Primarily nonprofit organizations focused on advocacy work for children's safety, rights, wellness or well being.
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Seeks to benefit children and their families by encouraging philanthropy and public service. Offers several specific activities individuals can do to improve the lives of children.
An independent nonprofit promoting the interests of children in Maryland. History and purpose, supporting data, news, opportunities, and donations.
An alliance of public, private, and nonprofit groups committed to raising awareness and expanding resources for afterschool programs.
Seeks to make government work better for children in Louisiana. Child care resources, health insurance initiatives, violence prevention programs, and media notes.
Promotes policies and practices that support children's healthy development, love of learning, and joy in living. Information about projects and how to help.
An international membership association representing more than 350 private, nonprofit child- and family-serving organizations.
Nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.
Private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the U.S. Initiatives are related to reducing teen pregnancy, improving foster care, education reform, alternatives to juvenile detention, neighborhood improvement, and increased public awareness of children's issues.
Information on mission to protect and promote through research, education and advocacy the rights and well-being of Arkansas children and their families, to assure that they have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.
A child advocacy organization. Find information about programs, special projects, news, and events.
Children's advocacy group with an array of programs that provide services in education, health, housing, mental health and employment.
A coalition of 40 Provincial Organizations and hundreds of community groups who promote legislation, policy and practice that will enable children and youth to achieve their full potential and to participate in making a better world.
A cross-Canada public education movement to build public awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
The Coalition aims to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth advocates of children's rights as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration.
The Center, which is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Law School, uses representation, training, legislative advocacy, and consultation to protect the rights of children.
Serves the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing medical, educational, psychiatric, legal and legislative issues.
Uses research to improve state and federal policy regarding children and families. News, publications, Iowa projects, and national projects.
Dedicated to improving foster care, adoption, special education, juvenile justice, and youth homes in Illinois.
Provides a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation. Develops informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors.
Information on the status of children in India and the organization's efforts to provide them food, clothing, shelter, and education.
Children's advocacy organization active in lobbying and humanitarian projects in the US. History and current programs described; links to publications, childrearing resources, and sponsors.
Dedicated to providing long-term care to needy children worldwide by offering information on child sponsorship and poverty reduction, action alerts, and online donation options.
Database containing up-to-date information on issues about children and armed conflict, including press releases and links to other relevant sites.
Seeks to improve the lives of children in the greater Houston, Texas area through advocacy, policy analysis, and research. Issues, data, and publications.
Dedicated to the wellbeing of each and every child in Oregon. Includes policy agenda, news, data, and publications.
A nonpartisan, independent voice for children based in California, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action. Provides articles and resources in the areas of Children and the Media, Talking with Kids, and Working Families.
Promotes the well being of Arizona's children through advocacy, education, and research. Press releases, fact sheets, legislative agenda, and publications.
The Institute, which is affiliated with the University of San Diego School of Law, represents the interest of children in legislative, judicial, and administrative matters.
An advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health, safety, and economic well being of children in Washington state. Offers publications, training opportunities, and resources for advocacy and outreach.
Advocacy for American children, particularly poor and minority children and those with disabilities. Issues and programs include: Head Start, Healthy Start, Stand for Children, child care, health insurance, child safety, moral education.
Works to provide health coverage for uninsured and underinsured children; affordable child care for working parents; improved, consistent child support; welfare reform that helps low-income families and children; safety for children and reunification for families through reforms to the child welfare system.
Building strong partnerships and coalitions to address emerging children's health issues throughout Wisconsin.
National research, policy analysis, and advocacy organization focused on children and technology, children's health care, and building a broad constituency to support children's issues.
Watchdog group dedicated to reforming government child welfare services across the US. Statistics, reports on pending legislation, policy and research position papers, cases, and news.
Organization which seeks to eliminate child abuse and strengthen families in Massachusetts through programs, publications, and other resources.
Focuses on the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and injury. Provides training and education for professionals as well as funds, supports, and monitors prevention programs.
