Service Organizations

For Love of Children :

  - A nonprofit organization in Washington, DC, working to eliminate abuse and neglect, alleviate homelessness, and educate high-risk youth to be responsible, successful adults.
Hands On New Orleans :

  - Provides ongoing opportunities for volunteers to make a difference in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region. Projects, partners, press, and volunteer and donation opportunities.
Alternate Shelter Society :

- Provides residential and support services to abused, homeless, and at-risk youth in Vancouver, Canada.
AVANCE :

- A nonprofit organization that supports Latino families with programs that focuses on parent education, early childhood development, brain development, literacy, and school readiness. Chapters, news, and events.
Big Family of Michigan :

- A non-profit organization that provides services to Michigan's hard-to-place foster children. Events, speeches, and programs.
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation :

- A Volunteer Organisation helping Vietnam's poorest children to escape poverty. Working with street kids and children with disabilities.
Blue Valley Community Action Partnership :

- Serves families and communities in southeast Nebraska and north central Kansas by offering health, education, nutrition, and housing programs.
Boys Hope Girls Hope :

- Provides at risk children with stable homes, education, and financial and emotional support. Programs, news, and locations.
Breaking Through :

- A network in Ireland devoted to assisting young people at risk. News, events, lobbying, and publications.
Bryan's House :

- A nonprofit organization based in Dallas, Texas that offers medically-managed child care, adolescent programs and family support services to children, teens and their families affected by HIV/AIDS.
CAP Services Inc. :

- A non-profit organization based in Wisconsin that provides housing, employment, and preschool services to families with limited income.
Center for Children in La Plata, Maryland :

- Provides mental health and other services to children and families in southern Maryland. Counseling, mentoring, education, and health initiatives.
Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents :

- Seeks to document and develop effective services for children of criminal offenders and their families. Articles, programs, and training.
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park :

- Offers family counseling, employment services, foster care, and emergency help to families and children in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse :

- Seeks to promote healthy families in south Mississippi. Families First Resource Center, Child Advocacy Center, High-Risk Youth/Teen Mentor Program, and Welcome Baby Program.
Central Nebraska Community Services :

- A non-profit organization that provides early childhood programs, health and nutrition services, and housing programs.
Child & Family Services :

- Nonprofit agency in Western New York state offering a full range of human services, including counseling, foster care services, special needs adoption, residential treatment for youth, special education programs, and domestic violence intervention and treatment services.
Child & Family Services, Capital Area :

- Offers adoption, foster care, and family services to mid-Michigan families.
Child SHARE :

- Seeks to find quality foster and adoptive homes for abused, abandoned and neglected children by working through local faith communities.
Children and Family Futures :

- Provides services to government agencies, community based organizations, and schools in order to improve outcomes for children and families, particularly those affected by substance abuse and those involved in the welfare and child welfare systems.
Children and Youth Services Review :

- An interdisciplinary forum for critical scholarship regarding service programs for children and youth.
Children of the Night :

- A non-profit organization dedicated to assisting children between the ages of 11 and 17 who are forced to prostitute on the streets for food and a place to sleep. Services, hotline, and donation information.
Children's Home Society :

- An organization in South Dakota that assists children with emotional and behavioral problems and offers emergency shelter services and counseling for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Christmas Wish Program :

- A non-profit organization in Hawaii that offers year-round assistance to homeless children and families.
College Mentors For Kids :

- Pairs high risk and underprivileged youth in Indiana with college students in a mentor capacity.
Community Action Agency of Delaware County, Inc. :

- Provides services to residents of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, including emergency shelters, rent and utility assistance, and job assistance.
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska :

- Provides educational, employment, health, and housing programs for low income families.
Community Action Southwest :

- Offers Head Start, WIC, and transportation programs to residents of southwestern Pennsylvania.
Compassion UK :

- Christian child sponsorship ministry working many of the world's poorest countries.
Courage for Youth :

