Our Members

Afterschool Alliance

The nation's leading voice for afterschool, the Afterschool Alliance is the only organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for more afterschool investments. The Afterschool Alliance works with the Administration, the U.S. Congress, governors, mayors and advocates across the country. Today the Afterschool Alliance boasts more than 25,000 afterschool program partners and our publications reach more than 65,000 interested individuals every month. Our mission is to engage public will to increase public and private investment in quality afterschool program initiatives at the national, state and local levels.

Alliance for Children and Families

Polina Makievsky, COO

The Alliance for Children and Families is a membership association that provides a variety of services to private nonprofit human service organizations throughout the United States and Canada. Alliance members are organizations dedicated to serving children and families and/or that are focused on economic empowerment.

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America's Promise Alliance

Marguerite W. Kondracke, President and CEO

With more than 400 national partner organizations and their local affiliates, America's Promise is uniquely positioned to mobilize Americans to act. We have made a top priority of ensuring that all young people graduate from high school ready for college, work and life through our Grad Nation movement.

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Association for Childhood Education International
 

ACEI, a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization, is interested in sharing new approaches to the education of children and ensuring that these approaches are delivered in ways that enhance children's individual skills and abilities and provide opportunities for success in life.  We are a global community of educators and advocates who unite knowledge, experience, and perspectives in order to exchange information, explore innovation and advocate for children.

Our mission is to promote and support in the global community the optimal education and development of children, from birth through early adolescence, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society.

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Michael Fraser, PhD, CEO

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs is a national resource, partner and advocate for state public health leaders and others working to improve the health of women, children, youth and families, including those with special health care needs.

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Center for American Progress

Neera Tanden, President

The Center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action. Building on the achievements of progressive pioneers such as Teddy Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, our work addresses 21st-century challenges such as energy, national security, economic growth and opportunity, immigration, education, and health care.

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Child Welfare League of America

Christine James-Brown, President and CEO

CWLA is a powerful coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies serving vulnerable children and families since 1920. Our expertise, leadership and innovation on policies, programs, and practices help improve the lives of millions of children in all 50 states. Our impact is felt worldwide.

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Children's Advocacy Institute

The Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI), founded at the nonprofit University of San Diego School of Law in 1989, is an academic, research, and advocacy law firm. CAI represents the interests and rights of children and youth in impact litigation, legislative and regulatory advocacy, research and public education projects, and public service programs. CAI’s academic component trains law students and attorneys to be effective child advocates. Active at both the state and federal levels, CAI’s advocacy program seeks to improve the status, health and well-being of children and youth in all areas of their lives, 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 and homeless youth.

Children's Defense Fund

Marian Wright Edelman, President

The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for over 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation. Supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations, CDF advocates nationwide on behalf of children to ensure children are always a priority.

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Children's Dental Health Project

Catherine Dunham, Ed.D., Executive Director

The Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) designs and advances research-driven policies and innovative solutions by engaging a broad base of partners committed to children and oral health, including professionals, communities, policymakers and parents. We work to eliminate barriers to preventing tooth decay to ensure that all children reach their full potential.

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Children's Partnership

Wendy Lazarus, Founder and Co-President
Laurie Lipper, Founder and Co-President

The Children's Partnership is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan child advocacy organization with offices in Santa Monica, CA and Washington, DC. We undertake research, analysis, and advocacy to place the needs of America's over 70 million children and youth, particularly the underserved, at the forefront of emerging policy debates.

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CLASP
 

CLASP, the Center for Law and Social Policy, is a public policy orgnization that developes and advocates for policies at the federal, state and local levels to improve the lives of low-income children, youth, and families. We focus on policies that strengthen families and create pathways to education and work. Through careful research and analysis, we develop and promote new ideas, mobilize others, and directly assist governments and advocates to put in place successful strategies that deliver results that matter to people across America.

Coalition for Juvenile Justice

Nancy Gannon Hornberger, Executive Director

The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) envisions a nation where fewer children are at risk of delinquency; and if they are at risk or involved with the justice system, they and their families receive every possible opportunity to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.

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Coalition on Human Needs

The Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people.

Council for a Strong America

David Kass, President

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Council for Professional Recognition

Valora Washington, President and CEO

The Council for Professional Recognition promotes improved performance and recognition of professionals in the early childhood education of children aged birth to 5 years old. The Council works to ensure that all professional early childhood educators and caregivers meet the developmental, emotional, and educational needs of our nation's youngest children.

