Out-of-School Time and School-Age Care
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) was established to complement, enhance and promote child care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families.
The National Institute on Out-of-School Time improves the quantity and quality of school-age care programs nationally by concentrating in five primary areas: research; education and training; consultation; program and community development; and public awareness.
The Children Youth and Families Education and Research Network operates a web page on school-age care that links to dozens of publications on school-age care issues, including programming, evaluation and assessment, and other topics.
School-Age Notes is a national resource organization on school age care geared toward developing and providing information, technical assistance, and resources for youth in out-of-school settings before and after school and during vacations.
Community Schools
The Children's Aid Society is a voluntary, nonsectarian agency that provides a broad spectrum of health, education, recreation, and emergency services to New York City's neediest children and families. The Children's Aid Society forged an alliance with the New York City Board of Education to create a community school in the Washington Heights neighborhood in 1991. Children's Aid Society provides technical assistance to sites that are adapting the community school model.
Coalition for Community Schools works toward improving education and helping students learn and grow while supporting and strengthening their families and communities. Community schools bring together many partners to offer a range of supports and opportunities to children, youth, families and communities - before, during and after school, seven days a week.
Communities in Schools champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
The Institute for Educational Leadership works to bring together and support leaders who work to improve educational opportunities for children. In partnership with the United Way of America, IEL is providing technical assistance to seven local United Ways as they adapt the Bridges to Success community school model.
The National Community Education Association promotes parent and community involvement in public education, the formation of community partnerships to address community needs, and the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities for all community residents at the national, state, and local levels.
The North Central Regional Educational Library is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping teachers, parents, principals, community members, policymakers, and students work together toward a common goal: improving schools to make them safe and productive places where children can learn and grow. NCREL's site includes the Pathways to School Improvement Server, which features sections dedicated to critical issues in parent and family involvement, supporting materials, and links to written and internet resources.
School of the 21st Century, also known as Family Resource Centers in some communities, is a school-based child care and family support model that promotes the optimal growth and development in children through the continuity of support from birth to age twelve.
The United Way Worldwide is the national service and training center for over 1300 local member United Ways. The United Way of America has made a 20-year commitment to increasing opportunities for young people through its Mobilization for America's Children Initiative. In partnership with the Institute for Educational Leadership, the organization is currently providing technical assistance to seven local United Ways as they adapt the Bridges to Success community school model.
Youth Development
America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth led by General Colin Powell, is dedicated to mobilizing individuals, groups and organizations from every part of American life, to build and strengthen the character and competence of the nation's youth.
Boys and Girls Clubs provide programs and activities for young people, especially from disadvantaged circumstances, after school, on weekends, and during the summer. The program serves nearly 3 million children through 886 local organization in over 2000 club facilities in all 50 states.
The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, created by the National 4-H Council, seeks to move all sectors of society to involve youth as full partners in community development by promoting innovative community and youth development strategies across fields and organizations. The Innovation Center develops and offers resources, technical assistance, and training opportunities for those involved in community and youth development.
The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate for the expansion of mentoring and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
The National Network for Youth informs public policy, educates the public and strengthens the field of youth work. Additionally, the National Network and its members promote the positive development of youth through community service, peer education, alcohol-and drug-free teen clubs, drama groups, adventure-based programs, and youth involvement on governing boards and other decision-making bodies.
The National Youth Leadership Council is an advocate of service-learning and youth service and works to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy by engaging young people in their communities and schools, and through innovation in learning, service, leadership, and public policy.
YouthBuild is a comprehensive community and youth development program as well as an alternative school. YouthBuild, designed to run on a 12-month cycle, offers job training, education, counseling, and leadership development opportunities to unemployed and out-of-school young adults, ages 16-24, through the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing in their own communities.
Community Mobilization
Connect for Kids provides information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids and provides the tools to help people become more active citizens - from volunteering to voting - on behalf of kids.
The Families and Work Institute is a non-profit organization that addresses the changing nature of work and family life. F.W.I. is committed to finding research-based strategies that foster mutually supportive connections among workplaces, families, and communities.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation works in tandem with communities, corporations, foundations and government to insure that distressed neighborhoods receive the funding dollars they need to transform their communities into thriving, economically sound and safe areas in which to live by channeling grants, investments, and technical support to community development corporations rebuilding neighborhoods and rural areas throughout the country.
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education is dedicated to developing effective family/school partnerships in schools throughout America. Its mission is to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education and to foster relationships between home, school, and community that can enhance the education of all the nation's young people.
Together We Can strengthens and sustains the capacity of community collaboratives and state initiatives to move toward the shared vision of improving results for children and families. The organization's web site provides tools and guides for building partnerships and stronger communities.
Work/Family Directions is a management consulting firm that helps organizations develop work-family programs and policies that enable all employees to succeed. The company is the leading provider of corporate work-life programs.
Government
21st Century Community Learning Centers, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provide expanded learning opportunities for participating children in a safe, drug-free and supervised environment. About 3,600 rural and inner-city public schools in 903 communities--in collaboration with other public and non-profit agencies, organizations, local businesses, post-secondary institutions, scientific/cultural and other community entities--are now participating as 21st Century CLCs.
Afterschool.gov connects federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours.
Department of Health and Human Service's Administration for Children and Families (ACF) brings together in one organization the broad range of federal programs and services that address the needs of children and families.
Department of Health and Human Service's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) works to assure that underserved and vulnerable people get the health care they need. BPHC is one of four Bureaus of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services. Within its listing of programs is information on community-based health services and school-based services.
