21st Century Schools Project at Progressive Policy Institute
600 Pennsylvania Ave SE
#400
Washington DC 20003
Voice: 202-547-0001
Fax: 202-544-5014
Web Address: www.ppionline.org
About 21st Century Schools Project at Progressive Policy Institute:
The 21st Century Schools Project at the Progressive Policy Institute works to develop education policy and foster innovation to ensure that America's public schools are an engine of equal opportunity in the knowledge economy. Through research, publications and articles, conferences, a regular electronic newsletter and daily weblog, as well as work with policymakers and practitioners, the project supports initiatives to strengthen accountability, increase equity, improve teacher quality, and expand choice and innovation within public education.

AARP
Grandparent Information Center
601 E Street NW
Washington DC 20049
Voice: 800-424-3410
Fax: 202-434-6470
Web Address: www.aarp.org/grandparents/
About AARP/ Grandparent Information Center:
The Grandparent Information Center provides information and resources to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren cope with their primary caregiver roles. The Center works with service agencies across the country in the child care, aging, legal services, and family service fields to address this phenomenon. It serves as a clearinghouse where grandparents, service providers and planners can obtain information and referral to available national and local resources.

Alliance for Children and Families
1001 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 601
Washington DC 20036
Voice: 202-429-0400
Fax: 202-429-0178
Web Address: www.alliance1.org
Director: Peter Goldberg, President and CEO
About Alliance for Children and Families:
The Alliance for Children and Families is an international membership association representing more than 350 private, nonprofit child- and family-serving organizations. Alliance members serve more than 5 million individuals annually in more than 2,000 communities, providing a vast array of services ranging from residential care to domestic abuse prevention and intervention. The Alliance's mission is to strengthen members' capacity to serve and advocate for children, families, and communities. The Alliance formed in October 1998 when Family Service America (established 1911) and the National Association of Homes and Services for Children (established 1975) merged.

American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
400 North Columbus Street
#202
Alexandria VA 22314
Voice: 703-706-4600
Fax: 703-706-4663
Contact: Roxana Marissa Ayona
Contact E-mail: RAyona@aafcs.org
Web Address: www.aafcs.org
Director: Carolyn W. Jackson, CFCS
About American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences:
The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is the only national forum where K-12 teachers, university educators and corporate executives collaborate to improve the quality of individual and family life. We are 10,000 professionals who educate and influence generations of American consumers in our classrooms, our companies, and our communities.

America's Promise — The Alliance for Youth
909 N Washington Street
Suite 400
Alexandria VA 22314
Voice: 703-684-4500, 800-365-0153 x3835
Fax: 703-535-3900
Contact: Kris Minor
Contact E-mail: KrisM@americaspromise.org
Web Address: www.americaspromise.org
About America's Promise — The Alliance for Youth:
America's Promise is committed to helping localities build effective and strong Communities of Promise throughout the nation by providing tools that guide teams in establishing promising communities, identify key success factors, from and provide examples of "what works" in other communities and states.

ASPIRA Association, Inc.
1444 I Street NW
Suite 800
Washington DC 20005
Voice: 202-835-3600 Ext. 114
Fax: 202-835-3613
Contact: Hilda Crespo, Vice President, Public Policy
Contact E-mail: hcrespo@aspira.org
Web Address: www.aspira.org
Director: Ronald Blackburn-Moreno
About ASPIRA Association, Inc.:
The ASPIRA Association, Inc., is the nation's leading Hispanic youth-serving organization. Established in 1961, ASPIRA is a national non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the education and leadership capacity of Latino youth. ASPIRA strives to accomplish these goals by creating programs that encourage Hispanic students to stay in school, prepare them to succeed through their education, develop their leadership skills, and serve their community.