Seeks to educate Florida's legislature on important issues facing children and families. Events, position papers, and advocacy toolkit.
An association of Colorado nonprofit child welfare agencies advocating on behalf of at-risk children and families.
Seeks to improve the health, safety, education, and economic security of children in Colorado. Newsletter, early childhood initiatives, information for the media, and legislative updates.
Seeks to build a growing collection of permanent funds, the income from which will be used to enhance the educational, physical, social, cultural and environmental well-being of the islands' people.
Offers practical guidelines to organizations focused on improving their communities. Topics include leadership, strategic planning, grant writing, and community assessment.
Network of parents, teachers, and other concerned individuals, who are dedicated to creating a safe and healthy world for children.
Independent, nonprofit organization committed to decreasing poverty, neglect and inequality through public education, research, advocacy, and policy development.
An independent, non-profit, multi-issue advocacy organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children living in the District of Columbia. Includes advocacy, resources, and project information.
An independent non-governmental organization working to promote and protect the rights of the child.
Seeks to improve the health, economic well being, and educational outcomes of Georgia's children. Community assistance, state initiatives, and best practices.
Resources for parents who care for children with special needs, including links to a nationwide directory of Parent Centers on Disability.
A national non-profit organization dedicated to helping children in child protective services, criminal and family courts, and foster care systems across the United States.
A resource for tweens and teens, providing self-esteem and character development tools and programs. Includes a radio show, in-school presentations and Emotional Learning Activity Plans for schools and youth serving organizations.
Provides tools and information to youth organizations in Indiana. Data, publications, grant tips, and consulting services.
An international organization based in Canada that seeks to protect, defend and promote the rights and the welfare of all children. Supports the principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
An international non-governmental organization to protect, preserve and promote the child’s right to play as a fundamental human right.
Serves the Edmonton community in Alberta, Canada, regardless of their religious denomination, while specializing in Muslim needs. Youth development programs, domestic violence counseling, and food and clothing assistance.
Designed to serve children who are orphans, handicapped, sexually abused, physically abused and pregnant teenagers in developing countries and economies of our world.
Aims to improve the lives of children and their families in Silicon Valley by developing community partnerships to promote and protect their interests and serving as an advocate on their behalf.
A registered UK charity committed to keeping children safe from harm or abuse.
Dedicated to fighting child abuse through advocacy, outreach, and education. Publications and resources for parents, kids and teens.
A non-profit child advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and their families.
Aims to elevate children's issues to the top of the public agenda in Massachusetts. News, hotlines, and projects on preventing child abuse and shaken baby syndrome.
Non-profit organization that promotes a strategy of intervening before problems limit a child's potential. Programs, news, publications, and legislative issues.
This site supports efforts in educational equity and social justice and provides resources for students and educators and valuable links to other sites.
Child advocacy and professional membership association representing children that are involved in the court system as victims of abuse and neglect or subjects of custody, visitation and adoption cases. Information about training and technical assistance, policy advocacy, and events.
The Center, which is affiliated with Columbia University, produces reports, fact sheets, and press material that highlight strategies to end child poverty in the United States.
Seeks to protect abused and neglected children, increase youths’ access to health care and other public benefits, and ensure the fair treatment of youth in the juvenile justice system. News, publications, and contact information.
Works to make the system better serve America's most vulnerable children by trying to change policies concerning child abuse, foster care and family preservation.
Resources to assist child welfare agency professionals in preserving families at risk of having children removed, reuniting removed children whenever possible, and encouraging fathers' involvement in their children's lives.
An organization that promotes, advocates and is a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
Dedicated to ensuring that young people can be safe and lead healthy and productive lives.
Provides news, reports, and resources on issues affecting the well-being of North Carolina's children. Special emphasis on child abuse, health care, education, and juvenile justice.
Seeks legislative action, changes in public attitudes, and broad constituencies to improve the well being of children in Oklahoma. Legislative agenda, statistics, initiatives, and advocacy tools.
