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- Action Alliance for Children - Publisher of the Children's Advocate news magazine covering trends and policy issues affecting children and their families.
www.4children.org
- Advocates for Children - Provides support and information for parenting in a complex world through the Parent Resource Center.
www.advocatesforchildren.net
- American Youth Policy Forum - Nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.
www.aypf.org
- Annie E. Casey Foundation - 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.
www.aecf.org
- Association to Benefit Children - Childrens advocacy group with an array of programs that provide services in education, health, housing, metal health and employment.
www.a-b-c.org
- Best Interests - An electronic magazine for children's advocacy professionals, with news and articles on legal issues, medical and mental health topics related to the care of abused and neglected children.
www.childadvocacy.com
- British Columbia Child & Youth Advocacy Movement - 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.
www.firstcallbc.org
- Buryat Families: Helping those left behind - A group concerned with the plight of abandoned and homeless children in Siberia.
www.geocities.com/heartland/lake/2348
- Campaign 2000 - End Child Poverty in Canada - 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.
www.campaign2000.ca
- Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children - 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.
www.rightsofchildren.ca
- Channel One Problems - A coalition of progressive and conservative groups opposing Channel One's presence in the schools, with extensive links to testimony, data, and activism.
www.commercialalert.org/channel_one/index.html
- Child Labor Coalition - National network for the exchange of information about child labor, providing a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation, and develop informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors.
www.nclnet.org/child%20labor/clc2.htm
- Child Mental Health Advocate - The Advocate serves the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing mental health issues.
www.cpetersen.addr.com/psychiatric_toc.htm
- Child Relief and You (CRY) - Information on the status of children in India and the organization's efforts to provide them food, clothing, shelter, and education.
www.cry.org
- Child Welfare League of America - 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.
www.cwla.org
- Childhelp USA/Virginia - This site promotes the prevention, education and treatment of child abuse and neglect through body safety programs for kids, residential treatment for abused children, and helpful lectures for adults - all free of charge - as well as the child abuse hotline.
www.childhelpva.org
- Childhood Trust - Joint effort of Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati, the University of Cincinnati and concerned citizens, dedicated to stopping the pain of child abuse through education, evaluation, and treatment for victimized children and their families.
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/programs_services/362
- ChildPAL - An organization created to ensure the protection of children from, and a zero tolerance attitude toward, the occurrence of physical, emotional and sexual abuse within our schools and community.
www.childpal.org
- Children and Armed Conflict Unit - Database containing up-to-date information on issues about children and armed conflict, including press releases and links to other relevant sites.
www2.essex.ac.uk/c%26acu
- Children's Defense Fund - 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.
www.childrensdefense.org
- Children's Rights Alliance for England - Information, projects, links related to improving the status and lives of all children in England through the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
www.crights.org.uk
- Children's Rights Council - National non-profit organization that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status.
www.gocrc.com
- Children's Rights First - Concerned with children's rights to see their parents and to mental well-being when parents are separated.
www.childrensrightsfirst.org
- Children's Rights, Inc. - Watchdog group dedicated to reforming government child welfare services across the US. Site offers statistics, reports on pending legislation, policy and research position papers, cases, and news and publications.
www.childrensrights.org
- Christian Children's Fund - This site is 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.
www.christianchildrensfund.org
- Citizens' Committee for Children of New York - New York City's oldest city-based, multi-issue child advocacy organization. This site offers alerts and facts about kids in NY.
www.kidsfirstnewyork.org
- Congo Child Soldiers - This site promotes disarmament and demobilization of child soldiers in Congo.
www.demobilization.org
- Defence For Children International - An independent non-governmental organization working to promote and protect the rights of the child.
www.defence-for-children.org
- Eye to Eye : Palestinian refugees - Photographs and stories by young Palestinian refugees that offers visitors to come and share their stories and see where they live.
www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye
- Fair Treatment for Teens - A site that encourages participating businesses pledge to help ensure that young people won't be taken advantage of because of their age or inexperience and that they understand their rights as employees.
www.fairtreatment.org
- Family Preservation & Child Welfare Network - Offers trends and facts on child abuse & neglect, foster care, adoption, family violence, and child protective services.
www.familypreservation.com
- Federation for Children with Special Needs - Resources for parents who care for children with special needs, including links to a nationwide directory of Parent Centers on Disability.