The Board on Children, Youth, and Families provides a national focal point for authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of child, youth, and family issues relevant to policy decisions. Established under the joint aegis of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, the Board brings the collective knowledge and analytic tools of the behavioral, social, and health sciences to the development of policies and programs for children, youth, and families.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a government-wide database of all federal programs, services, and activities. The CFDA details eligibility requirements, goals, application process, and award processes of federal funds.
Department of Health and Human Service's Child Care Bureau is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and supply of child care available for all families. The Child Care Bureau administers Federal funds to States, Territories, and Tribes to assist low income families in accessing quality child care for children while parents work or participate in education or training.
The Department of Education works to strengthen the federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational opportunity for each individual and to encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in federal education programs.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development works to increase affordable housing and home ownership, reduce homelessness, promote jobs and economic opportunity, and empower people and communities.
The Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workforce for new and better jobs, and ensuring the adequacy of America's workplaces.
Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) of the Administration for Children and Families, works to provide national leadership on youth issues and to assist individuals and organizations in providing effective, comprehensive services for youth in at-risk situations and their families. A primary goal of FYSB programs is to provide positive alternatives for youth, ensure their safety, and maximize their potential to take advantage of available opportunities.
Federal Register is a legal newspaper published every business day by the National Archives and Records administration. It contains announcements of the availability of grants and proposed rules and regulations for federal programs.
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY). NCFY is the Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB's) central resource on youth and family policy and practice. FYSB is a Bureau within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF); Administration for Children and Families (ACF); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention works on a number of youth and community initiatives, including a National Youth Network, Juvenile Mentoring, and a Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program.
Research and Policy Organizations
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) seeks to meet today's social, economic, and environmental challenges through education and human resource development; to apply state of the art education, training, research, technology, management, behavioral analysis, and social marketing techniques to solve problems; and to improve knowledge and skills throughout the world as the most effective means for stimulating growth, reducing poverty, and promoting democratic and humanitarian ideals.
The Board on Children, Families, and Youth provides a national focal point for authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of child, youth, and family issues relevant to policy decisions. Established under the joint aegis of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, the Board brings the collective knowledge and analytic tools of the behavioral, social, and health sciences to the development of policies and programs for children, youth, and families.
The Center for Social Organization of Schools (CSOS) conducts programmatic research and development activities to improve the education system, as well as provides technical assistance to help schools use the Center's research.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy provides public policy analysis and technical assistance to states and localities, concentrating in the areas of family and children's services, income supports, neighborhood-based services, education reform, family support, disability and health care policy, and long term care for the elderly.
The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago is a research and development center focusing on policies, practices, and programs affecting children and the families and communities in which they live.
The Children's Foundation conducts research and provides information and training on child nutrition programs; quality child care; leadership development; health care; welfare-to-work programs; and enforcement of court-ordered child support.
Child Trends, Inc. studies children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analysis.
The Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network provides practical, research-based information on children, youth and families. The CYFERNet team works to maintain, support development and enhance usage of the Internet-based information and communication systems within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension System's Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFER) Initiative.
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nationwide, nonprofit organization composed of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the states. CCSSO works on behalf of the state agencies that serve pre-K - 12 students throughout the nation.
The Harvard Family Research Project conducts and publishes research about programs that serve children and families throughout the U.S.
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people. Through research and the active communication of findings, MDRC seeks to enhance the effectiveness of public policies and programs.
The National Conference of State Legislatures offers comprehensive information, research on critical state issues, informative publications, and an excellent legislative information database.
The National Governors Association is a bipartisan national organization of, by, and for the nation's governors. Through the NGA, the governors identify priority issues and deal collectively with issues of public policy and governance at both the national and state levels. The NGA's Center for Best Practices provides technical assistance to the states on out-of-school time policy and programs.
Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. In carrying out this mission, P/PV works with philanthropies, the public and business sectors, and nonprofit organizations.
The Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization committed not only to contributing to the knowledge base about youth development, but also to translating high-quality research on children and youth into practical ideas, tools, services, and resources for families, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, and communities.
The Urban Institute is a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization that investigates social and economic problems confronting the nation and analyzes efforts to solve these problems.
The Welfare Information Network helps states and communities obtain the information, policy analysis, and technical assistance they need to develop and implement welfare reforms that will reduce dependency and promote the well-being of children and families.
The Yale University Edward Zigler Child Study Center offers information on the conceptual foundation of the 21st century school, information on participation, training opportunities, available resources, and links to relevant sites.
Advocacy Organizations
The Afterschool Alliance is a coalition of public, private and nonprofit organizations dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children.
The Children's Defense Fund works 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.
The Child Welfare League of America is a national non-profit organization that develops and promotes policies and programs to protect America's children and to strengthen America's families.
Fight Crime, Invest-in-Kids is a national anti-crime organization led by police chiefs, prosecutors, and crime survivors. Included on the Fight Crime, Invest-in-Kids website are the complete texts of reports and evidence on preventing crime by creating supportive programs and environments for children before they commit crimes.
HandsNet promotes information sharing, cross-sector collaboration and advocacy throughout the human services community. HandsNet works with organizations focusing on children and families, affordable housing and community development, health care, legal services, welfare reform and related issues.
The Voices for America's Children is devoted to the creation and support of state- and community-based child advocacy organizations. All NACA members are citizen-based, non-profit, and private child advocacy organizations.
Save the Children is an organization dedicated to helping children and protecting children's rights. Save the Children's "Web of Support," is an initiative geared toward making out-of-school time safe and productive for children through adult and community involvement and sponsorship.
