not published in journals and are not peer reviewed.
Social Policy Resources
- The Brookings Institution - a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to conduct in-depth, nonpartisan research to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels. -- from website
- Center for the Study of Social Policy - Achieving a just society in which all children and families thrive. -- from website
- National Association of Social Workers - NASW has developed a policy agenda, which asserts the association’s advocacy priorities for the legislative cycle. -- from website
- NIH Health Policy Topics Web Archive - This collection documents federal agencies and nonprofit organizations engaged in health policy work at a national level. --from website
- Policy Archive - a comprehensive digital library of public policy research containing over 30,000 documents. -- from website
- Sahan Journal - a Minnesota nonprofit newsroom dedicated to covering immigrants and communities of color. -- from website
- World Health Organization - the world’s leading public health experts
- Congress.gov - The Library of Congress. Overview of how laws are made. Includes a congressional glossary.
- Govinfo - GovInfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
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Minnesota State Legislature - Citizens in every state elect officials to represent them at the state level. Those elected to the state's lawmaking body work on state issues, such as funding the elementary and secondary education system, setting state tax policy, and funding state human service programs. The Minnesota legislature has 67 senators and 134 representatives for a total of 201 members. -- from https://www.leg.mn.gov/leg/faq/
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MN Dept of Health - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Prevention - All ACEs are preventable. The Minnesota Department of Health’s ACEs prevention work focuses on better understanding which communities disproportionately experience ACEs; identifying and promoting prevention strategies that can increase child and family resilience; and sharing prevention resources and tools with community-based organizations. -- from website
NGO (Non Governmental Organizations) Publications
Census Data