Provides information on California and federal legislation affecting young children with a focus on child care and development programs.
Focuses on the health, early education, and well being of children in Pennsylvania. Legislative updates, publications, calendar, and news.
Seeks greater funding and support for health insurance, education, transportation, and public benefits for children and families in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. Health care resources, events, and press releases.
Provides funding support for community programs run by the Toronto Police Service Community Policing Unit on behalf of kids at risk.
Presents a fact-based, objective picture of the health, educational and emotional status of boys today in Santa Fe, New Mexico and in the United States.
Dedicated to publicizing an Illinois law designed to assist women who might otherwise abandon their babies in unsafe places. Offers adoption information, outreach materials, and a hotline.
Develops and strengthens the movement for equity in education and child care. Funds initiatives aimed at improving public policy and educational and advocacy organizations.
A nationally acclaimed all volunteer nonprofit organization committed to the rescue of homeless and street kids. Working with high risk youth, runaways, children of the night, and throwaways. Twenty outreach program in nine states.
Since 1997, Sunday Friends has met each week empowering hundreds of homeless and very low income families as they have worked with thousands of volunteers to give back to the San Jose community. By engaging in every day activities, children and their parents learn social and economic skills that enrich their lives.
Independent agency created by the state legislature to advocate for children and support community efforts to improve the lives of children. Newsletter, data, and legislation.
Devoted to improving the lives of children in Texas. Legislative policy, events, campaigns, and advocacy resources.
An association of private child and family welfare agencies in Texas. Advocacy, training, and publications.
Provides advocacy, community leadership, and services for women and their families in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and surrounding areas. Child care, domestic violence prevention, and shelter programs.
Strives to improve the lives of children in Westchester County, New York by focusing on improved health care, less gun violence, and better foster care services.
A planned community for approximately 500 orphaned, neglected and abused children from Georgia, the United States and the world.
A leading, international, Christian aid organisation that is working worldwide to bring hope and change to communities in need through our relief and development projects aimed at helping children in developing countries.
Non-profit, public interest law office that investigates abuse in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
The Center, which is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Law School, uses representation, training, legislative advocacy, and consultation to protect the rights of children.
An international non-governmental organization to protect, preserve and promote the child’s right to play as a fundamental human right.
Devoted to improving the lives of children in Texas. Legislative policy, events, campaigns, and advocacy resources.
Focuses on the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and injury. Provides training and education for professionals as well as funds, supports, and monitors prevention programs.
Organization which seeks to eliminate child abuse and strengthen families in Massachusetts through programs, publications, and other resources.
An independent, non-profit, multi-issue advocacy organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children living in the District of Columbia. Includes advocacy, resources, and project information.
Seeks legislative action, changes in public attitudes, and broad constituencies to improve the well being of children in Oklahoma. Legislative agenda, statistics, initiatives, and advocacy tools.
Dedicated to providing long-term care to needy children worldwide by offering information on child sponsorship and poverty reduction, action alerts, and online donation options.
Non-profit, public interest law office that investigates abuse in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
Works to make the system better serve America's most vulnerable children by trying to change policies concerning child abuse, foster care and family preservation.
Independent agency created by the state legislature to advocate for children and support community efforts to improve the lives of children. Newsletter, data, and legislation.
Database containing up-to-date information on issues about children and armed conflict, including press releases and links to other relevant sites.
An independent non-governmental organization working to promote and protect the rights of the child.
A resource for tweens and teens, providing self-esteem and character development tools and programs. Includes a radio show, in-school presentations and Emotional Learning Activity Plans for schools and youth serving organizations.
Seeks to educate Florida's legislature on important issues facing children and families. Events, position papers, and advocacy toolkit.
Promotes the well being of Arizona's children through advocacy, education, and research. Press releases, fact sheets, legislative agenda, and publications.
Information on the status of children in India and the organization's efforts to provide them food, clothing, shelter, and education.
Seeks to protect abused and neglected children, increase youths’ access to health care and other public benefits, and ensure the fair treatment of youth in the juvenile justice system. News, publications, and contact information.
