Children Now is a nonpartisan umbrella research, policy development, and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting children’s health, education and well-being in California. Children Now also leads The Children’s Movement of California, a grassroots network of thousands of education, parent, civil rights, faith, and community-based organizations, as well as thousands of individuals, working together to make children a top priority in public policy. Join the Movement today! Children Now Insider Blog: https://www.childrennow.org/blog/ Join The Children's Movement: https://www.childrennow.org/thechildrensmovement/ Read our reports: https://www.childrennow.org/reports/

Solano Diversified. Services (SDS) is a non-profit corporation located in Vallejo, California. SDS is dedicated to providing training and employment services in a variety.

Mission: FCA supports and sustains the essential work of families nationwide who are caring for loved ones with chronic disabling health conditions. Who We Are Founded in 1977, Family Caregiver Alliance was the first community-based nonprofit organization in the country to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home. Long recognized as a pioneer in health services, FCA offers programs at national, state, and local levels to support and sustain caregivers. History More than 40 years ago a small task force of families and community leaders in San Francisco came together to create support services for those struggling to provide long-term care for a loved one who did not "fit"​ into traditional health systems: adults suffering from Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Parkinson's, traumatic brain injury, and other debilitating disorders. The diagnoses were different, but the families shared common challenges: isolation, lack of information, few community resources, and drastic changes in family roles. The task force’s early efforts had three lasting results: the formation of Family Caregiver Alliance; the genesis of California’s statewide network of Caregiver Resource Centers; and the beginnings of a national movement to recognize the immense contribution of family caregivers to the long-term health care of the ill and elderly in our country.

The California Association of Food Banks is working to create a hunger-free California. Harnessing the voice of our 40+ member food banks of California, we influence public policy, collaborate with local farmers to get fresh food into our food banks, and provide nourishment to millions of food insecure families and individuals.

Family Builders is a non-profit, licensed foster care and adoption agency, serving children in the foster care system. Family Builders believes that every child has the right to grow up in a permanent, nurturing family regardless of that child’s age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or medical, physical or emotional condition. Family Builders educates the community about the needs of waiting children, advocates on their behalf, and places children with permanent, secure families through adoption, and other forms of permanence. Family Builders is located at 1900 Embarcadero, Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94606.

The Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles is a unique and significant collaboration of 10 member agencies that have been serving communities across Los Angeles County for more than 40 years. Formed in 1997, the Child Care Alliance works to ensure that parents and families experience seamless delivery of high quality, affordable, accessible early care and education services. The agencies are multi-faceted, but all are strongly rooted in and connected to their surrounding communities, possess the cultural competencies to work effectively with the diverse populations they serve, and have well-established relationships with a very large network of local ECE providers. The impact of the Child Care Alliance is significant, reaching 10,000 licensed child care providers and 9,000 license exempt providers, serving over 40,000 children through the management of publicly-funded child care subsidies, and annually processing 37,000 requests for child care referrals and 28,000 requests for information about other ECE resources. The Mission Statement of the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles is to work together to strengthen families and ensure high quality child care and early learning across Los Angeles County.

What We Do Founded in 1981, Family House is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization providing temporary housing to families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital. Qualifying families live more than 50 miles from UCSF, and many live at or below the low-income status as determined by UCSF. Our location sustains nearly a 100% occupancy rate and can accommodate 250 people per night. Over the course of a year we serve more than 4,000 families. Family House is an independent organization led by a professional staff and board of directors dedicated to providing residential services free-of-charge to qualifying families. Since we receive no financial support from UCSF, or any other public entity, we rely solely on the generous contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations.

Family Violence Appellate Project is the only nonprofit organization in California and Washington state dedicated to helping domestic violence survivors appeal dangerous court decisions that leave them and/or their children at risk of ongoing abuse. We provide free legal representation to appeal cases that put domestic violence survivors in danger, overturning these decisions and helping survivors get the safety and justice they deserve. By obtaining publication of our cases, we are also setting new legal precedents throughout California and Washington state that prioritize the safety of abuse survivors and children. THE PROBLEM Decisions reached by trial courts in domestic violence cases far too often leave survivors and their children in danger of ongoing abuse. At least half of batterers who frequently abuse their spouses also frequently abuse their children, and one study found that abusers are granted custody in 54% of custody cases involving documented domestic violence. Many survivors in this situation, who may have had poor or no legal representation in the trial court, either do not know that they can appeal their case or lack the financial resources to appeal. As a result, there is little appellate precedent for trial courts to follow, and they are not rigorously enforcing key statutes designed to protect children from abusive parents. THE SOLUTION FVAP partners with pro bono attorneys from California's and Washington' top law firms to make sure we're winning cases for domestic violence survivors. The average of successful appeals in California is only 21%, but at FVAP, we win 80% of the appeals we bring and 100% of the appeals we defend. We're holding courts accountable for the safety of abuse survivors and their children. We're changing the law by building up a body of precedential case law that will help families throughout the state. And we're empowering domestic violence survivors to get the safety and justice they deserve.

UpTogether is a national organization with a bold goal of changing policies, systems, and underlying beliefs so that all people in the United States are seen and invested in for their strengths and are able to build power, reinforce their autonomy, and drive their own economic and social mobility. By investing in people in financially under-resourced communities, amplifying stories of their true lived experiences and rallying together in support of strength-based* policies and practices, we can promote systems change. This will move us toward our vision where everyone in the United States is seen and invested in for their strengths, able to build power, reinforce their autonomy, and drive their own economic and social mobility.

CHDC was established in 1995 as a non-profit, community-focused organization that provides first-time home ownership opportunities to low- to moderate-income individuals and families. Through various partnerships, CHDC has been key in revitalizing distressed neighborhoods by renovating existing homes and rebuilding residences. CHDC has helped over 100 families purchase homes in Des Moines and Polk County.

At Dream.org we close prison doors and open doors of opportunity. We bring people together across racial, social, and partisan lines to create a future with freedom, dignity, and opportunity for all.

Center for Domestic Peace (C4DP) leads a comprehensive community effort to end the #1 violent crime in Marin County: domestic violence. We provide transformational services and programs that protect and enhance victim safety, and ultimately engage our community in permanent change. Through the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and staff and more than 40 years of hard work, Center for Domestic Peace has developed a comprehensive range of support services including: emergency shelter, transitional housing with an economic empowerment focus, legal advocacy, referrals, trauma therapy, and a men’s program that offers men concrete ways to end their violence. Visit www.centerfordomesticpeace.org