Advocacy

Children 's Defense Fund

http://www.childrensdefense.org/ is a private, nonprofit organization that seeks to provide a strong, effective voice for all children. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before children get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.

Children's Partnership

http://www.childrenspartnership.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home is a
national, nonprofit organization with a mission to inform leaders and the public about the needs of
America's children. The Partnership undertakes research and policy analysis, publishes reports and
multimedia materials, and forges new alliances among parents, policymakers and the private sector to
achieve tangible gains for children.

Child Trends, Inc.

www.childtrends.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies
children, youth and families through research, data collection and data analysis.

Child Welfare League of America

http://www.cwla.org is the largest national nonprofit organization
devoted to the development and promotion of policies and programs designed to protect America's
children and strengthen America's families.

Children NOW

www.childrennow.org is a national children's advocacy organization that utilizes research
and mass communications to make the well‐being of children a priority across the nation. This site
includes a directory of children's resources available on the Web.

Connect for Kids

http://www.connectforkids.org provides solutions‐oriented coverage of critical issues
for children and families.

Every Child Matters

http://www.everychildmatters.org/ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization
working to make children, youth, and families a national political priority.

Kansas Legal Services Children's Advocacy Resource Center Kansas Legal Services

http://www.kansaslegalservices.org operates the Children’s Advocacy Resource Center, a resource of
information for guardians at litem, social workers, judges and child advocates. 1‐877‐298‐2674.

National Women's Law Center

http://www.nwlc.org/index.cfm is working to improve the quality,
affordability, and accessibility of child care, with a special emphasis on ways to expand public and private
financing of the changes needed to achieve these goals.

Partnership for Children

http://www.pfc.org works to improve conditions for children and youth in the
Greater Kansas City area by mobilizing community advocates to work on behalf on children.

Voices for America's Children

http://www.voices.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=22807 is a national
organization devoted to building the capacity of state and local child advocacy organizations. Voices
establishes links between state and local child advocates and national experts, and provides a
clearinghouse of information on issues affecting children and effective advocacy.