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Associations and Advocacy Organizations Related Children’s Health

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Advocacy for Children and Families

  • Family Voices: Family Voices is a national grassroots network of families and friends. It advocates for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent for all children and youth with special health care needs.
  • Children's Defense Fund: The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves, paying particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities.
  • Families, USA: Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Working at the national, state, and community levels, Families USA has earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers and provides information, technical assistance and training.

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