Organizations with expertise in parent engagement. The Annie E. Casey Foundation Provides grants for programs that support the most vulnerable children and families in America. ACT Provides college planning resources for parents and students.
American Academy of Pediatrics Provides a parenting corner with an assortment of publications relating to child health and development from birth through high school. ASPIRA Provides resource for Latino parents to assist them in learning about negotiating change and improving education in their communities.
Attendance Works Provides information, including pledge cards, factsheets, toolkits, webinars, and research, to parents, schools, and school districts. Casey Family Programs Provides a variety of resources to support foster parents, caregivers and birth parents.
The box to the right lists other areas of the Information Gateway website that address a range of supportive services for families. Org Provides an overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act, resources on topics related to the legislation, communication tools for promoting the website, and a calendar with upcoming related webinars and conference calls.
Just In Time Parenting Alabama Cooperative Extension System Provides research-based information to families in factsheets and newsletters and connects parents to resources and expert advice based on their child's age.
Offers a call center and resources to provide parents and caregivers with emotional support. Through their programs, the voices of mothers from all walks of life are brought to leaders and policy makers. If you would like to be involved and have a say in issues such as maternity leave, child nutrition and breastfeeding rights, Moms Rising is a great organization to amplify your voice.
After all, politicians tend to pay more attention to a block of collective voices which to them translates to more votes rather than sporadic, individual voices. Becoming a parent does not necessarily mean going through the whole experience of pregnancy and childbirth.
Sometimes it comes in the more subtle avenue of fostering. Even if it is only for a temporary period of time, it must still come with careful considerations for the health and well-being of the child. Fostering can come with some unique challenges of its own. Because of this, the National Foster Parent Association has established a network of foster parents across the country to help exchange advice and support.
The organization also provides assistance to parents who are interested in supporting a child and becoming foster parents. While moms indeed do have their own unique challenges to deal with, so do dads. Some dads, after all, are little more than sperm donors. There are many dads across the globe who do their best to become this father figure. This is why the Fatherhood Project was started as an initiative to help fathers become better parents and to help them realize their impact in child development.
The organization partners with communities across New York to ensure that even the least advantaged children get access to important services.
It includes health care, nutrition, education, foster care and special programs such as arts and sports. The Child Welfare League of America is another organization that specifically serves vulnerable families. Recognizing this, the organization Family Lives On continues to help parents give their children the support they need to handle grief.
Founded by a mother diagnosed with cancer who realized it was important for her child to hold on to traditions that anchor him to both honor her memory and move on when she was gone. Mocha Moms began as a newsletter and has since grown into a national organization with programs that support and encourage mothers of color, particularly those who choose to stay at home rather than work. The organization helps these mothers deal with the loneliness, career confusion, and general lack of social support that sometimes staying at home can involve.
It is geared specifically to mothers of color as a group to address these needs common to all stay-at-home moms, as well as to issues that affect women and children of color in particular. Moms Rising is an organization that focuses on education and advocacy on issues that affect mothers. Through their programs, the voices of mothers from all walks of life are brought to leaders and policy makers. If you would like to be involved and have a say in issues such as maternity leave, child nutrition and breastfeeding rights, Moms Rising is a great organization to amplify your voice.
After all, politicians tend to pay more attention to a block of collective voices which to them translates to more votes rather than sporadic, individual voices. Becoming a parent does not necessarily mean going through the whole experience of pregnancy and childbirth.
Sometimes it comes in the more subtle avenue of fostering. Even if it is only for a temporary period of time, it must still come with careful considerations for the health and well-being of the child. Fostering can come with some unique challenges of its own. Because of this, the National Foster Parent Association has established a network of foster parents across the country to help exchange advice and support.
The organization also provides assistance to parents who are interested in supporting a child and becoming foster parents.
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