California Center for Community-School Partnerships
1 Shields Ave.
Academic Surge 2050
Davis CA 95616
Voice: 530-752-1277
Fax: 530-752-3754
Contact: Renee Newton
Contact E-mail: rnewton@ucdavis.edu
Web Address: ccsp.ucdavis.edu
Director: Renee Newton
Co-Director or other staff: Francesca Wright
About California Center for Community-School Partnerships:
Located in the new School of Education at the University of California, Davis, the Center for Community School Partnerships (CCSP) was established as the Healthy Start Field Office in 1992. During the past decade, CCSP has served over 800 community-school partnership sites across the state of California, and has provided national and international consultation in education reform and collaborative partnership policy. At the core of our practice is the firm belief that our work be informed by what is happening in the field of community schools at the national and state levels.

Center for Parent Leadership
at the Prichard Committee
PO Box 1658
Lexington KY 40588-1658
Voice: 859-233-9849, ext. 227
Fax: 859-233-0760
Contact: Molly Toney
Contact E-mail: mtoney@prichardcommittee.org
Web Address: www.centerforparentleadership.org
Director: Bev Raimondo, Director
Director E-Mail: raimondo@prichardcommittee.org
About Center for Parent Leadership/ at the Prichard Committee:
For over 25 years the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has been the catalyst behind education reform in Kentucky. It created citizen demand for new policies, helped bring them about and supported the hard work necessary to implement change over time. Through its award winning Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, the Prichard Committee has trained an army of parents from all income levels and ethnic backgrounds who now understand the need for change in their local schools and have the leadership skills necessary to help educators make and sustain needed improvements. Over 1500 parents throughout Kentucky now share responsibility and take action for better schools. Now the Center for Parent Leadership at the Prichard Committee is making available, nationwide, the expertise we’ve gained over 13 years in our development of parent leaders.

Center for the Development of Schools and Communities
1201 Columbia Road NW
Washington DC 20009
Voice: 202-328-5412
Fax: 202-328-9411
Contact: Anne Bouie, Ph.D.
Contact E-mail: cdsc1@aol.com
Director: Anne Bouie, Ph.D.
About Center for the Development of Schools and Communities:
CDSC works in three interrelated areas. First, to improve student academic achievement; the focus is upon high expectations and effective practices. Second, CDSC helps schools establish and maintain mutually supportive working relationships with parents, extended family networks, and the immediate community. The third area is the design, implementation and evaluation of policy and programs to meet specific needs of classroom, sites and districts.

Children's Aid Society
105 East 22nd Street
New York NY 10010
Voice: 212-949-4800
Fax: 917-286-1580
Contact: Sarah Jonas, Director of Curriculum
Contact E-mail: sarahj@childrensaidsociety.org
Web Address: www.childrensaidsociety.org
Director: C. Warren Moses, Executive Director
About Children's Aid Society:
The Children's Aid Society (CAS), founded in 1853, serves more than 120,000 children and their families each year, often helping them overcome tremendous odds. Our network of more than 100 cutting-edge programs and services provided at over 30 sites in and around New York City supplies a full spectrum of support. CAS programs include health, adoption and foster care, emergency services, medical and dental care, counseling, preventive services, summer camps, winter respite for the disabled, recreation, the arts, education, college scholarships and job training, among many others. We work in the metropolitan New York area, in venues as varied as neighborhood centers, camps, public schools, health clinics, a mobile dental van, homes for homeless families with children, in the family courts and in children's own homes. We also serve as technical assistance advisors for replications and adaptations of our specialized services in teen pregnancy prevention and comm! unity school projects in cities throughout the United States. Our nationally recognized programs are models of social service practice and have impacted national child welfare policy.

Children's Council of San Francisco
445 Church Street
San Francisco CA 94114
Voice: 415-276-2900
Fax: 415-343-3331
Contact: Daniel Safran, Deputy Director
Contact E-mail: dsafran@childrenscouncil.org
Web Address: www.childrenscouncil.org
Director: Linnea Klee, Executive Director
About Children's Council of San Francisco:

Children's Council of San Francisco seeks to improve the well-being of children, parents, families, and child care providers, and to make affordable, high-quality child care a reality for all San Francisco families. One of the first child care resource and referral agencies in the United States, CCSF has grown to encompass many additional programs and services.

