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Groups that
Work for Children
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Child advocacy groups vary in size and
scope. Some groups raise funds and lobby for children nationwide, whereas
others take a more local, hands-on approach. The following are just a few
of the many resources available:
The following are listed below:
See also Domestic Violence and
Abuse
Groups in New York City
The Annie E. Casey
Foundation
701 St. Paul
St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 1-410-547-6600
Fax: 1-410-547-6624
Website:
www.aecf.org
A private charitable organization dedicated to
helping build
better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. Primary
mission is to foster public policies, human-service reforms and community
support that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable
children and families. In pursuit of this goal, the foundation makes
grants that help states, cities and communities fashion more innovative,
cost-effective responses to these needs.
This is a good site where
you can read about its work and programs that battle child poverty. Also, read about
Kids Count, a "national, state-by-state effort to track the status of
children in the US." -SNS
I agree, and one can subscribe to the Kids Count
newsletter. -FRH
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA)
National Office
230 N. 13th
St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone:
1-215-567-7000
Fax: 1-215-567-0394
E-mail: national@bbbsa.org
Website:
www.bbbsa.org/
Because of BBBSA, teachers and parents report that kids show improvement
in grades, attitudes and relationships. They were also less likely than
their peers to repeat a grade, and their average number of unexcused
absences dropped.
This is a great site for anyone looking for a mentor/role model. You
can volunteer or make a contribution. -SNS
A touching site that commits itself to care about
children through different programs. -FRH
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Even sharing "small" activities can make a big
difference for a child.
Child Lures
Prevention
5166 Shelburne
Road
Shelburne, VT 05482
Phone: 1-802-985-8458
Fax:
1-802-985-8418
E-mail: info@childlures.org
Website:
www.childlures.org/
A family
business dedicated to keeping children safe from sexual abuse, abduction,
drugs and school violence.
This site is helpful
for issues addressing child abuse. It provides safety tips, links and
other relevant information on these issues.
-PAF
Informative site where you
can read about its community plan to raise awareness of childhood sexual
exploitation and related crimes. -SNS
This excellent site shows harrowing statistics and
offers articles on how sexual abuse is a national problem that must be
dealt with seriously and promptly. -FRH
Child Welfare League of
America (CWLA)
Headquarters
440 First St.
NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20001-2085
Phone: 1-202-638-2952
Fax: 1-202-638-4004
Website: http://www.cwla.org/
The
oldest and largest national nonprofit organization developing and
promoting policies and programs to protect America's children and
strengthen American families. CWLA's 1,000-plus public, private and
nonprofit member agencies serve 3 million abused and neglected children
and their families each year.
This website makes it very easy to access a number of resources that deal
with child welfare issues, programs and
services. -PAF
Read about all the helpful programs they have to help protect the children
of today and of the future. Also, you can make a donation.
-SNS
I agree, and there is also a free newsletter available
for anyone to access online. -FRH
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Childhelp,
USA
15757 N. 78th
St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: 1-480-922-8212 or 1-800-2-A-CHILD
(TDD/TYY) or 1-800-4-A-CHILD (Hotline)
Fax: 1-480-922-7061
Website: www.childhelpusa.org/
One of the largest and oldest national nonprofit
organizations dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational
and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. We do so by focusing
our efforts and resources in the areas of treatment, prevention and
research. This site includes a "Kids Only" section, which speaks directly
to children and tells them how to recognize and report abuse.
This site has many
wonderful sources of information on child abuse and relevant programs. It
also provides helpful links to further your search on child abuse issues.
It features some preventative measures that children can take if they are
being abused. -PAF
Very
friendly and helpful site. Check out its upcoming events, which include
sports and other fun activities. Also, you can volunteer
with this organization. -SNS
A very positive site focused on helping children; offers inspiring
success stories. -FRH
Children’s Institute
International (CII)
711 S. New Hampshire Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90005
Phone: 1-213-385-5100
Fax: 1-213-383-1820
Website:
www.childrensinstitute.org
A private, nonprofit organization specializing in the
treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Assistance includes
child and family assessment, sexual abuse treatment, domestic violence
intervention and family treatment, Early Head Start program, therapeutic
day care, child health clinic, long-term foster care and substance abuse
treatment and prevention services.
