Statewide Associations
& Advocacy Organizations
- 100% Campaign: A collaborative effort of Children Now, Children’s Defense Fund, The Children’s Partnership, and The California Endowment created to ensure that all of California's children obtain health coverage.
- AFTER: Adoptive Family Therapeutic and Educational Resources is the first regional Post-Adoption Center in California and the State pilot for Adoption Assistance (AAP) wraparound services.
- California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
- CSAC Affiliates
- California Alliance of Child & Family Services: A statewide association of adoption service agencies and community-based residential service providers for foster children.
- California Association for Adult Day Services: A not-for-profit statewide association to support the development of adult day services as an alternative to institutional care.
- California Association of Adoptive Agencies: A nonprofit, professional organization representing licensed county and private adoption agencies.
- California Association of Area Agencies on Aging: An association representing California's 33 area agencies on aging.
- California Association of Public Guardians, Administrators & Conservators
- California Health Advocates: California Health Advocates (CHA) is a non-profit organization that strives to be the premier source of health insurance information and advocacy in order to have a well-informed and empowered Medicare population inCalifornia. CHA supports the work of local HICAP offices (see below) and also reaches out to other organizations that serve Medicare beneficiaries through the California Medicare Coalition.
- California Food Policy Advocates: A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to food.
- California & Nevada Community Action Association : An association of California and Nevada community action agencies.
- California Social Work Education Center: A coalition of University Schools of Social Work, the State of California, and county human service agencies dedicated to improving the education and supply of social workers in California.
- California Youth Connection: An advocacy/youth leadership organization for current and former foster youth.
- Center for Health Policy – University of California, Los Angeles:A research center that facilitates collaborative research on health needs and health policy among departments at UCLA.
- Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse & Neglect: A center established in the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine to offer medical, forensic, and victim services to abused and neglected seniors living in the Irvine area, serve as a "living laboratory" of innovative approaches, and serve as a central source of technical assistance, best practice information, multidisciplinary training, useful research, and relevant policy issues statewide in California.
- Child Support Directors Association of California: A non-profit association representing the child support directors of California’s 58 counties.
- Children Now: A research and action organization dedicated to children’s issues.
- First Five Association of California: The statewide association of California Children and Families Act Commissions formed under Proposition 10 to create a comprehensive and integrated system of information and services promoting early childhood development from prenatal to age 5.
- Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program: HICAP, the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program, is a statewide program that does Medicare benefits counseling and education under the California Dept. of Aging.
- Medi-Cal Policy Institute: An independent source of information on Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs.
- National Eligibility Workers Professionals – California State Chapter: A professional and educational association, which establishes standards of ethical conduct for eligibility professionals inCalifornia.
- Western Center on Law & Poverty: A non-profit legal services program devoted to poverty law litigation and legislative advocacy.
- Youth Law Center: A public interest law firm that works to protect children in the nation's foster care and juvenile justice systems from abuse and neglect.