- A non-profit association in British Columbia, Canada that seeks to help youth, particularly girls, by offering programs that build self-esteem, limit aggression, and improve educational outcomes.
The Cridge Centre for the Family :

- Nonprofit society based in Greater Victoria, Canada that provides child care, housing for low-income families, women's services and residential care for the disabled.
Crisis Center of Anderson and Cherokee Counties, Texas :

- Free and confidential assistance to families and individuals in times of personal crisis. Hotline and fact sheets.
The DREAM Program :

- Builds mentoring partnerships between college students and children of low-income housing developments in Vermont. News, programs, and volunteer and donation opportunities.
Dutchess County Community Action Partnership, Inc. :

- Assists low-income individuals and families in Dutchess County, New York. News, programs, and services.
Eagle House :

- Shelter in Brisbane Australia for troubled women and children. Newsletter and contact information.
Ennis Center for Children :

- Nonprofit, multi-service agency providing community based, in home, foster care, adoption and group home services to children and families through Southeast Michigan.
European Network of Children and Youth Mentoring Organisations :

- Seeks to encourage responsible volunteers for youth mentoring projects in Europe.
Family Justice Inc. :

- Seeks to improve outcomes of those under community-based justice supervision (pretrial, probation, or parole) by involving and assisting their family members. Direct service programs, training and technical assistance for agencies, research, and news.
The Family Place :

- A center located in Vermont that offers playgroups, parent education and support groups, assistance with child care costs, lending library, and a Child Advocacy Center.
Family Service of Central Indiana, Inc. :

- An organization in Indianapolis, Indiana that provides counseling and services on relationships, children, domestic violence, substance abuse, and elderly and senior issues.
Family Service of the Piedmont :

- A nonprofit organization that serves children and families in Guilford County, North Carolina. Mental health counseling, victim services, child abuse prevention, and community outreach.
Foundation for Honey's Children :

- Works closely with the Probation Department of Monterey County, California to reduce delinquency and improve child welfare.
The Fresh Air Fund :

- Sends inner city children to host families or to camp to experience country life.
Friends of the Children :

- Employs full-time mentors to help at-risk children. Chapters, news, partners, and how to donate.
Good Shepherd Services :

- A social service and youth development agency serving vulnerable New York City children and families through a network of community-based programs and city-wide foster care services.
Greater Omaha Community Action :

- Provides family development, health, and nutrition services to low-income residents of the greater Omaha, Nebraska area.
Guidance Center :

- A human services organization dedicated to the mental well-being of children, adults and families in Wayne County, Michigan.
Hartford Choice :

- Recent college graduates and students become caseworkers and mentors to inner-city youth in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Applications, testimonials, and services.
Heart of Los Angeles Youth :

- Community center for young people to engage in enrichment activities in the Rampart District of Los Angeles. Programs, board and staff members, and volunteer opportunities.
Henderson County, Texas Help Center :

- Offers counseling, day care, teen pregnancy programs, parenting education, child advocacy center, infant and newborn services, student assistance programs, and after school programs.
Homes for the Homeless :

- A non-profit organization that provides educational training services to homeless families. Programs, research, and volunteer and donation information.
Injury Free Coalition for Kids :

- Works to prevent injury among children through hospital-based, community-oriented programs. News, events, speakers' bureau, and safety tips.
Institute for Family Development :

- Offers training and programs designed to help families function better, keep children safe, and stop the unnecessary removal of children into state custody.
International Social Service - United States of America Branch, Inc. :

- Non-profit organization that works with social service agencies in different countries to help families on matters of adoption, child custody, child support, and child abuse.
Jagruti Seva Sanstha :

- Nonprofit organization based in Pune, India that provides education, vocational training, health care and counselling to the underprivileged, particularly young women. Contact details, donor information, volunteer profiles, programs, activities and success stories.
Jairus Agency :

- Puts at-risk teens in Massachusetts with meaningful volunteer jobs and mentoring relationships.
Jane Addams Hull House :