Serves children and families from L.A. County, but the majority come from
high-speed, low-resource communities... CII's professional
multi-disciplinary training program extends its compassionate scope of
assistance throughout California, the nation, and internationally, as
well.
This site addresses the
issues of child abuse and neglect. It provides the public with information
on available programs, services, training and related links.
-PAF
Read about the
numerous programs it administers, each geared toward specific child
harassment cases. Discover the goals of each program and what you can
do to help prevent child abuse.
-SNS
This site
offers success stories on different programs. Also there are different
ways to provide support by making donations or volunteering. -FRH
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Children's Rights
Council
(CRC)
6200 Editors Park Drive, Suite
103
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone: 1-301-559-3120
Fax:
1-301-559-3124
Website:
www.gocrc.com/
Works to assure a child the
frequent, meaningful and continuing contact with two parents and extended
family the child would normally have if his or her parents were
married. We work to strengthen families through education, favoring
family formation and family preservation. CRC is genderless; we are
not a women's group or a men's group. Rather we advocate what we believe
to be in the best interests of children, including the "Children's Bill
of Rights.
This site
allows you to learn more about what this council does to try to have every
child be in contact with both of his or her parents, if
possible. -SNS
This site features an interesting children's bill of
rights. There are also links to articles available. -FRH
Connect for
Kids
c/o The Benton
Foundation
1625 K Street, NW 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Fax: 1-202-638-5771
Website:
www.connectforkids.org/
An award-winning multimedia project of the Benton foundation, helps
adults make their communities better places for families and children.
Offers a place on the Internet for adults - parents, grandparents,
educators, policymakers and others - who want to become more active
citizens, from volunteering to voting with kids in
mind.
This site has
information on volunteer opportunities and topics of interest to parents
who want to improve the community for
all. -PAF
Has a good search
feature to find a range of topics concerning children's issues in society
today. -SNS
An extensive website with plenty of information and
access to different types of articles all concerning the safety of
children. -FRH
www.famvi.com
PO Box 17186
Indianapolis, IN 46217-0816
Phone: 1-530-831-5506
Fax: 1-530-831-5485
E-mail:
www.change.net/links/childlinks.htm
Website: www.famvi.com
This site is devoted to helping end all
forms of family violence and providing information about services available.
There are links to other sites.
The site also provides hotlines, Q & A sessions and testimonials about
domestic violence issues. -PAF
Find links to other helpful sites regarding family violence. This
site also includes interesting and important articles, essays, and readers'
comments about the issue. -SNS
I agree. -FRH
Family Violence
Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island St., Suite #304
San Francisco, CA
94103-5133
Phone: 1-415-252-8900 TTY: 1-800-595-4889
Fax:
1-415-252-8991
E-mail:
info@endabuse.org
Website:
www.endabuse.org
A national, nonprofit organization that focuses on domestic violence
education, prevention, and policy
reform.
Works to end domestic violence
and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse, because
every person has a right to live in a home free of violence.
This site provides
programs, ways to contact Congress and other resources dealing with the
issue of family violence and how to prevent it.
-PAF
A very useful site
that is geared toward ending domestic violence. More appropriately,
read about its children's program that focuses on ending child
abuse. -SNS
There are different programs geared toward assisting
children who are victims of violence. -FRH
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Helping Hands for
Children
P.O. Box 21276
Oakland, CA
94620
Phone: 1-510-261-4087
E-mail: HH4Children@aol.com
Website: members.tripod.com/hh4children/hh4children3.html
Our mission is to improve quality of life of needy and distressed
children and their families to enable them to become healthy, productive
individuals with a sense of pride and love for life and learning.
Founded on the belief that all children are entitled to have their basic
needs met by having adequate food, clothes, shelter and quality
education.
