Voices for Illinois Children champions the full development of every child in Illinois to assure the future well-being of the people of the state. We work with families, communities and policymakers to ensure that all children grow up healthy, nurtured, safe and well-educated.

Idaho Kids Count is a statewide, nonprofit organization engaging citizens and policy makers in non-partisan, research-based discussions of strategies to improve childhood outcomes and our public priorities for accomplishing them. We promote public policies and catalyze community actions that will ensure all children grow up safe, healthy, well-educated, cherished, and with hope for the future.

Idaho Kids Count, launched in 1994 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a program of Mountain States Group a 501(c)3 community resource organization, with Idaho Community Count (United Way of Treasure Valley) and Boise State University (Center for Health Policy) as a partners in research.

The mission of the Center on the Family is to enhance interdisciplinary research, service, and education that supports and strengthens families. Most often, our work focuses on the multicultural families of Hawai`i. Families are critical to the development of children, the well-being of individuals, and the strength of society. For these reasons, our programs and activities are preventive in natur

Family Connection Partnership serves as a catalyst for improving results for Georgia's children, families and communities

Our vision is for Georgia's children to be healthy, ready to start and perform better in school, and have stable, economically self-sufficient families.

Family Connection Partnership is a public/private partnership created by the State of Georgia and funders from the private sector. We assist communities in addressing the serious challenges facing Georgia's children and families. We also serve as a resource to state agencies across Georgia that work to improve the conditions of children and families.

At CAHS, we envision a Connecticut where no man, woman or child goes without. And the greater we dream, the greater the difference we can make.

Our Vision for Connecticut

Every child has enough to eat.
Every family has quality health care.
Every working parent earns family-supporting wages.
High quality early education is available for every child who needs it.
Every family has financial stability.

The Colorado Children's Campaign is the leading voice for children in Colorado. Today, there are more than 1.1 million children in Colorado - and that number and their needs are growing. We create hope and opportunity for not just one of those children, or 100 children or 1,000 children - but 1,000,000 Colorado children at a time.

Since 1985, the Colorado Children's Campaign has worked to mobil

The mission of Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families is to protect and promote through research, education and advocacy the rights and well-being of Arkansas children and their families, to assure that they have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.

As guiding principles in accomplishing our mission, AACF adopts the following statements. In short, the principals relate to the simple beliefs that every child is entitled to grow up in a family; that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home; that every child has a right to grow up healthy; and that every child is entitled to an education.

Children's Action Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona's children and families. Through research, publications, media campaigns and advocacy, we act as a strong and independent voice for children.

Workers in an Indiana factory are helping children and families, through an informal, employee-led organization started 16 years ago by the factory nurse. Leanna Skarnulis describes their efforts.

CFK reports from: The State of Health Care Spending on Children
Event: Release of survey results, research, & panel discussion
Organized by: Health Affairs journal
Where/When: Washington, D.C., June 9, 2004

“People aren’t aware of how many children get short shrift in the American health care system,” according to Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. Wyden spoke at a briefing hosted by the journal Health Affairs. The journal released new research and public opinion data on public health spending on children and the elderly.