Foster Care Organizations

Phone: (202) 662-1000

Fax: (202) 662-1755

The ABA Center on Children and the Law seeks to improve the laws, policies, and judicial procedures affecting children by supporting legal representation for youth, facilitating coordination between attorneys and caseworkers, reducing court delays, and providing training to court professionals involved in child welfare. ABA also supports: National Reunification Month and updates this website each June.

nadid: 11192

Phone: (410) 547-6600

Fax: (410) 547-6624

The Annie E. Casey Foundation works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

nadid: 11142

Phone: (202) 682-0100

Fax: (202) 289-6555

The AAICPC consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. AAICPC has the authority to carry out the rules and terms of the the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), which establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children and is statutory law in all fifty-two member jurisdictions and a binding contract between member jurisdictions.

nadid: 11081

Phone: (402) 498-1300

Toll-Free: (800) 448-3000

Fax: (402) 498-1348

Boys Town provides a continuum of care for children and families. Boys Town works to reunite children with their families, find foster homes for others, provide a Boys Town family for those with nowhere else to turn, and help families remain together.

nadid: 11066

CarePortal is a platform that brings together diverse constituents–government agencies, churches, businesses, schools, and other ministries–to support children and families in need.

nadid: 30314

Toll-Free: (800) 496-2230

Casey Family Programs works in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two territories and with more than a dozen tribal nations to influence long-lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families, and the communities where they live. Founded in 1966, they learn from and collaborate with communities at local, state, tribal, and national levels to nurture the safety and success of children.

nadid: 11152

Phone: (773) 256-5100

Fax: (773) 753-5940

Email: webmaster@chapinhall.org

Chapin Hall is a research and development center focusing on policies, practices, and programs affecting children and the families and communities in which they live. The Center devotes special attention to children facing significant problems such as abuse or neglect, poverty, and mental or physical illnesses, and to the service systems designed to address these problems.

nadid: 11160

Phone: (240) 223-9200

Fax: (240) 200-1238

Email: fwalter@childtrends.org

Child Trends is a research organization dedicated to studying children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses. Among the major areas of research and evaluation are the effects of welfare and poverty on children; issues related to parenting, family structure and fatherhood; and major indicators of children's health and well-being.

nadid: 11163

Toll-Free: (800) 394-3366

Email: info@childwelfare.gov

Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more.

nadid: 17904

Phone: (202) 688-4200

Fax: (202) 833-1689

Email: cwla@cwla.org

The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the oldest national organization serving vulnerable children, youth, and their families. CWLA provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to child welfare professionals and agencies while also educating the public on emerging issues that affect abused, neglected, and at-risk children. Through its publications, conferences, and teleconferences, CWLA shares information on emerging trends, specific topics in child welfare practice (family foster care, kinship care, adoption, positive youth development), and Federal and State policies.

nadid: 11165

Phone: (217) 333-5837

Toll-Free: (800) 638-3877

Fax: (217) 333-7629

Email: cfrc@uiuc.edu

The Children and Family Research Center (CFRC) is dedicated to supporting and conducting research that contributes to keeping children safe, assuring permanent homes for children, and supporting child and family well-being.

The CFRC is an independent research organization created at the School of Social Work by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

nadid: 13333

The Children's Bureau, the oldest Federal agency for children and families, is located within the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. The Bureau is responsible for assisting States in the delivery of child welfare services designed to protect children and to strengthen families. The Bureau provides grants to States, Tribes, and communities to operate a range of child welfare services including child protective services, family preservation and support, foster care, adoption, and independent living.

nadid: 11167

Phone: (202) 544-8500

Fax: (202) 544-8501

Email: info@ccainstitute.org

The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the foster children in this country and the orphans around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes; and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic need of a family.

nadid: 12969

Phone: (614) 236-6730

Fax: (614) 236-6958

Email: fylaw@law.capital.edu

The Family and Youth Law Center at Capital University Law School (FYLaw) works within child welfare, adoption, and juvenile justice systems to support positive outcomes for children, youth, and families. Established in 1998 as the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy, FYLaw partners with local, State, and national agencies and organizations in collaborations aimed at improving the laws, policies, and practices associated with child protection, adoption, and juvenile justice systems. FYLaw launched the Foster Youth Advocacy Center (FYAC) to provide civil legal services to young adults transitioning out of the child welfare system and families at risk of systems involvement.

nadid: 11742

Phone: (201) 343-2246

Toll-Free: (800) 414-3382

Fax: (201) 489-4593

Email: ffta@ffta.org

The Foster Family-Based Treatment Association is a membership organization committed to enhancing the lives of children and their families by strengthening family-based organizations. Treatment foster care is a model of care that provides children with a combination of traditional foster care and residential treatment centers, with the treatment occurring within the foster family home.