Dedicated to the wellbeing of each and every child in Oregon. Includes policy agenda, news, data, and publications.
Seeks to build a growing collection of permanent funds, the income from which will be used to enhance the educational, physical, social, cultural and environmental well-being of the islands' people.
An independent nonprofit promoting the interests of children in Maryland. History and purpose, supporting data, news, opportunities, and donations.
Independent, nonprofit organization committed to decreasing poverty, neglect and inequality through public education, research, advocacy, and policy development.
Information on mission to protect and promote through research, education and advocacy the rights and well-being of Arkansas children and their families, to assure that they have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.
A non-profit child advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and their families.
Works to provide health coverage for uninsured and underinsured children; affordable child care for working parents; improved, consistent child support; welfare reform that helps low-income families and children; safety for children and reunification for families through reforms to the child welfare system.
A child advocacy organization. Find information about programs, special projects, news, and events.
A nonpartisan, independent voice for children based in California, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action. Provides articles and resources in the areas of Children and the Media, Talking with Kids, and Working Families.
Aims to improve the lives of children and their families in Silicon Valley by developing community partnerships to promote and protect their interests and serving as an advocate on their behalf.
The Institute, which is affiliated with the University of San Diego School of Law, represents the interest of children in legislative, judicial, and administrative matters.
Seeks to improve the health, economic well being, and educational outcomes of Georgia's children. Community assistance, state initiatives, and best practices.
Network of parents, teachers, and other concerned individuals, who are dedicated to creating a safe and healthy world for children.
Promotes policies and practices that support children's healthy development, love of learning, and joy in living. Information about projects and how to help.
Presents a fact-based, objective picture of the health, educational and emotional status of boys today in Santa Fe, New Mexico and in the United States.
An association of private child and family welfare agencies in Texas. Advocacy, training, and publications.
Since 1997, Sunday Friends has met each week empowering hundreds of homeless and very low income families as they have worked with thousands of volunteers to give back to the San Jose community. By engaging in every day activities, children and their parents learn social and economic skills that enrich their lives.
Children's advocacy group with an array of programs that provide services in education, health, housing, mental health and employment.
A national non-profit organization dedicated to helping children in child protective services, criminal and family courts, and foster care systems across the United States.
Seeks to improve the lives of children in the greater Houston, Texas area through advocacy, policy analysis, and research. Issues, data, and publications.
Seeks to improve the health, safety, education, and economic security of children in Colorado. Newsletter, early childhood initiatives, information for the media, and legislative updates.
Uses research to improve state and federal policy regarding children and families. News, publications, Iowa projects, and national projects.
Seeks to make government work better for children in Louisiana. Child care resources, health insurance initiatives, violence prevention programs, and media notes.
Provides tools and information to youth organizations in Indiana. Data, publications, grant tips, and consulting services.
Focuses on the health, early education, and well being of children in Pennsylvania. Legislative updates, publications, calendar, and news.
Strives to improve the lives of children in Westchester County, New York by focusing on improved health care, less gun violence, and better foster care services.
Aims to elevate children's issues to the top of the public agenda in Massachusetts. News, hotlines, and projects on preventing child abuse and shaken baby syndrome.
Seeks greater funding and support for health insurance, education, transportation, and public benefits for children and families in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. Health care resources, events, and press releases.
Non-profit organization that promotes a strategy of intervening before problems limit a child's potential. Programs, news, publications, and legislative issues.
Dedicated to publicizing an Illinois law designed to assist women who might otherwise abandon their babies in unsafe places. Offers adoption information, outreach materials, and a hotline.
Seeks to benefit children and their families by encouraging philanthropy and public service. Offers several specific activities individuals can do to improve the lives of children.
Serves the Edmonton community in Alberta, Canada, regardless of their religious denomination, while specializing in Muslim needs. Youth development programs, domestic violence counseling, and food and clothing assistance.