Somewhat
informative site. Find out how you can help by making a donation. Also,
if you click on the Children link, you will find children that need
sponsors and pen pals. -SNS
The site doesn't offer much information. -FRH
International Society for Prevention of Child
Abuse and Neglect
25 W. 560 Geneva Road, Suite L2C
Carol Stream, IL
60188
Phone: 1-630-221-1311
Fax:1-630-221-1313
E-mail:
ispcan@ispcan.org
Website: www.ispcan.org
Works to prevent cruelty to children in every nation,
in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, child fatalities,
child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse, child labor (and to
help street children). Committed to increasing public awareness and
developing activities to prevent violence against children, promoting the
rights of children in all regions of the world.
This site provides information on events,
resources and publications on ways to prevent family and child abuse and
neglect. This site addresses information on an international level.
-PAF
This website allows you to learn about the pressing issues and problems
concerning child abuse. Provides ample information on how to deal with and
prevent child abuse. Also, you can become a member and volunteer.
-SNS
One can purchase the organization's publications. -FRH
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The Miami
Children's Foundation
352 NE
167th St., Suite H
North Miami Beach, FL 33162-2300
Phone:
1-305-944-6685
Fax: 1-305-944-8464
E-mail: mcfoundation@yahoo.com
Website:
www.miamichild.org/
Creates developmental and educational
opportunities for needy and less privileged children by working with
community resources worldwide.
An interesting
site about how it helps children in need by giving them toys, food, and
educational hope for later success. -SNS
The site doesn't offer much information but there are
events in Miami one can attend to support the cause locally. -FRH
Mission Noah
P.O. Box 89031
Sioux Falls, SD
57109-9031
E-mail: hope@missionnoah.org
Website:
www.missionnoah.org/
Provides food, clothing and medical supplies, along with other necessities
of life, to children and their families in need. Works in the USA. Also
does international work primarily in Turkey and Armenia with the
children of Mt. Ararat.
A very
diverse site. You can read about projects that help children and their
families. -SNS
I agree; however, the links page is under construction.
-FRH
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National
Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
Information
330 C
Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
Phone: 1-800-394-3366 or 1-703-385-7565
Fax:
1-703-385-3206
Website:
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/
Provides information products and technical assistance
services to help professionals with information on child abuse and neglect
and related child welfare
issues.
This site
deals with child abuse, neglect and welfare. It provides stats, publications,
prevention methods and database references. -PAF
The website offers you
vital information on statistics, research, state laws, and resources on
issues concerning child protection, abuse prevention, etc.
-SNS
This is an extensive website and the site offers
answers to FAQs on several topics. -FRH
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The National Mentoring
Partnership
1600 Duke St., Suite 300
Alexandria,
VA 22314
Phone: 1-703-224-2200
Website:
www.mentoring.org/
For more than a decade,
MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand
the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR
believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child
can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential.
MENTOR is widely acknowledged as the nation's
premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives
nationwide.
This website is the
gateway to finding or becoming a mentor virtually anywhere in the
U.S. There is a training guide link to help you become a better
mentor. Also, the true mentoring stories on the site can be an
inspiration for you. -SNS
This site helps people find mentoring opportunities in
their communities. -FRH
Pandora’s
Box
Website:
www.prevent-abuse-now.com/
Contains information on child protection and abuse
prevention.
This
site focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse. It provides
documentation of all kinds and discusses offenses against children and
preventative methods to use. -PAF
I agree.
-SNS
There are several articles about different types of
child abuse. -FRH
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Pearl S. Buck
International
520 Dublin
Rd.
Perkasie, PA 18944
Phone: 1-800-220-BUCK
Website:
www.pearl-s-buck.org/psbi/
A non-sectarian development and humanitarian assistance organization
dedicated to improving quality of life and expanding opportunities for
children, who, as a result of the circumstances of their birth, have
been denied access to educational, social, economic and civil rights.