- Seeks to improve social conditions for underserved people and communities in the Chicago, Illinois area. Community centers, programs, and policy and advocacy.
Josai Chugakko Volunteer Club :

- Encourages volunteerism in Japanese students at Josai Junior High school. Projects and contact information.
Kids Place International :

- Provides support services, after-school programs, and workshops for inner city children in South Phoenix, Arizona.
Life Coaches: A Faith Based Mentoring Program :

- A Christian mentoring program for at-risk youth. Information on partnerships, mission, and how to get involved in a coaching program.
Lifeways - Child and Family Services :

- A United Kingdom national provider serving children with special needs and their families with supported living, foster care, respite and residential care, and family support. Site provides philosophy, management information, newsroom, and overview of services.
Lighthouse Family Retreat :

- A seaside family retreat for children with cancer and their families. Program offers beach games, arts/crafts, parent support groups, and inter-faith devotionals.
Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Leeds, UK :

- A charity which provides free week-long activity holidays for local children in need of a break. Activities include mountain biking, climbing, archery, animal care, environmental studies, and art.
Lollipop Theater Network :

- A nonprofit organization that arranges showings of first-run movies to children confined to hospitals.
Love A Child Inc. :

- A Christian humanitarian and missionary organization that has schools, feeding programs, a child care program, mobile medical clinics, and an orphanage in the country of Haiti. Projects, television broadcast schedule, and sponsorship and donation information.
Mentoring Europe :

- Promotes mentoring of children and youth in communities throughout Europe.
Mentoring USA :

- Provides mentoring in New York City to several groups of children, including foster children, the homeless, and recent immigrants.
Metropolitan Development Council :

- Offers child care, education, employment, and housing services to families in the Tacoma, Washington area.
Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth & Family Services :

- A non-profit membership association of youth service organizations in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. :

- A non-profit organization serving children and families in central Iowa. Specializes in Head Start, child nutrition, family development, and housing services.
MidSOUTH :

- The community service unit of the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Provides leadership, training, and support in the areas of child welfare, foster care, and the prevention of substance abuse.
Mpowering Kids :

- A nonprofit after-school program based in Long Island, New York that provides specialized mentoring, tutoring and cultural enrichment programs for motivated students in underserved communities.
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center :

- Provides training, support, and resources to service providers who assist children that are abandoned or at-risk of abandonment due to the presence of drugs and/or HIV in the family.
National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network :

- Seeks to improve the lives of children and families of incarcerated parents through education, training, resources and consulting.
Navjeevan :

- Works to rehabilitate and provide care for street children, and children of sex-workers in Mumbai, (formerly Bombay) India.
New Alternatives for Children :

- A nonprofit organization based in New York that serves children with disabilities and their families. Supports family preservation, reunification, and adoption for medically fragile children.
Nineline :

- Promotes the Covenant House Nineline (1-800-999-9999), which is a national, 24-hour toll-free hotline for kids and parents in crisis across the U.S. and Canada. Site also provides a forum and information on relationships, feelings, suicide, abuse, health, sex, drugs and alcohol, and running away.
One Page At A Time :

- A free program for children's agencies or hospitals that sends coloring pages to hospitalized children or to those who are terminally ill.
Para Los Ninos - For the Children :

- Los Angeles based nonprofit agency that provides child care, schooling and other services to at-risk children and their families. Programs and services, news and events, and information for donors and volunteers.
Pathways Youth & Family Services, Inc. :

- A Texas-based organization that provides foster care services, as well as resources, training and information to protect children from child abuse and neglect.
Peace House Foundation :

- Dedicated to educating Africa's orphans in a nurturing environment within their homeland.
People Inc. :

- A non-profit organization in Oklahoma that provides vocational, residential, and youth and family services.
People Incorporated of Southwest Virginia :

- Offers economic development, housing, job assistance, and child and family programs to persons living in southwest Virginia. News, staff, and programs.
Professional Association of Treatment Homes :

