National Organizations

• Center for Law and Social Policy
  CLASP is a nonprofit public policy and advocacy organization. We conduct research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on issues related to economic security and family stability for low-income parents, children, and youth.
• Center for the Child Care Workforce
  CCW/AFTEF's mission is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensure the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and a voice in their workplace.
• Child Care Law Center
  The Child Care Law Center (CCLC) is a national nonprofit legal services organization that uses legal tools to make high quality, affordable child care available to every child, every family, and every community.
• Children's Defense Fund
  The mission of the Children's Defense Fund 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.
• Education Commission of the States
  The mission of the Education Commission of the States is to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of a learning society.
• Families and Work Institute
  Families and Work Institute (FWI) is a nonprofit center for research that provides data to inform decision-making on the changing workforce, changing family and changing community.
• Generations United
  Generations United is the catalyst that brings single-age focused groups together to build and support a common agenda while providing a unique voice in public debate. Generations United honors all ages, supports all ages, and engages all ages.
• National Economic Development and Law Center
  NEDLC is a co-founder of the National Family Economic Self-Sufficiency (FESS) project that builds and strengthens the capacity of coalitions in the states to gain support for six proven strategies that can improve the chances for self-sufficiency for low-income families . Since the late 1980's, NEDLC led the creation and replication of the sector approach, industry partnerships in a specific industry (health care, manufacturing, and child care, for example), designed to solve workforce and economic development challenges in ways that benefit participating employers, unemployed and low-wage workers, and their local economy. NEDLC is the first national organization to have developed a methodology for producing economic impact reports of the child care industry.
• National Latino Children's Institute
  The National Latino Children's Institute (NLCI)'s mission is to focus the nation's attention on Latino children and empower communities for the full and healthy development of young Latinos in a culturally relevant environment.
• National Women's Law Center
  The mission of the National Women's Law Center is to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.
• OMEP - US National Committee of the World Early Childhood Education
  OMEP is the only world-wide non-governmental organization that focuses on young children, ages 0-8.  OMEP is a leader among non-governmental organizations and has close ties with UNICEF and UNESCO.  The world members of OMEP are over 60 National Committees around the globe.  Individuals are connected with OMEP through these national committees.  The International Journal of Early Childhood comes out twice a year, and is a US National Committee membership benefit.  The World Assembly is held every third year, with regional seminars in other years.
• PreK Now
  Pre-K Now's mission is to collaborate with advocates and policymakers to lead a movement for high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year-olds. The goal of Pre-K Now is to advance high-quality pre-kindergarten programs for all children.
• The Trust for Early Education
  The mission of the Trust for Early Education is to ensure that every American child, regardless of income or background, has access to a high quality pre-Kindergarten education that allows him or her to enter school ready to learn, and to begin life prepared to succeed. TEE pursues its goals through state and federal efforts to increase the quality and availability of pre-K and through a nationwide campaign to educate voters and policy elites on the benefits of a high-quality pre-K education.
• United Way of America Success by Six
  United Way Success By 6® is the nation's largest network of early childhood coalitions, focused on improving school readiness through community change. At the national level, United Way Success By 6® provides a strategic framework and support for local innovation. In the last 5 years, more than 500,000 children have benefited from SB6® early learning, child care, parent education, health, literacy and family resource center programs.
• USA Child Care
  USA Child Care is an organization for child care providers who believe that all children deserve high quality care. Its mission is to bring the voice of direct services providers to national and state policy dialogue.
• US House of Representatives
  This web site gives information about bills currently on the House floor as well as information on contacting your Representatives.
• US Senate
  This web site gives information about bills currently on the Senate floor as well as information on contacting your Senators.
• 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.