Links To Other Organizations : Child and Family Advocates

• Child Care Law Center
  The Child Care Law Center uses legal tools to foster the development of quality, affordable child care--for every child, every parent and every community. CCLC works to expand child care options, particularly for low-income families, and to ensure that children are safe and nurtured in care outside the home.
  
  
• Child Development Policy Institute
  The Child Development Policy Institute's mission is to help establish sound public policy focused on what is best for the children of California. To that end, driven by the following basic goals for the child care system in California.
  
  
• Children's Defense Fund
  The mission of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) 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.
  
  
• I AM YOUR CHILD Foundation
  A national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of early childhood development and school readiness
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Parent Services Project
  Parent Services Project (PSP) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to integrating family support into early childhood programs and the schools through training, technical assistance and education
  
  
• Parent Voices
  Parent Voices is a parent-led grassroots organization advocating to make quality child care affordable and accessible to all families. We are a rapidly growing chapter organization of parents in California.
  
  
• Stand for Children
  Stand for Children is a highly effective grassroots voice for children. They enable everyday people to join together in a strong, effective voice to win concrete changes for children.