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Covenant House

Kevin Ryan, President

Covenant House was founded 38 years ago with the mission to help these homeless kids. Today, Covenant House is the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas providing food, shelter, immediate crisis care, and essential services to homeless, throwaway, and runaway kids.

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CSSP

The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) is a nonprofit public policy, research and technical assistance organization. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CSSP works with state and federal policymakers and with communities across the country. Its mission is to create new ideas and promote public policies that produce equal opportunities and better futures for all children and families, especially those most often left behind.

Early Care and Education Consortium
 

ECEC is a nonprofit alliance of America's leading national, regional and independent providers of quality child care and early learning programs. ECEC members operate more than 7,500 centers that together enroll nearly 1 million children in every state and the District of Columbia.

Every Child Matters
 

The Every Child Matters Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization working to make children, youth, and families a national political priority. We promote the adoption of smart policies for children and youth.

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First Children's Finance

Gerald Cutts, President and CEO

First Children's Finance works to stabilize, improve and expand high-quality childcare businesses serving low- and moderate-income families. We provide financing, training and consulting assistance, and build partnerships that connect childcare businesses with the resources and expertise of the public and private sectors.

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First Five Years Fund

Cornelia Grumman, Executive Director

The First Five Years Fund helps America achieve better results in education, health, and economic productivity through investments in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children from birth to age five. We provide knowledge, data, and advocacy, helping federal policymakers make investments in the first five years of a child's life that create greater returns for all. Start building with early childhood education and you'll finish with a better US. 

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First Focus

First Focus is a bipartisan advocacy organization that is committed to making children and families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions. Children’s health, education, family economics, child welfare, and child safety are the core issue areas around which First Focus is working to promote bipartisan policy solutions.

Food Research and Action Center

James D. Weil, President

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. FRAC works with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations, public agencies, corporations and labor organizations to address hunger, food insecurity, and their root cause, poverty.

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Forum for Youth Investment

"The Forum for Youth Investment is a nonprofit, nonpartisan ""action tank"" dedicated to helping communities and the nation make sure all young people are Ready by 21®: ready for college, work and life.

The Forum's SparkAction.org website and e-newsletters are a one-stop shop for news and tools to make a difference in the lives of children and youth."

Foster Family-based Treatment Association

The Foster Family-based Treatment Association (FFTA) was established in 1988 to promote, develop, improve, and support the quality of Treatment Foster Care (TFC). Since that time, FFTA has grown to become the leader in treatment foster care. Its more than 400 member agencies provide treatment foster care services to over 50,000 children and youth each year and a larger array of services to over 600,000 children and youth throughout North America. In carrying out its mission to strengthen agencies that support families caring for vulnerable children, FFTA provides Program Standards, technical assistance, professional development programs and other resources to help agencies achieve positive outcomes. FFTA advocates for the creation of a uniform definition for TFC services and for the funding mechanisms and methodologies that are needed to provide the intensive mental health and family-based services that our most vulnerable children and youth need to stabilize and thrive. For more information, visit www.ffta.org.

Generations United

Generations United is the only national membership organization focused solely on improving the lives of children, youth, and older people through intergenerational strategies, programs, and public policies. Since 1986, Generations United has served as a resource for educating policymakers and the public about the economic, social, and personal imperatives of intergenerational cooperation. Generations United acts as a catalyst for stimulating collaboration between aging, children, and youth organizations, providing a forum to explore areas of common ground while celebrating the richness of each generation.

Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families

Stephanie McGencey, Executive Director

Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families (GCYF) serves as a point of contact for grantmakers seeking collegial and collaborative relationships with other funders concerned with children, youth, and families.

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LEAnet 

Greg Morris, Executive Director

LEAnet was organized to protect and enhance school-based health services for all children.

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Learning Disabilities Association of America

Mary Clare Reynolds, Interim Executive Director

Since 1963, LDA has provided support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals. At the national, state and local levels, LDA provides cutting edge information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and a comprehensive network of resources. These services make the Learning Disabilities Association of America the leading resource for information on learning disabilities.

LDA believes that every person with learning disabilities can be successful at school, at work, in relationships, and in the community -- given the right opportunities. Join LDA in creating those opportunities.

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MYSI Corporation

 Toleda Hart, President & CEO

MYSI, formerly known as Methodist Youth Services, Inc. is a Not-For-Profit Human Service Provider. MYSI is licensed as a premier child welfare agency under the guidance of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. MYSI Mentors Youth and Seniors, while Integrating families. MYSI primary services consist of but are not limited to: Clinical Counseling, Educational 'Life Skills' Workshops, Residential Shelter Care, Transitional Living Placements, Independent Living Options, Advocacy, Clinical Case Management, Emergency Food Pantry, Seniors Well-Being Check-Ups, and Weatherization Referral Services. Please feel free to visit our website at: www.myschicago.org or Contact Shiree Smith at 773-840-4600 ext. 2222 for more Program Information.

