Membership Directory
Family/Alumni Members:
Sue Badeau
Individual Members:
Patsy Buida
Pamela Johnson
Organizational Members
American Bar Association Commission on Youth at Risk
The American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Youth at Risk, concerned with the problems of youth, works to enhance evidence–based prevention, intervention, and treatment programs for youth and their families. In collaboration with government agencies and education, medical, law enforcement, foster care, and youth service organizations, the Commission endeavors to improve state and federal laws that address troubled youth, enhance judicial practices and structures, and expand quality lawyering that addresses youth at high risk of entering juvenile and criminal systems.
www.abanet.org/youthatrisk
American Humane Association
American Humane Association is a network of individuals and organizations, whose mission is to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals, and to assure that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively, and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.
www.americanhumane.org
American Public Human Services Association
American Public Human Services Association is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of state and local human service agencies and individuals who are involved in public human service programs. It develops and promotes policies and practices that improve the health and well-being of families, children, the elderly, and the economically disadvantaged.
www.aphsa.org
Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services
Annie E. Casey Foundation fosters public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families. The foundation makes grants that help states, cities, and neighborhoods fashion more innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs. Casey Family Services, the direct service agency of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a fully licensed and accredited non-profit child welfare agency providing a broad range of programs to meet the changing needs of vulnerable children and families. Casey Family Services offers foster care for children, as well as post-adoption, preservation, and reunification services for families.
www.aecf.org and www.caseyfamilyservices.org
California Youth Connection
California Youth Connection (CYC) is guided by current and former foster youth with the assistance of other individuals. CYC promotes the participation of foster youth in policy development and legislative change to improve the foster care system, and strives to improve social work practice and child welfare policy.
www.calyouthconn.org
Casey Family Programs
Casey Family Programs’ mission is to provide and improve – and ultimately to prevent the need for – foster care. The organization provides direct services, and promotes advances in child-welfare practice and policy. It collaborates with foster, kinship, and adoptive parents to provide safe, loving homes for youth.
www.casey.org
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is an association of nearly 800 public and private nonprofit agencies that assists abused and neglected children and their families with a range of services. The association advocates for the advancement of public policy, and sets and promotes the standards for best practice.
www.cwla.org
Children’s Defense Fund
Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. The CDF’s Leave No Child Behind® mission aims to ensure every child – particularly minority children and those with disabilities – a healthy start in life and successful passage to adulthood.
www.childrensdefense.org
Children’s Rights
Children's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. The organization uses legal action and policy initiatives to create lasting improvements in child protection, foster care, and adoption.
www.childrensrights.org
Community College Foundation
Community College Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to serving education and community through outstanding practices, creative initiatives, and entrepreneurial spirit. The foundation fosters creative relationships between business, education, and government to better the lives and well-being of all citizens.
www.cccf.org
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington
Established in 1895, Crittenton Services of Greater Washington (CSGW) has been responding to the needs of adolescent girls, low income pregnant women, and teen mothers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In the 1980s, CSGW initiated its current community-based programs that increase knowledge and improve skills for teen women.
www.fcs-dc.org
Foster Care Alumni of America
Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA) is a national, independent nonprofit organization founded and led by alumni of the foster care system. FCAA believes that lasting change happens when alumni connect with each other and with allies to advocate for better futures for people in and from foster care.
www.fostercarealumni.org
FosterClub
FosterClub's mission is to provide encouragement, motivation, information, education, and benefits for foster youth. At its websites, kids ask questions and get answers, discover other successful former foster youth, send in opinions about their foster care experiences, get recognition for overcoming obstacles, enter contests, and more.
www.fosterclub.com
Healthy Teen Network
Healthy Teen Network is devoted to making a difference in the lives of teens and young families. It is a national organization focused on adolescent health and well-being with an emphasis onteen pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, and teen parenting.
www.healthyteennetwork.org
Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is a national foundation whose mission is to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood. The initiative brings together the people and resources needed to help youth make the connections they need to education, employment, health care, housing, and supportive relationships.
www.jimcaseyyouth.org
Kids Are Waiting: Fix Foster Care Now
Kids Are Waiting: Fix Foster Care Now is a national campaign dedicated to ensuring that all children in foster care have the safe, permanent families they deserve by reforming the federal financing structure that governs our foster care system. It is a collaboration of more than 20 leading child welfare, adoption, family, judicial, and other organizations. Led by The Pew Charitable Trusts, local, state, and national partners work together so that vulnerable children don’t spend their childhoods waiting for the families they deserve. The Kids Are Waiting campaign raises awareness about the need for federal foster care financing reform through research, outreach, and advocacy.
www.kidsarewaiting.org
Kidsave
Kidsave is a volunteer-driven organization that is working to move older children out of orphanages and foster care and into permanent, loving families. Kidsave helps older children without parents meet people who often end up adopting, mentoring, or staying connected to them.
www.kidsave.org
Lutheran Social Services of the South
Lutheran Social Services provides help, healing, and hope to children, the elderly, and the poor in the name of Jesus Christ.
