Child Advocacy
The Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center strengthens existing Children’s Advocacy Centers, and helps communities develop such centers, through training and technical assistance in 13 western states. Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center exists through funding by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Collaborative for Children works to improve the quality of early care and education through programs for families, educators, and communities. Programs available are Strengthening Families, Improving Learning Environment and Empowering Educators, Inspiring Community Action and Awareness, and Transforming Neighbors.
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth works to improve the lives of San Francisco’s children, youth, and families for over 30 years. They are a successful a member-driven, community-based organization of working families, youth, advocates and service providers.
Child Welfare League of America is a coalition of private and public agencies that offer publications, membership services, conferences, consultations and special initiatives to help ensure the safety and well-being of youth and their families who have experienced abuse, neglect or family disruption.
Children’s Defense Fund is a non-profit child advocacy group that champions policies and programs that lift children from poverty, protect them from abuse and neglect, ensure them access to quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation. The site includes advocacy resources and child research data.
The CareForKids organization advocates for the kids of Kern County through the administration of funds received by the Children’s Advocates Resource Endowment (C.A.R.E.) to benefit local children’s organizations. CareForKids.org volunteers raise money and awareness through special events and provide an endowment fund for the future needs of the children, with 100% of the proceeds to stay in Kern County.
Children Now is a national organization for people who care about children and want to ensure that they are the top public policy priority. Children Now addresses issues around health, media, education, and research.
The Child Advocates, Inc. mobilizes court appointed volunteers to break the vicious cycle of child abuse. They speak up for abused children who are lost in the system and guide them into safe environments where they can thrive.
Child Advocacy Services is an umbrella agency that combines with the Court Appointed Advocates program and Children’s Advocacy Center to offer services that give voice, healing and security to children, and provides online information on prevention, the Blue Ribbon campaign, and community events and sponsors.
The Child Advocacy Institute founded at the nonprofit University of San Diego School of Law in 1989, is one of the nation’s premiere academic, research, and advocacy organization working to improve the lives of children and youth, with special emphasis on improving the child protection and foster care systems and enhancing resources that are available to youth aging out of foster care.
Child Advocacy 360 brings the latest information and insights on children’s welfare and rights focusing on ways to conquer abuse and neglect of children by supplying a specialized news medium that helps advocates improve the outcomes of their efforts and enables others to become active participants in children’s rights.
Child Abuse Prevention Network is the flagship service of LifeNET that provides unique and powerful tools for the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication and prevention of child abuse and neglect, along with professional online training on abuse.