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Voices for American’s children

Making a Difference for over 25 years

Who We Are

Voices for America’s Children is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan network of child advocacy organizations committed to speaking out for children at the local, state and federal levels of government. Founded in 1984 (as the National Association of Child Advocates) and based in Washington, DC, we support 60 member organizations nationwide. \ Voices supports members advocating for children in their states, advocates directly for effective national public policies, and leads  national campaigns to improve public policies affecting children throughout the United States.

For more than 25 years, Voices has been on the forefront of the issues most important for children:

• School Success
• Early Care & Education
• Children’s Health
• Child Welfare
• Equity and Diversity
• Children & the Federal Budget

http://www.voices.org/

Stand for Children

What We Stand For

 Since 1999, Stand for Children has championed countless policy and budget choices across ten states that continue to benefit millions of children today.

For the organization’s first 13 years, members in Stand states and chapters worked independently to identify local challenges facing children, to figure out what’s working across the nation, and to advocate for effective solutions.
In 2012, to ensure that we are maximizing our collective impact, we decided to develop a shared viewpoint on how to accomplish our mission and to prioritize strategies that have proven effective in closing the achievement gap.

“What We Stand For” is that shared point of view.

To develop “What We Stand For”, Stand for Children commissioned fifteen education policy research papers to identify the most promising strategies for ensuring that disadvantaged students graduate high school, ready for, and with access to college.  We convened a task force with representatives from the 10 Stand for Children state offices to review the research, draft a shared perspective, and solicit and incorporate feedback from Stand staff and members.  The task force approached the project with independence, rigor and pragmatism.
The result of their work is “What We Stand For” and the supporting research papers; these tools are now available to Stand staff and members across the country. In the future we will provide additional useful, evidence-based tools to Stand’s members, leaders and staff.
Together, we’ll use this information to make an even greater difference for students in the coming years.

http://stand.org/indiana

Prevent Child Abuse America

About Us Pinwheels for Prevention National Campaign

Since 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) has led the way in building awareness, providing education and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. Working with our chapters, we provide leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at both the national and local levels. With the help of our state chapters and concerned individuals like you we're valuing children, strengthening families and engaging communities nationwide.
Our national campaign and local programs, prevention initiatives and events help spread the word in your community, creating awareness that prevention is possible. We are a family of friends, professionals, volunteers, donors and parents who are preventing child abuse and neglect before it ever starts.
To learn even more about preventing child abuse and neglect click on
What You Can Do or the following links:

PCA America Brochure [pdf 1MB]
Tools for Child Abuse Prevention Month
Pinwheels for Prevention
FrameWorks: Talking Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Toolkit (revised)
House Party Weekend
Support Legislation
Prevention Advocate
Research and Fact Sheets About Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevention Tips for Parents
Shop for Our Cause!
Get with the Band [Prevention Wristbands]
Positive Parenting Materials and Community Resources

http://www.preventchildabuse.org/index.shtml

I chose these three national/federal organization because I want to branch out on my carrier. I have a true passion to help children who many be hurt in any kind of way. As a job opportunity I would just love to be on the board of directors in any of these organizations helping make decisions on how to handle issues when dealing with child abuse. The experience I need to fulfill is more experience in this area.