We provide free:

• resource and referral listings and workshops to parents seeking child care
• child care subsidy assistance to low-income families in training or in the work force
• training and professional support to child care providers
• health and nutritional services and food subsidies to children receiving child care
• child care resources and options for children with special needs
• advocacy, public education and support to parents and the child care community

District Community Voices Organized and Informed for Change in Education (DC Voice)
P.O. Box 73055
Washington DC 20056
Voice: 202-986-8535
Fax: 202-238-0109
Contact: Erika Landberg, Senior Associate for Community Engagement
Contact E-mail: elandberg@dcvoice.org
Web Address: www.dcvoice.org
Director: Carmella Mazzotta, Executive Director
About District Community Voices Organized and Informed for Change in Education (DC Voice):
DC VOICE is a collaborative of education activists committed to ensuring every child in Washington, DC a high quality public education. We believe that the key to achieving this is an engaged and informed public that both supports public education and holds schools and the city accountabile for the education of our youth. DC VOICE is a Local Education Fund and part of the Public Education Network (PEN), the nation's largest network of independent, community-based school-reform organizations. DC VOICE is supported by the Ford Foundation Collaborating for Educational Reform Initiative, and the Annenberg Foundation through the Public Education Teacher Quality Initiative.

Harvard Family Research Project
Longfellow Hall, Appian Way
Cambridge MA 02138
Voice: 617-495-9108
Fax: 617-495-8594
Contact: Margaret Caspe
Web Address: www.hfrp.org
About Harvard Family Research Project:
Founded in 1983 by Dr. Heather Weiss, the Harvard Family Research Project conducts research about programs and policies that serve children and families throughout the United States. Publishing and disseminating its research widely, HFRP plays a vital role in examining and encouraging programs and policies that enable families and communities to help children reach their potential.

Hispanic Policy Development Project
122 East 42nd Street
42nd Floor
New York NY 10168
Voice: 202-822-8414
Contact: Siobhan O. Nicolau, President

KSA-Plus Communications
2300 Clarendon Blvd.
Ste. 600
Arlington VA 22201
Voice: 703-528-7100 ext. 114
Fax: 703-528-9692
Contact: Adam Kernan-Schloss, President and CEO
Contact E-mail: adam@ksaplus.com
Web Address: www.parents.ksaplus.com
Director: Adam Kernan-Schloss, President and CEO
Director E-Mail: adam@ksaplus.com
About KSA-Plus Communications:
KSA-Plus Communications is based in the Washington, DC, area with offices around the country. It is the nation's leading firm in communicating the complexities of education reform in clear language and powerful images and in helping education and community leaders build the public support necessary for high-achieving schools. As part of its more comprehensive communications and community relations practice, KSA-Plus has extensive national experience working with parents, parent groups and those who work with parents. KSA-Plus provides a wide range of customized consulting and technical assistance to help school districts and community organizations develop parent leadership programs and strengthen parent involvement. KSA-Plus can help a community evaluate the effectiveness of its current parent involvement strategies, help strengthen those strategies, conduct workshops to build the expertise of parents and practitioners alike, and develop parent-friendly materials that are customized to the community.

MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute
1500 Massachusetts Ave NW
Special Projects Office/Ste. 042
Washington DC 20005
Voice: 202-466-3633
Fax: 202-833-1400
Contact: Dorothy Rich, President
Web Address: www.MegaSkillsHSI.org
About MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute:
The major focus of the nonprofit Home and School Institute (HSI) and its MegaSkills Education Center is to enable schools to help teachers and families build children's achievement in school and beyond. Since 1972, HSI works with school districts, federal, state and local governments with MegaSkills Programs in over 4000 schools. Family literacy and the needs of at-risk students are fundamental Institute concerns. The key for all Institute work is combining academics and character development so that simultaneously children learn well and want to continue learning.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1717 K Street NW
Suite 311
Washington DC 20036
Voice: 202-293-2828
Fax: 202-293-2849
Web Address: www.maldef.org
About Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund:
MALDEF protects and promotes the civil rights of the 29 million Latinos living in the U.S. MALDEF secures such rights in the areas of employment, education, immigration, political access, and language. Engages in advocacy, participates in community coalitions, trains parents and community members for leadership positions, awards scholarships and litigates when necessary.

