Child Welfare
- America's Promise
The mission of America's Promise is to mobilize people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of our nation's youth by fulfilling Five Promises.
The United Nations Children's Fund
UNICEF works for the survival, development and protection of children, guided in its program’s by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
The Board on Children, Youth, and Families addresses a variety of policy-relevant issues related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. It does so by convening experts to weigh in on matters from the perspective of the behavioral, social, and health sciences.
Center for Law and Social Policy
The Center for Law and Social Policy conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low-income families with children.
Child Trends
Child Trends is a 25-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting research and providing science-based information to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children and their families.
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of America is the nations oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of Americas vulnerable children and their families.
Children Now
Children Now is a research and action organization dedicated to assuring that children grow up in economically secure families, where parents can go to work confident that their children are supported by quality health coverage, a positive media environment, a good early education, and safe, enriching activities to do after school.
Children's Rights Council
The Children's Rights Council is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status.
IN-AJSOP
The Mission of the IN-AJSOP is to continually advance the field of juvenile sexual offender intervention in the State of Indiana through the establishment of best practice standards based on empirical research; and to provide clinical, technical, and training support to professionals and organizations responsible for responding to these youth.
Institute for Child Health Policy
The Institute for Child Health Policy focuses its attention on issues of access, utilization, cost, quality and family involvement in both policy and program development and health services research. Our goal is to research, evaluate, formulate, and advance health policies, programs, and systems that promote the health and well-being of children and youth.
Kids Count
Kids Count, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, Kids Count seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children.
National Center for Youth Law
Addresses the legal problems of children in poverty, including abuse, neglect, health care, public benefits, housing, and child support.
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well being.
No Child Left Behind
The goal of No Child Left Behind, is to create the best educational opportunities for our nations children and to ensure that they have every opportunity to succeed.
Parents Action For Children
A national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of early childhood development and school readiness.
Public/Private Ventures
A national nonprofit with a mission to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs, and community initiatives in the areas of youth development, mentoring, youth violence reduction, faith-based programs, national service and volunteering, and workforce development.
Research & Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
The Center collaborates with thirteen other organizations to promote improved services and outcomes for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families. Together, the partner organizations provide research services, support, and technical assistance to communities across the United States.
Research Forum on Children
The Research Forum website features a searchable database of large- and small-scale research projects about welfare reform and the well-being of low-income children and families.
Stand for Children
Stand for Children is America's only nationwide grassroots voice for children. Our members take action at the national, state, community, and neighborhood levels. From early childhood education and the schools to after-school programs and health services, we take on the issues affecting our kids.
Stand Up For Kids
StandUp For Kids is a non-profit organization for homeless at risk youth.
Texas Youth Commission Home
Texas Youth Commission is the state juvenile corrections agency. TYC programs balance public protection and juvenile rehabilitation and prevention.
The Children's Defense Fund
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
The Institute for Child and Family Policy
The mission of the Institute is to identify and address fundamental and intractable problems in the formulation, analysis, implementation, and evaluation of social policies toward children, youth, and families.
The Reclaiming Youth Network
Reclaiming Youth is a movement of professionals, citizens, parents, and policy leaders concerned with children and youth in conflict in home, school, and community.
Voices for America's Children
Voices for America’s Children is a national organization committed to working at the state and local levels to improve the well-being of children. With member organizations in almost every state, Voices provides a voice for the voiceless children in city halls and statehouses across the country.
Youth Advocate Program International
Youth Advocate Program International works with and for young people worldwide, giving voice and visibility to new ways of improving the lives of children in the 21st century.