nadid: 11190

Phone: (202) 780-9405

Email: INFO@FOSTER-AMERICA.ORG

Foster America is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the lives of America’s most vulnerable children: those in foster care or at risk of entering the system.

nadid: 30197

Phone: (918) 862-2586

Toll-Free: (888) ALU-MNI0

Email: VAchapterfostercarealumni@gmail.com

The mission of Foster Care Alumni of America is to connect the alumni community and to transform policy and practice, ensuring opportunity for people in and from foster care.

nadid: 19483

Phone: (571) 203-0270

Fax: (855) 773-8299

Email: info@fc2success.org

Foster Care to Success' mission is to provide opportunities for America's foster youth to continue their education, to increase awareness of the number and plight of older teens leaving the maze of foster care, to highlight the potential of America's foster youth and the importance of supporting their dreams, and to offer direct opportunities for citizens, business, and civic organizations to assist older foster youth.

Foster Care to Success was formerly the Orphan Foundation of America.

nadid: 11072

Phone: (503) 717-1552

Fax: (503) 717-1702

Email: info@fosterclub.com

FosterClub provides encouragement, motivation, information, education, and benefits for foster youth. The website provides information relating to foster care including articles, questions and answers (q+a), message boards, contests, discussion of foster care topics, and biographies of famous people who grew up in care.

nadid: 13397

Phone: (202) 572-6000

TTY: (800) 628-3233

The Fostering Connections Resource Center was established to provide data, online tools, State-specific and Tribal policy information on implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success Act, and contact individuals for each State and Tribes.

The Fostering Connections Resource Center is a coalition of foundations that have joined together to underwrite the costs of establishing the resource center. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, Duke Endowment, Eckerd Family Foundation, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Sierra Health Foundation, Stuart Foundation and the Walter S. Johnson Foundation. Child Trends and The Finance Project are responsible for managing the center.

nadid: 24145

Phone: (703) 918-8888

Fax: (703) 918-8895

Email: freddiemac_foundation@freddiemac.com

The Freddie Mac Foundation provides funds for various nonprofit organizations that work on behalf of children, youth, and families. The Foundation focuses on children and prevention-oriented programs. Typically, grants are awarded to programs that build strong families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and recruit foster and adoptive parents. Among the Foundation's major programs are Healthy Families America and Wednesday's Child USA, a campaign to promote adoptions.

nadid: 11191

Toll-Free: (800) 433-9016

Fax: (847) 434-8000

Email: fostercare@aap.org

Healthy Foster Care America (HFCA), an initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its partners, provides a website that utilizes the expertise of a large, multidisciplinary coalition to improve the health and well-being outcomes of children and teens in foster care.

HFCA addresses a wide range of health issues and needs of children and youth in foster care, provides resources on health systems of care, and makes available a Resource Library that links to other resources related to the health and well-being of children and youth in foster care.

nadid: 24494

Phone: (734) 487-6570

Email: iscfc@emich.edu

The Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Communities, at Eastern Michigan University, explores contemporary issues and enriches family and community life through the application of scholarly research and practical expertise, innovative projects and leadership in collaborative problem-solving efforts.

The Institute operates through four Centers, including the Center for Child and Family Programs (CCFP). The CCFP has replaced the National Foster Care Resource Center at the Institute. While the CCFP maintains a strong commitment to child welfare and foster care, it has broadened its focus to reflect diverse community needs as well as children and youth in crisis.

nadid: 13355

The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs supports a number of efforts to build the skills and resources of youth aged 16-24.

nadid: 29890

Phone: (410) 547-6600

Fax: (410) 547.6624

The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is a national foundation whose mission is to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood.

Formed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Casey Family Programs, 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 personal and community relationships.

As a grant-making foundation, the Initiative supports successful community-based efforts that create opportunities and build assets for youth leaving foster care through grants, technical assistance, and coalition building with multiple stakeholders. Grants are made to qualified nonprofit organizations or governmental agencies by invitation only.

nadid: 12994

Toll-Free: (800) 257-3223

Email: kpinfo@kidspeace.org

KidsPeace is a private charity dedicated to serving the behavioral and mental health needs of children, families and communities.

KidsPeace offers services in Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

nadid: 25312

Phone: (206) 774-7250

Toll-Free: (800) 628-3233

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a network of 933 community-based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in courtrooms and communities. Volunteer advocates empowered directly by the courts offer judges the critical information they need to ensure that each child's rights and needs are being attended to while in foster care.

nadid: 11021

Phone: (202) 280-2039

General Scope: The National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC) is a broadly based national, nonpartisan partnership of individuals, organizations, foundations, and associations dedicated to improving the lives of children currently in the foster care system and all of the others who have been, or will be, involved in the foster care system.

nadid: 24048

Phone: (253) 683-4246

Toll-Free: (800) 557-5238

Fax: (888) 925-5634

Email: info@nfpaonline.org

General Scope: The National Foster Parent Association (NFPA) is a nonprofit volunteer organization. The NFPA's purpose is to bring together foster parents, agency representatives, and people in the community to improve the foster care system.

