Westchester Children's Association
   
the leading voice for Westchester's children since 1914  
 

Helpful Links

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Child Advocacy Groups

Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc.
"Leadership on behalf of New York City's Children and families requires careful planning, innovative thinking, and strategic action -- all of which CCC does and more."

Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc.
"The Child Care Council of Westchester is a private, nonprofit resource and referral organization dedicated to optimizing the quality of life for children and working families within Westchester County"

Child Welfare League of America
"The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. We are committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm."

Children's Defense Fund
"To ensure every child has a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and Moral Start."

Every Child Matters
"The Every Child Matters Education Fund was established as a 501(c)(3) organization in January of 2002. Its mission is to promote the adoption of smart policies for children and families by making children's needs a national political priority. Our public education activities are meant to complement the solid children's policy work already underway in the states and in Washington."

Mothers Acting Up
"Mothers Acting Up is dedicated to mobilizing the gigantic political strength of mothers to ensure the health, education and safety of every child, not just a privileged few."

Voices For America's Children
"Voices for America's Children is a national organization committed to working at the state and local levels to improve the well-being of children. With member organizations in almost every state, Voices provides a voice for the voiceless Ð children Ð in city halls and statehouses across the country."



Youth Advocacy Groups


Co/Motion
"Engaging youth in action to stop gun violence."

Do Something!
"National non-profit organization that provides training, guidance, and financial resources to emerging young leaders of all backgrounds."



Health and Human Services


United Way of Westchester and Putnam
In the "Need Help?" page of this website, the UWWP provides a telephone HelpLine that provides a free and confidential information and referral service.  Their professional, bilingual staff is ready to connect people with the services they need.

Westchester County Government
This site contains information about services and resources that children and families in Westchester may be eligible to receive.




Contact Your Government Officials


Federal
The White House
The web page for the President of the United States contains contact information for the President's staff.

Identify and Contact Your Senators  -
Contains a list of all federal senators with links to their websites, as well as addresses, phone, and email contact information.

Identify and Contact Your Representatives -
Use your zip code to identify your House Representative.  You will be able to access the Representative's website that should contain all contact information.
State
New York State Governor
The NYS Governor's web page contains contact information for the Governor.

Identify your State Assembly Member or State Senator
Use this search of NYS districts to identify your NYS Senator, NYS Assembly Member, and Congressional Representative.

Contact Your State Senator
Main web page for the NYS Senate, use it to locate information about state senators and to contact them.

Contact Your Assembly Member
Main web page for the NYS Assembly, use it to locate information about assembly members and to contact them.
County
County Executive
The County Executive's web page that provides contact information and information about Westchester County.

County Board of Legislators
Provides a list of the County Board of Legislators and links to their contact information and web pages.



Statistical Information About Children and Youth

County
Westchester County Statistics
This site provides information about the status of Westchester's children and reports on various child-related statistics.
State
Kids Count
This site provides information and statistics on children in New York State.

NYS Kids Well-Being Indicator Clearinghouse
The Kids' Well-being Indicators Clearinghouse (KWIC) is a tool to gather, plot and monitor NYS children's health, education and well-being indicator data in order to improve outcomes for children and families."
National
Kids Count
This site provides information and statistics on children throughout the United States.

Child Stats
This site contains information and statistics regarding children on a national level. Make sure to check out the annual "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being".




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Westchester Children's Association is a member of Voices for America's Children, a national network of child advocacy organizations.