- Private, nonprofit organization based in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, that provides culturally sensitive services to children and families in need of treatment foster care, adoption and other family services.
PSI Family Services, Inc. :

- Foster care, health, social work, and independent living services.
RECAP, Inc. :

- A non-profit organization in Orange County, New York that assists low-income families with housing, utilities, health insurance, and employment.
Recovery Foundation :

- Offers workshops to youth service organizations, community leaders, and youth that deal with high risk kids, violence, drugs, alcohol and suicide.
Resource Center for Parents and Children :

- A non-profit organization in Alaska that promotes healthy families. Family support services, WIC, and child abuse prevention.
Rock The Ranch :

- The mission of the ranch is to serve the needs of abandoned or abused children and animals.
Rubin for Kids :

- A Madison, Wisconsin charity that helps disadvantaged kids by rewarding their achievements and thereby encouraging further success. The fund distributes Youth Achievement Awards and Scholarships to deserving youth.
Sarasota County Youth Development Organization :

- Provides opportunities for youth in Sarasota County, Florida to participate in positive, drug- and alcohol- free activities.
School's Out :

- An alliance for supporting and improving after school programs in the Charleston, South Carolina area.
Shepherd's Keep :

- An organization in South Africa that cares for abandoned babies, often with HIV/AIDS. Supports adoptions or fostering.
The Shepherd's Staff Ministry :

- A Christian ministry that provides services to children and families in Alabama.
Sonshine Community Services :

- Nonprofit agency in Calgary, Canada that offers community counseling, child care in family day homes, and shelter for women and children escaping family violence and abuse.
Southeastern Network of Youth and Family Services :

- A private, non-profit membership organization of youth service agencies in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth :

- Non-profit child welfare organization that specializes in therapeutic foster care, in home intervention, behavioral health services, adoption services, training and education.
St. Andrew's Children's Clinic :

- A clinic in Arizona that provides medical care to children of poor Mexican families. Newsletter, donation opportunities, and volunteer programs.
St. Ann's Infant and Materntiy :

- St. Ann's is a home for abused, neglected, and abandoned children and pregnant and parenting teenage women.
Talhado Children's Haven :

- A nonprofit organization that helps underprivileged children in St Francis Bay, South Africa. News, projects, and photo gallery.
TAP :

- Assists low income persons in southwestern Virginia in the areas of transportation, child care, child support, and family development. Information in English and Spanish.
Texas Network of Youth Services :

- A nonprofit membership association of youth serving agencies and advocates, dedicated to enhancing community-based agencies serving youth and families in Texas.
Three Rivers Community Action, Inc :

- A Minnesota-based organization that offers housing, health, employment, education and transportation services to low-income families.
TLC For Children and Families :

- A Kansas-based organization that provides shelter and social services to children and youth who are facing abuse, neglect or family disruption.
Transitional Care Ltd :

- A Social Work and Social Care company based in London, UK that offers foster care services, help with disabled children, and programs to prevent youth delinquency.
Unang Hakbang Foundation :

- Presents goals, objectives and programs of Unang Hakbang Foundation (UHF), an organization helping disadvantaged children in the Philippines.
United Methodist Children's Home of Alabama and West Florida :

- Offering community based services, emergency assistance, family aid, scholarships, and residential programs throughout Alabama and West Florida.
The Village :

- Private, nonprofit community service organization dedicated to stopping child abuse and family violence. Information on services, calendar, training, advocacy, locations, employment and volunteering. Hartford, Connecticut.
VirtualCap.Org :

- Provides an in-depth look at innovative programs and projects developed by Community Action Agencies around the United States. Programs can be researched by state, category, or keyword.
Youth & Family Resource Center, Inc. of Shawnee, Oklahoma :

- Provides a children's shelter, advocacy programs, and community services to at-risk children.
Youth First :

- An Indiana-based organization that offers resources and programs to help youth, parents, educators, and businesses eliminate substance abuse.