This site allows you
to view breaking news headlines and upcoming special events supporting the
mission of helping children worldwide. Also, check out its
volunteer opportunities. -SNS
One can sign up for the newsletter and read about its
programs helping children throughout the world. Also one can sponsor a
needy child. -FRH
Prevent Child Abuse
America
200 S. Michigan Avenue, 17th Floor,
Chicago, IL
60604-2404
Phone: 1-312-663-3520
Fax: 1-312-939-8962
E-mail: mailbox@preventchildabuse.org
Website:
www.preventchildabuse.org/
Nationally recognized as one of the most innovative leaders in child
abuse prevention. Our nationwide network of local affiliates have worked
to implement direct service programs in hundreds of communities. Our
research has forged new paths in prevention strategies and programs.
Through our media campaigns, people are finding ways they can help prevent
abuse.
This site provides
information on programs, publications, events and a research center that
focuses on the prevention of abuse and neglect towards children.
-PAF
Good site. Also,
read about the programs it has to stop child abuse. -SNS
A helpful site that offers several articles on tips of
parents and how to effectively handle problems with children. -FRH
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SafeSurf
1304 Newbury
Road
Unit E, Newbury Park, CA 91320
Phone: 1-805-499-9160
E-mail: safesurf@safesurf.com
Website:
www.safesurf.com/
Dedicated to making
the Internet safer for your children without censorship. It's
developed and is implementing an Internet Rating Standard that is
bringing together parents, providers, publishers, developers and all the
resources available on the Internet to achieve this goal. It
involves marking sites with the SafeSurf Wave.
This site is a
wonderful tool for parents to be in control of what their children are
exposed to on the internet. It provides press releases, related sites and
an explanation of the rating system according to the age of the viewer.
This is a great way to monitor what your child has Internet access to.
-PAF
Helpful
site, not only for parents, but for anyone who would like to rate their
own website. -SNS
This site is a simple and effective way for parents to
ensure their child's safety without placing restrictions on the child's
ability to browse the Internet. -FRH
Safer Child
Inc.
P.O. Box 6124
Pocatello, ID 83205
E-mail: lrogers@saferchild.org
Website:
www.saferchild.org/
 Our goal is that every child is loved, well cared for
and encouraged to grow up into a happy, well-adjusted adult. Safer
Child's mission is to provide parents, caregivers and educators worldwide
with the resources and information they need to help all children grow
up healthy, safe and happy.
Learn more about this
organization, but realize that the people who work for this group are not
experts and are not authorized to give professional advice, so this may
not be a helpful site. -SNS
I agree, but there are a lot of topics on the website
that are covered. -FRH
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Voices for America's
Children
1522 K
Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005-1202
Phone:
1-202-289-0777
Fax: 1-202-289-0776
E-mail: voices@voicesforamericaschildren.org
Website:
www.voicesforamericaschildren.org/
Improves the lives of children
in the USA by enhancing the capacity of NACA member organizations to
advocate on behalf of children and their families.
Read about the
basics of child advocacy and understand how important it is for children
to have strong advocates supporting their beliefs. -SNS
This is a very informative site with many interesting
articles on education, Social Security, and health care. -FRH
World Children's
Fund
5442 Thornwood Dr.
San Jose, CA
95123
Phone: 1-408-363-8100
Fax:
1-408-629-4846
Website:
www.worldchildrensfund.net/
A global network of caring and sharing to help rescue needy children who
are abandoned, distressed, endangered, exploited, homeless, hungry, sick
or suffering.
A very
informative site that allows you to read about the programs it has for
helping desperate children in need. You can write to express your
concerns or thoughts on this issue and find out how you can contribute
some of your time and/or money to this organization. -SNS
I agree, this site allows the average person to assist
the cause in a handful of ways. -FRH
NOTE: Additional ways to raise public
support are in the article on How to
Lobby.
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groups,
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Groups in New York
City
Last update by Fahima R. Haque
(FRH), Previous update by Sahil Shah,
Hearts & Minds volunteer
Earlier work by Pamela Frimpong
and Andrea Bond, Hearts and Minds Volunteers, with additional
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