www.lsss.org
Muskie School for Public Service
The Muskie School for Public Service at the University of Southern Maine strives to make a real difference in the lives of the people of Maine and the nation. Through its teaching, research, and public service, the Muskie School is educating leaders, informing policy and practice, and strengthening civic life. In all its activities, the School carries on the values, ideals, and contributions of Edmund S. Muskie as exemplified in his distinguished career as a public servant for Maine and the nation.
muskie.usm.maine.edu
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness analyzes policy and develops pragmatic, cost-effective policy solutions on the issue of homelessness. It collaborates with public, private, and nonprofit sectors to build state and local capacity, leading to stronger programs and policies that help homeless people make positive changes in their lives.
www.endhomelessness.org
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY), a national grassroots membership association, serves as the voice and the social conscience for the education of children and youth in homeless situations. NAEHCY connects educators, parents, advocates, researchers, and service providers to ensure school academic achievement and overall success for children and youth whose lives have been disrupted by the lack of safe, permanent, and adequate housing.
www.naehcy.org
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative supported almost entirely by private donations. Its mission is to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families by reducing teen pregnancy. Its goal is to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy by one third between 2006 and 2015.
www.teenpregnancy.org
National CASA Association
The National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, supports and promotes court–appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes. CASA has grown to a network of more than 50,000 volunteers that serve 225,000 abused and neglected children through more than 900 local program offices nationwide. Advocates, also known as volunteer guardians ad litem, are appointed members of the court. Judges rely on the information these trusted advocates present.
www.nationalcasa.org
The National Crittenton Foundation
The National Crittenton Foundation is an organization focused on at–risk and system–involved girls, young women, and their families, with 124 years of experience watching their irrepressible spirit, smarts, and drive conquer daunting odds stacked against them. The foundation realizes that complex factors such as racism, sexism, and poverty – coupled with social issues such as domestic violence, child maltreatment, substance abuse, and mental illness – result in poor outcomes. It works in collaboration with the Crittenton family of agencies, girls, young women, and partners to address root causes and symptoms.
www.thenationalcrittentonfoundation.org
National Foster Parent Association
National Foster Parent Association supports foster parents in achieving the safety, permanence, and well-being of the children and youth in their care.
www.nfpainc.org
National Independent Living Association
National Independent Living Association (NILA) is a grassroots organization that is committed to enhancing the futures of young people by promoting quality services for youth.
www.nilausa.org
National Network for Youth
National Network for Youth champions the needs of runaway, homeless, and other disconnected youth through advocacy, innovation, and services – one community at a time.
www.nn4youth.org
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning focuses on increasing the capacity and resources of state, tribal, and other publicly supported child welfare agencies to promote family-centered practices that contribute to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children while meeting the needs of their families.
www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/
National Resource Center for Youth Services
National Resource Center for Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma, College of Continuing Education has been a resource for the youth services community for more than 25 years, providing training and technical assistance to programs in Oklahoma and nationally.
www.nrcys.ou.edu
New Ways to Work
New Ways to Work builds broad-based systems that work at local, state, and national levels, uniting a range of organizations and programs to provide seamless services over time, based on the needs of young people.
www.nww.org
Orphan Foundation of America
Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) provides opportunities for America’s foster youth to continue their education; raises awareness of the plight of older teens leaving the system; highlights the potential of America’s foster youth; and offers opportunities for citizens, business, and civic organizations to assist older foster youth.
www.orphan.org
Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan
Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan (RFCPP) supports and enhances the physical, emotional, and economic development of youth in foster/adoptive care. RFCPP provides support, mentorship, and direct assistance in many areas including fine arts, outreach/educational opportunities, youth development/leadership, emancipation, reunification programs, and healthcare.
www.rowellfosterchildren.org
Street Law
Street Law is practical, participatory education about law, democracy, and human rights. A unique blend of content and methodology, Street Law uses techniques that promote cooperative learning, critical thinking, and the ability to participate in a democratic society. For 30 years, Street Law’s programs and curricula have promoted knowledge of legal rights and responsibilities, engagement in the democratic process, and belief in the rule of law, among both youth and adults.
www.streetlaw.org
Voices for America’s Children
Voices for America’s Children is a nonpartisan, national organization committed to speaking out for the well-being of children at the federal, state, and local levels of government. The organization supports advocates who have achieved public policy victories for children in areas including early education, health, juvenile justice, and child welfare.
www.voicesforamericaschildren.org
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. Through thousands of human service programs, including housing and healthcare, Volunteers of America helps nearly two million people in over 400 communities.
www.voa.org
Youth Communication
Youth Communication helps teenagers develop their reading and writing skills so they can acquire the information they need to make thoughtful choices about their lives. Youth Communication trains teens in journalism and related skills; publishes magazines, books, and other materials written and illustrated by young people; and encourages teens and the adults who work with them to use its publications to stimulate reading, writing, discussion, and reflection. Youth Communication publishes New Youth Connections, Represent, and Rise, as well as offering workshops and lesson plans for educators.
www.youthcomm.org
To learn more about joining the National Foster Care Coalition as an organization or individual, or as a foster parent, youth, or alumnus, please contact Maria Garin Jones, NFCC assistant director, at mjones@nationalfostercare.org.