National Coalition of Title 1/Chapter 1 Parents
National Parent Center
3609 Georgia Avenue NW
1st Floor
Washington DC 20036
Voice: 202-291-8100
Fax: 202-291-8200
Contact: Bob Witherspoon, Consultant
About National Coalition of Title 1/Chapter 1 Parents/ National Parent Center:
The Coalition, an advocate organization, provides information, training and technical assistance to families and schools involved in Title I. Title I is the largest federal assistance to state and local school districts to help children not performing at grade level. The involvement of families is a key requirement in the Title I legislation.

National Community Education Association
3929 Old Lee Highway
Suite 91-A
Fairfax VA 22030
Voice: 703-359-8973
Fax: 703-359-0972
Contact: Beth Robertson
Contact E-mail: brobertson@ncea.com
Web Address: www.ncea.com
Director: Beth Robertson
Director E-Mail: brobertson@ncea.com
About National Community Education Association:
The National Community Education Association (NCEA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership association founded in Flint, Michigan, in 1966, as the National Community School Education Association. In 1978 the Association's name was changed to the National Community Education Association and its national office was moved to the Washington, DC area. NCEA is governed by a 14-member Board of Directors; twelve are elected by the membership and two are appointed by the Board. NCEA's mission is to provide leadership to those who build learning communities in response to individual and community needs. It does this by providing its members with national and regional training conferences and workshops; specialized periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities for peer support and networking; and information and referral services. In addition it acts as an advocate for community education by working with related organizations and promoting at the national, state, and local levels: parent and community involvement in public education; the formation of community partnerships to address community needs; and the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities for all community residents.

National Council of La Raza
1111 19th Street NW
Suite 1000
Washington DC 20036
Voice: 202-785-1670
Fax: 202-776-1792
Web Address: www.nclr.org
About National Council of La Raza:
NCLR is dedicated to improving life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. It works toward this goal through two primary, complementary approaches: capacity-building to support and strengthen community-based organizations and applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy. NCLR's Center for Community Educational Excellence (C2E2) serves the community-based education sector (versus traditional public schools) and coordinates professional development, training, technical assistance and support services to staff of its 250-plus affiliate organizations throughout the U.S. C2E2 seeks to build community-school education collaboratives, strengthen the quality of education for Hispanics, and effectively involve Hispanic families in the education of their children. One of the key tenets of NCLR's work in education has been to involve Hispanic-controlled, community-based organizations more fully and effectively in helping to shape and strengthen education in their own communities. C2E2 initiatives include curriculum development, training, and technical assistance in the areas of early care and education, language and literacy, math and science, academic enrichment, college preparation, alternative and charter schools, parent & family involvement, and adult basic education.