www.fcsn.org
- International Bureau of Children's Rights - An international Canadian based organization with the mission is to protect, defend and promote the rights and the welfare of all children and ensure that children's rights are respected in accordance with the principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
www.ibcr.org
- Kids First Fund - Designed to serve children who are orphans, handicapped, sexually abused, physically abused and pregnant teenagers in developing countries and economies of our world.
www.kidsfirstfund.org
- Kidscape - A registered UK charity committed to keeping children safe from harm or abuse.
www.kidscape.org.uk
- National Association for Multicultural Education - This site supports efforts in educational equity and social justice and provides resources for students and educators and valuable links to other sites.
www.nameorg.org
- National Association of Child Advocates - Nationwide network of nonprofit, multi-issue, nonpartisan state and local child advocacy organizations working to ensure children's safety, security, health and education.
www.childadvocacy.org
- National Association of Counsel for Children - 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.
www.naccchildlaw.org
- National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice - Seeks to enhance the capacity of state and tribal child welfare agencies to plan, implement, and evaluate family-centered services for children and families.
www.cwresource.org
- National Children's Advocacy Center - Provides prevention, intervention, training, and treatment services in the field of child abuse and neglect.
www.ncac-hsv.org
- National Coalition for Child Protection Reform - 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.
www.nccpr.org
- On the Capitol Doorstep - Provides information on California and federal legislation affecting young children with a focus on child care and development programs.
www.tomatoweb.com/capdoor
- Parent Help U.S.A. - A non-profit charitable organization dedicated to preventing the abuse of infants and children through parent education and family services, and emphasizes discipline without hitting or harming.
www.parenthelpusa.org
- Partnership for Children - A non-profit group dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth in Greater Kansas City.
www.pfc.org
- PINS - An organization across NY State advocating parent rights to obtain the authority to raise their teenage children by reforming legislation amending the persons in need of supervision law, raising the age up to 18.
www.geocities.com/prafac.geo
- Prevent Child Abuse Illinois - This organization works to prevent all forms of child abuse and neglect through public awareness campaigns, parent education and support programs, advocacy, and training and technical assistance.
www.childabuse-il.org
- Prevent Child Abuse in Iowa - This site works to end child abuse through parent education, home visitor, sexual abuse prevention, young parents programs, and crisis child care.
www.pcaiowa.org
- ProJOVEN (ForYOUTH) - A nonprofit organization working to build the first and only residential-care home for troubled adolescents in Paraguay.
www.projoven.org
- Safer Child - A nonprofit educational information and referral resource on all issues of child welfare, child health and child safety.
www.saferchild.org
- Soldier Child - Focuses on the effect of conflict on civilian children
www.soldierchild.org
- South Carolina Families for Kids & Nexus for Youth at Risk - A collaborative initiative designed to engage agencies of the State of South Carolina in a joint effort to promote healthy development, educational success, and job readiness skills for children and youth.
www.scffk.org
- StandUp For Kids - "A nationally acclaimed and recognized 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.
www.standupforkids.org
- Terre des Hommes India Programme - Sponsored by the Germany office of the child advocacy organization. Site constitutes an interactive and educational platform to defend and protect children's rights as defined by the UNCRC,with case studies, news and opinion articles, activity centre, and downloads.
childrensrightsindia.org
- The Child Advocate Network - Serves the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing medical, educational, psychiatric, legal and legislative issues.
www.childadvocate.net
- The National Mentoring Partnership - An organization that promotes, advocates and is a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
www.mentoring.org
- The Schott Center - The Schott Foundation's mission is to develop and strengthen the movement for equity in education and child care. The Foundation funds initiatives aimed at improving public policy and educational and advocacy organizations.
www.schottfoundation.org
- Unbroken Trust - A student club dedicated to educating the public about local and world issues related to child protection and child advocacy.
www.unbrokentrust.org
- UNICEF: Child Rights - Publications and information on the work of the United Nations Children's Fund and its advocacy for children's rights, survival, development and protection through adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
www.unicef.org/crc
- Wisconsin Council on Children and Families - A nonprofit, multi-issue child and family advocacy agency, whose mission is to promote the well-being of children and families in Wisconsin by advocating for effective and efficient health, education, and human service delivery systems.
www.wccf.org
- World Children's Center - A planned community for approximately 500 orphaned, neglected and abused children from Georgia, the United States and the world.
www.worldchildrenscenter.org
- World Vision: You can make a difference. - 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
www.worldvision.org.uk/index_news.htm
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