National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

Chuck Noerenberg, President and Board Member

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National Alliance for Medicaid in Education

Jane Reagan, President

The National Alliance for Medicaid in Education, Inc. (NAME) is a non-profit organization that represents the nation's state Medicaid and Education agencies staff who have programmatic responsibility for administering Medicaid's Administrative Claiming and/or Direct Billing of Health Related Service programs in public schools, as well as Local Education Agencies participating in the Medicaid program.

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National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds

 
The National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds is the only national organization that provides support to all aspects of the work of state children's trust and prevention funds. The Alliance represents children's trust funds in national policy and practice discussions and joins in partnership with other national organizations, federal agencies, parent leaders and funders to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect. State children's trust funds are state leaders in prevention and collectively provide $100,000,000 in funding to support community based strategies that promote well-being for children and families and prevent child abuse and neglect.

National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
 

The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) was founded in 1995 and is the national voice for school-based health centers (SBHCs). Built from the grassroots up by individuals from state and federal government agencies, national and regional foundations, child health and education organizations, and SBHCs, we are a true reflection of the field we support. NASBHC advocates for national policies, programs, and funding to expand and strengthen SBHCs, while also supporting the movement with training and technical assistance.

National Association for Bilingual Education

Dr. Santiago Wood, National Executive Director

The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only national professional organization devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals.

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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Founded in 1926, The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 80,000 members, a national network of more than 300 state and local Affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded organizations.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Ollie Smith, Interim Executive Director

NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, is our nation's leading voice for child care. We work with more than 600 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies to ensure that families in every local community have access to quality, affordable child care. To achieve our mission, we lead projects that increase the quality and availability of child care, offer comprehensive training to child care professionals, undertake groundbreaking research, and advocate for child care policies that positively impact the lives of children and families.

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National Association of Counsel for Children

 Maureen Farrell-Stevenson, JD., Executive Director

The National Association of Counsel for Children's mission is to improve the lives of children and families by ensuring that these proceedings produce justice. The adversarial system works best when all interested parties are competently represented. The NACC's goal is to make certain the attorneys representing children and families are well trained and effective. We are dedicated to providing advocates with the tools to empower their clients through effective representation and improve the child welfare, juvenile justice and private custody systems.

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National Black Child Development Institute

Dr. Felicia DeHaney, President and CEO

For the past 40 years, the National Black Child Development Institute has been steadfast in its mission to improve and advance the lives of Black children and their families, through advocacy and education. Along with our affiliate network – composed of volunteers from across the nation – we have worked to improve child welfare services, make universal early care and education a reality, build family support services, press for educational reform and provide vital information regarding our children's health.

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National Center for Learning Disabilities

James H. Wendorf, Executive Director

The National Center for Learning Disabilities works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life.

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National Child Abuse Coalition

Tom Birch, Director

National Collaboration for Youth

Now in its 4th decade, the National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) is the longest-standing coalition of national organizations committed to advocating with and on behalf of youth and, in particular, in research-driven “positive youth development”.

National Council of La Raza

Janet Marguia, President and CEO

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations, NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.

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National Head Start Association

Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director

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National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

Charles Homer, MD, MPH, President and CEO

Founded in 1999, the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) is an independent, not-for-profit, quality improvement organization dedicated to achieving a world in which all children receive the high quality healthcare they need.

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National Women's Law Center

Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President
Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President

Far too many students across the country do not receive an equal chance at a high-quality and affordable education, and young women continue to be denied equal opportunities in many important educational programs. The Center's Education program addresses these gender gaps by fighting for strong enforcement of Title IX and promoting programs that remove barriers to girls' educational opportunities.

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Nemours

 David J. Bailey, President & CEO
 
Nemours, one of the nation’s leading pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health by offering a spectrum of clinical treatment, research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Oral Health America
 

Oral Health America (OHA) is a national, non-profit organization whose mission is to connect communities with resources to increase access to dental care, education and advocacy.  OHA's programs address the oral health needs of vulnerable populations of all ages.  Our signature children's program, Smiles Across America, helps communities build infrastructure for school-based and school-linked dental care, and raises awareness of oral health's importance to overall health. 

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