National Crime Prevention Council
1000 Connecticut Ave., NW
Thirteenth Floor
Washington DC 20036
Voice: 202-261-4160
Fax: 202-296-1356
Contact: Meghan Sharp, Program Manager
Contact E-mail: msharp@ncpc.org
Web Address: www.ncpc.org
Director: Al Lenhardt, President and CEO
About National Crime Prevention Council:
The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a private, nonprofit tax-exempt [501(c)(3)] organization whose primary mission is to enable people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur. NCPC publishes books, kits of camera-ready program materials, posters, and informational and policy reports on a variety of crime prevention and community-building subjects. NCPC offers training, technical assistance, and a national focus for crime prevention: it acts as secretariat for the Crime Prevention Coalition of America, a nonpartisan group of more than 360 national, federal, state, and local organizations committed to preventing crime. It hosts a number of websites that offer prevention tips to individuals, describe prevention practices for community building, and help anchor prevention policy into laws and budgets. It operates demonstration programs in schools, neighborhoods, and entire jurisdictions and takes a major leadership role in youth crime prevention and youth service; it also administers the Center for Faith and Service. NCPC manages the McGruff® “Take A Bite Out Of Crime®“ public service advertising campaign. NCPC is funded through a variety of government agencies, corporate and private foundations, and donations from private individuals.

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
1825 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington DC 20009
Voice: 800-695-0285, 202-884-8200
TTY: (800) 695-0285; (202) 884-8200
Fax: 202-884-8441
Contact: Information Specialist
Contact E-mail: nichcy@aed.org
Web Address: www.nichcy.org
Director: Stephen Luke
Director E-Mail: sluke@aed.org
About National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY):
NICHCY is a central source of information on: * disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, * IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, * No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities).

National Fatherhood Initiative
101 Lake Forest Boulevard
Suite 360
Gaithersburg MD 20877
Voice: 301-948-0599
Fax: 301-948-4325
Web Address: www.fatherhood.org
Director: Neil Tift, President
About National Fatherhood Initiative:
The National Fatherhood Initiative was created in 1994 to counter the growing problem of fatherlessness by stimulating a broad-based social movement to restore responsible fatherhood as a national priority. NFI encourages and supports family and father-friendly policies, develops national public education campaigns to highlight the importance of fathers in the lives of their children, provides motivation for national and local coalition building, and provides information to individual men to help them be better fathers.

National Urban League
120 Wall Street
New York NY 10005
Voice: 212-558-5300
Fax: 212-344-5332
Contact: Deirdre Jackson
Contact E-mail: djackson@nul.org
Web Address: www.nul.org
Director: Marc H. Morial, President & CEO
Co-Director or other staff: Velma L. Cobb, Vice President, Education & Youth
About National Urban League:
The Urban League is the nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. The Urban League movement was founded in 1910. The National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads our nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based movement. The heart of the Urban League movement is our professionally staffed Urban League affiliates in more than 100 cities in 34 states and the District of Columbia.

PACER Center, Inc.
8161 Normandale Boulevard
Minneapolis MN 55437
Voice: 952-838-9000
TTY: 952-838-0190
Fax: 952-838-0199
Contact: Paula F. Goldberg, Executive Director
Contact E-mail: pgoldberg@pacer.org
Web Address: www.pacer.org
Director: Paula F. Goldberg, Executive Director
Director E-Mail: pgoldberg@pacer.org
About PACER Center, Inc.:
PACER Center expands opportunities and enhances the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents. Through 28 programs, including a technology center, multicultural services, EBD and Children's Mental Health, Abuse Prevention and Disability Awareness Puppet programs, Information on the ADA and Rehabilitation Act, Juvenile Justice, and more, PACER's staff informs and trains parents of children with all disabilities to be the best representatives for their children as they grow toward independence.

Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
2228 Ball Drive
St Louis MO 63146
Voice: 314-432-4330
Fax: 314-432-8963
Web Address: www.patnc.org
Director: Susan S. Stepleton, President
About Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.:
Parents as Teachers is an international early childhood parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5. The program is designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education accessible to all families.

Parents for Public Schools
200 N. Congress Street
Suite 500
Jackson MS 39202
Voice: 601-969-6936
Fax: 601-969-6041
Contact: Anne Foster
Contact E-mail: afoster@parents4publicschools.org
Web Address: www.parents4publicschools.org
Director: Anne Foster
Director E-Mail: afoster@parents4publicschools.org
About Parents for Public Schools:
Parents for Public Schools (PPS) is a national organization of community-based chapters working with public school parents and other supporters to improve and strengthen local public schools. We believe that quality public education is vital to our democracy and to America’s future.

