Advocacy
Center for Children
[508-799-6114] 71 Pleasant Street, Worcester,
MA 01609 |
AIDS
Action Committee
[617-450-1434] 131 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116
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Association
for Children of New Jersey
A statewide child advocacy organization which acts as
a non-partisan voice to improve the lives and living
conditions of New Jersey's Children. |
Campaign
For Our Children
a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating
educational media campaigns which are designed to promote
adolescent preventive health issues. |
Children
Now
Children Now utilizes research and mass communications
to make the well-being of children a top priority across
the nation. |
Coalition
to Protect America's Health Care
The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care is an
organization of hospitals and businesses that are funding
an 18-month ad campaign to raise hospital and health
care issues to a high level of visibility in our communities.
|
Families
USA
An organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality,
affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
|
Federation
for Children with Special Needs
Provides information, support, and assistance to parents
of children with disabilities, their professional partners,
and their communities. |
Food
Research and Action Center
A leading national organization working to improve
public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition
in the United States.
|
Georgia
Council on Child Abuse
A private, citizen-based, nonprofit organization dedicated
to the prevention of child abuse. |
Gordon
Training International
Provides communication and conflict resolution skills
for creating effective and lasting relationships at
home and in the workplace. |
HandsNet
Works to make online collaboration and information sharing
a reality for the human services community. |
Health
Care For All
Health Care For All is building a movement of empowered
people and communities with the goal of creating a health
care system that is responsive to the needs of all people,
particularly the most vulnerable. |
Human
Services Policy Center
Conducts policy and data analysis and provides training,
technical assistance and consultation to improve the
well-being of children, families and communities. |
Independent
Sector
Promotes, strengthens, and advances the nonprofit and
philanthropic community to foster private initiative
for the public good. |
Indiana
Youth Institute
Promotes the healthy development of children and youth
by serving the institutions and people of Indiana who
work on their behalf. |
Lawyers
for Children (NY)
Non-profit organization in NY dedicated to representing
children in foster care. Provide free legal and social
work services to children who are the subject of abuse,
neglect, termination of parental rights, adoption, guardianship,
paternity, custody and visitation proceedings. |
| Maryland
Advocates for Children and Youth |
Massachusetts
Appleseed
Advocacy and legal assistance for children. Projects
include: Kinship Care - legal assistance for kinship
care givers to explore legal options for providing stability
for children in their care; Expediting Placement of
Foster Children in Permanent Homes; Responsible Fatherhood
Project - a legal assistance program for never-married
fathers who need counseling regarding their legal rights
and responsibilities with respect to their children;
a Mortgage Refinancing Program for low-income borrowers
victimized by sub-prime lenders;and Assistance for Pro
Se Litigants in Bankruptcy Court. |
MassCASA
The mission of the Massachusetts Court Appointed Special
Advocate Association is to speak for the best interests
of abused and neglected children in the courts. Massachusetts
CASA promotes and supports quality volunteer representation
for children to provide each child a safe, permanent,
nurturing home. This is a great volunteer opportunity
for adults. |
| Michigan
League for Human Services |
Michigan's
Children
Michigan's Children maintains an extensive database
of information about child and family well-being in
Michigan's counties, cities and townships. |
Montana
Children's Trust Fund
Provides grants and technical support to community-based
organizations for innovative child abuse and neglect
prevention, education and support programs for parents,
families and abused or neglected children. |
National
Call To Action
Working to eliminate child abuse and neglect. |
National
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A national organization that works to end violence in
the lives of battered women and their children. Provides
information, technical assistance, publications, newsletters,
and resource materials. |
National
Coalition for the Homeless
Advocacy network committed to ending homelessness through
public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing,
and technical assistance. |
National
Coalition on Health Care
Working to achieve better more affordable health care
for all Americans |
National
Low Income Housing Coalition
NLIHC provides up-to-date information, formulates policy,
and educates the public on housing needs and the strategies
for solutions. |
National
Welfare Monitoring & Advocacy Partnership
Monitors of welfare at the community level to inform
both grass roots and national advocacy efforts and to
build the capacity of local communities to advocate
on their own behalf. |
Oklahoma
Institute for Child Advocacy
Information and assistance for issues relating to
children and youth in Oklahoma. |
Parents
Advocacy League
As the statewide chapter of the Federation of Families
for Children's Mental Health, PAL provides support,
education, and advocacy around issues related to children's
mental health. |
Pennsylvania
Partnerships for Children
Provides an extensive line of reports on the status
of children and their families. |
Prevent
Child Abuse America
Learn more about the prevention of child abuse and neglect,
and how you can help. |
| Prevent
Child Abuse Massachusetts |
Project
NoSpank
A resource for students, parents, educators, health
care professionals, policymakers, and everyone who believes
that children's optimal development occurs in nurturing,
violence-free environments and that every child has
the right to grow and learn in such an environment.
|
Shaken
Baby Alliance
Provides support for SBS victim families (Including
adoptive and foster parents), advocates for justice
for SBS victims, and increases SBS awareness. |
Stand
for Children
Identifies, trains, and connects local children's activists
engaging in advocacy, awareness-raising, and service
initiatives on an ongoing basis. |
Success
By 6
Diligently aggregates volunteer and monetary resources
to positively impact the lives of children, youth, seniors,
and others in need with approximately 1.8 million services
annually. Phone: 617-624-8150 |
The
Finance Project
[202-628-4200] 1000 Vermont Ave, NW Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20005--Provide technical assistance &
info on programs for funding childrens programs. |
Utah
Children
Provides a bridge between community programs and state
policy making. |
VOICES
for Alabama's Children
Researches conditions, communicates information, advocates
policies and practices in the public and private sectors
|
Voices
for Illinois Children
Works with families, communities and policy makers to
ensure that all children grow up healthy, nurtured,
safe and well-educated. |