NFPA promotes coordination, cooperation, and communication among foster parents, foster parent associations, child care agencies, and other child advocates in an effort to encourage the recruitment and retention of foster parents.

nadid: 11009

Phone: (609) 883-8484

Email: info@onesimplewish.org

One Simple Wish was created with the mission of brightening the lives of thousands of foster children and vulnerable families each year. Wishes are submitted to One Simple Wish through its network of community partners - social service agencies and other nonprofits throughout the United States - that serve foster children and at-risk individuals and families. Please see the website for information on ways to help grant one simple wish.

nadid: 25372

Phone: (215) 575-9050

Fax: (215) 575-4939

Fax: (202) 552-2299

Email: info@pewtrusts.org

The Pew Charitable Trusts' goal is to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life through partnering with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share the commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.

One of the areas of work for the Pew involves Children and Youth. The Pew supports initiatives, grounded in research and evidence, that aim to help children and youth become active, contributing members of society.

At the national level, Pew addresses issues that impact the lives of children, including foster care reform, home visiting, health and dental needs, and educational programs.

nadid: 24332

Phone: (773) 653-2200

Email: info@safefamilies.net

Safe Families for Children is a faith-based movement motivated by compassion, generosity, and hospitality to keep children safe and families supported facing a crisis. Their goal is to build supportive communities with strong families and safe children.

nadid: 29953

Phone: (510) 654-4004

Toll-Free: (877) 380-5300

Fax: (510) 317-1426

Email: info@senecacenter.org

General Scope: Seneca Family of Agencies (formerly Seneca Center) provides a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services to youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year.
Training Specific: Information on training is available on the Training Registration Page .

nadid: 24028

Phone: (203) 768-5690

Email: subroto@startfostercare.org

Start Foster Care aims to engage foster parents and connect them with child welfare professionals through technology platforms and digital marketing strategies with the vision of supporting youth in care.

nadid: 30282

Phone: (501) 238-6611

The mission of the Mayfly Project is to support and build relationships with children in foster care through fly fishing and the introduction to local water ecosystems, with the hope that connecting children to a rewarding hobby will provide an opportunity for fun activities, meaningful connections, and outdoor experiences.

nadid: 29889

The MENTOR Network is a national network of local health and human services providers in a number of States offering an array of quality, community-based services, including family preservation and therapeutic foster care and foster care for medically complex children.

nadid: 29894

Together We Rise (TWR) is a nonprofit organization comprised of motivated young adults and former foster youth who wish to improve the lives of children in foster care. TWR works with hundreds of child welfare agencies, social workers, advocates, and other partners to bring resources to youth in foster care and use service-learning activities to educate volunteers on issues related to the foster care system.This foundation has provided thousands of youth in foster care across the country with new bicycles, college supplies, and suit cases so that they do not have to travel from home to home with their belongings in a trash bag.

nadid: 30352

Phone: (734) 764-9466

Fax: (734) 764-8128

The University Center for the Child and Family (UCCF) is strongly committed to helping children and families enjoy a happier life, more satisfying relationships, and increased success.The goals of the UCCF are to enhance the lives of vulnerable children and families and to shape local, State, and national policies by working with public and private agencies to conduct research, demonstrate new models of service, develop training curricula and provide T/TA, conduct program evaluations, and develop policy recommendations.

nadid: 11211

Phone: (212) 279-0708

Fax: (212) 279-8856

Email: info@youthcomm.org

The mission of Youth Communication is to help teenagers, including foster youth, develop their skills in reading, writing, thinking, and reflection, so they can acquire the information they need to make thoughtful choices about their lives.

One of the major programs of Youth Communication is the publishing of the magazine, Represent. Written by and for teens in foster care, Represent provides them a voice to share personal experiences, to plan for their future, and to help them negotiate the present. For more information, see https://youthcomm.org/youth-voice-page/#magazines-enewsletters.

nadid: 14932

Phone: (415) 543-3379

Fax: (415) 956-9022

Email: info@ylc.org

The Youth Law Center works to protect children in the nation's foster care and juvenile justice systems from abuse and neglect, and to ensure that they receive the necessary support and services to become healthy and productive adults. The Center's efforts have focused on strengthening families and advocating for education, medical and mental health, legal support, and transition services needed to assure children's success in care and in the community.

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