Pre-K Now
1025 F Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington DC 20004
Voice: 202-862-9868
Fax: 202-862-9870
Contact: Allison de la Torre
Contact E-mail: adelatorre@preknow.org
Web Address: www.preknow.org
Director: Libby Doggett
Director E-Mail: ldoggett@preknow.org
About Pre-K Now:

Pre-K Now is a public education and advocacy organization that advances high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three and four year olds. Supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and other funders and a project of the Institute for Educational Leadership, Pre-K Now:

• provides targeted financial and technical assistance to state advocates and other leaders working to secure policy changes and public funds that will improve the availability and quality of state-funded pre-k programs;
• educates policymakers about the need for pre-k; and
• raises public awareness about the need for pre-k for all children.

Pre-K Now is a trusted resource for policy information and a strong partner for pre-k advocacy.

Public Education Network
601 Thirteenth Street, NW
Suite 900 North
Washington DC 20005
Voice: 202-628-7460
Fax: 202-628-1893
Contact: Arnold Fege
Contact E-mail: AFege@PublicEducation.org
Web Address: www.PublicEducation.org
Director: Wendy D. Puriefoy, President
Co-Director or other staff: Howie Schaffer, Public Outreach Manager
About Public Education Network:
Public Education Network's mission is to build public demand and mobilize resources for quality public education for all children through a national constituency of local education funds and individuals.

Study Circles Resource Center
A Project of The Paul J. Aicher Foundation
697 Pomfret Street
PO Box 203
Pomfret CT 06258
Voice: 860-928-2616
Fax: 860-928-3713
Contact: vL. (Sally) Campbell, Senior Program Director
Contact E-mail: sallyc@studycircles.org
Web Address: www.studycircles.org

Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
at PACER Center
8161 Normandale Boulevard
Minneapolis MN 55437
Voice: 952-838-9000
TTY: 952-838-0190
Fax: 952-838-0199
Contact: Sue Folger, Co-Director
Contact E-mail: sfolger@pacer.org
Web Address: www.taalliance.org
Director: Paula F. Goldberg, Executive Director
Co-Director or other staff: Sharman Davis Barrett, Co-Director
About Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers/ at PACER Center:
The Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers is an innovative project that supports a unified technical assistance system for the purpose of developing, assisting and coordinating Parent Training and Information Projects and Community Parent Resource Centers under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and consists of 1 national center and 6 regional centers. The project is funded to strengthen the connections to the larger technical assistance network and fortify partnerships between parent centers and state education systems at regional and national levels. Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with children. This assistance helps parents to participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities. The Parent Centers work to improve educational outcomes for children and youth with all disabilities (emotional, learning, mental, and physical).

The National High School Alliance
4455 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 310
Washington DC 20008
Voice: 202-822-8405
Fax: 202-872-4050
Contact: Sara Goldware, Program Assistant
Contact E-mail: goldwares@iel.org
Web Address: www.hsalliance.org
About The National High School Alliance:
The National High School Alliance (HS Alliance) is a partnership of over forty organizations representing a diverse cross-section of perspectives and approaches, but sharing a common commitment to promoting the excellence, equity, and development of high school-age youth.

Websters International, Inc.
5729 Cloverland Place
Brentwood TN 37027
Voice: 800-727-6833
Fax: 615-373-1030
Contact: Virginia Schmidt, Director, Public Relations
Web Address: www.bowdoinmethod.com
About Websters International, Inc.:
Websters International publishes The Bowdoin Method of Parent Education which empowers parents with the skills and knowledge necessary to lay the proper foundation for their child's successes in school and in life, while providing a loving and nurturing home environment. It educates parents in both the skill and emotional domains and involves them at the most important time of their child's life.

 

 

 

 

* indicates individuals actively participating in NCPIE whose organizations are not members