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Helpful Links
The Westchester Children's Association is not
responsible for the content, accuracy, or opinions on other websites.
We do not investigate these websites for accuracy or completeness.
Inclusion of a linked website on our site does not imply endorsement
of the linked website by WCA. These links are included for your convenience
only.

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
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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.
StateKids
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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