A nationally acclaimed all volunteer nonprofit organization committed to the rescue of homeless and street kids. Working with high risk youth, runaways, children of the night, and throwaways. Twenty outreach program in nine states.
Resources to assist child welfare agency professionals in preserving families at risk of having children removed, reuniting removed children whenever possible, and encouraging fathers' involvement in their children's lives.
An alliance of public, private, and nonprofit groups committed to raising awareness and expanding resources for afterschool programs.
A leading, international, Christian aid organisation that is working worldwide to bring hope and change to communities in need through our relief and development projects aimed at helping children in developing countries.
Dedicated to ensuring that young people can be safe and lead healthy and productive lives.
An international organization based in Canada that seeks to protect, defend and promote the rights and the welfare of all children. Supports the principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Offers practical guidelines to organizations focused on improving their communities. Topics include leadership, strategic planning, grant writing, and community assessment.
Provides a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation. Develops informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors.
Watchdog group dedicated to reforming government child welfare services across the US. Statistics, reports on pending legislation, policy and research position papers, cases, and news.
Develops and strengthens the movement for equity in education and child care. Funds initiatives aimed at improving public policy and educational and advocacy organizations.
An international membership association representing more than 350 private, nonprofit child- and family-serving organizations.
Building strong partnerships and coalitions to address emerging children's health issues throughout Wisconsin.
An association of Colorado nonprofit child welfare agencies advocating on behalf of at-risk children and families.
Provides advocacy, community leadership, and services for women and their families in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and surrounding areas. Child care, domestic violence prevention, and shelter programs.
Dedicated to improving foster care, adoption, special education, juvenile justice, and youth homes in Illinois.
Dedicated to fighting child abuse through advocacy, outreach, and education. Publications and resources for parents, kids and teens.
Provides funding support for community programs run by the Toronto Police Service Community Policing Unit on behalf of kids at risk.
Provides news, reports, and resources on issues affecting the well-being of North Carolina's children. Special emphasis on child abuse, health care, education, and juvenile justice.
An advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health, safety, and economic well being of children in Washington state. Offers publications, training opportunities, and resources for advocacy and outreach.
The Center, which is affiliated with Columbia University, produces reports, fact sheets, and press material that highlight strategies to end child poverty in the United States.
National research, policy analysis, and advocacy organization focused on children and technology, children's health care, and building a broad constituency to support children's issues.
Provides information on California and federal legislation affecting young children with a focus on child care and development programs.
The Coalition aims to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth advocates of children's rights as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration.
Child advocacy and professional membership association representing children that are involved in the court system as victims of abuse and neglect or subjects of custody, visitation and adoption cases. Information about training and technical assistance, policy advocacy, and events.
Children's advocacy organization active in lobbying and humanitarian projects in the US. History and current programs described; links to publications, childrearing resources, and sponsors.
This site supports efforts in educational equity and social justice and provides resources for students and educators and valuable links to other sites.
Advocacy for American children, particularly poor and minority children and those with disabilities. Issues and programs include: Head Start, Healthy Start, Stand for Children, child care, health insurance, child safety, moral education.
A cross-Canada public education movement to build public awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
A coalition of 40 Provincial Organizations and hundreds of community groups who promote legislation, policy and practice that will enable children and youth to achieve their full potential and to participate in making a better world.
Resources for parents who care for children with special needs, including links to a nationwide directory of Parent Centers on Disability.
Designed to serve children who are orphans, handicapped, sexually abused, physically abused and pregnant teenagers in developing countries and economies of our world.
An organization that promotes, advocates and is a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
Nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.
Serves the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing medical, educational, psychiatric, legal and legislative issues.
A registered UK charity committed to keeping children safe from harm or abuse.
Private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the U.S. Initiatives are related to reducing teen pregnancy, improving foster care, education reform, alternatives to juvenile detention, neighborhood improvement, and increased public awareness of children's issues.
A planned community for approximately 500 orphaned, neglected and abused children from Georgia, the United States and the world.
