Local

California Parenting Institute offers (CPI) is a non-profit educational family resource agency which serves families in Sonoma County. CPI offers a variety of programs for parents with children of all ages. These programs address the prevention of child abuse and neglect in two areas; family support and family preservation.
http://www.calparents.org/

Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County: The purpose of CAPS is to partner with low-income families and individuals to help them achieve economic and social stability; to build community, and to advocate for social and economic justice.
http://www.scpeo.org/

Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs) is a non-profit agency located in Santa Rosa, California, dedicated to the promotion and support of quality child care services for children and families through education, advocacy, and the identification and utilization of public and private resources.
http://www.sonoma4cs.org/

Community Foundation Sonoma County, with assets approaching $86 million and more than 185 different funds established by individual donors, community groups and nonprofit organizations, has returned $20 million to the community since it was established.
http://www.sonomacf.org

County of Sonoma Children and Families Commission
First 5 Sonoma County
Mission: To ensure the healthy development of children, the empowerment of families and the strengthening of communities by developing a high quality, easily accessible and family-centered system of education, care, support, health and human services for all Sonoma County children ages 0-5.
http://www.sonoma-county.org/children/

League of Women Voters of Sonoma County: The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in governement. It influences public policy through education and advocacy.
sonco.ca.lwvnet.org

The Living Wage Coalition: This coalition is a broad-based coalition endorsed by over thirty labor, religious, and community-based organizations in Sonoma County. The main purpose of the coalition is to address the problem of growing income inequality and poverty in our community
www.livingwagesonoma.org

Northern California Center for Well Being is a non-profit resource for health and wellness education programs designed to help people with chronic illness manage symptoms, enhance well-being, and prevent further disability. Programs are provided for people with diabetes, coronary heart disease and congestive heart failure, high cholesterol, asthma, and arthritis. General wellness programs are offered for stress management, exercise, meditation, weight management and nutritional counseling for children and teens. Many programs are available in Spanish. Web site www.norcalwellbeing.org

Pediatric Dental Initiative (PDI) is a non-profit organization, founded by child health advocates in California's Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties. PDI will offer prevention education services to families and safe dental surgery treatment under anesthesia for young children, and children and adults with developmental disabilities regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. Dental services will be provided at a specialized dental surgery facility center dedicated to treating patients with ECC, advanced dental disease, and children and adults with developmental disabilities.
http://www.Pedidental.org

St. Joseph Health System of Sonoma County is a regional Catholic non-profit health system sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange and committed to improving the health and quality of life of the communities it serves.
http://company.occ.com/stjoesrm/

Sonoma County
http://www.sonoma-county.org

Sonoma County General Plan Update (GP2020.) This is where you will find information on the status of the update and relevant background information. You can also submit input during the GP2020 process.
www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/pg2020/index.html

Sonoma County Office of Education
http://www.scoe.org

The Volunteer Center of Sonoma County offers a resource center for non-profits, human services information and referral, court referrals, fund development, youth volunteer corps, volunteer referral services and retired and senior volunteers.
http://www.volunteernow.org

State

100% Campaign is a collaborative effort of Children's Now, Children's Defense Fund, and The Children's Partnership, with primary funding from The California Endowment, and was created to ensure that all of California's children obtain the health coverage they need to grow up strong and healthy.
http://www.100percentcampaign.org/

California Children and Families Act of 1998 is designed to provide, on a community-by-community basis, all children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services.
http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/

The California Budget Project (CBP) engages in independent fiscal and policy analysis and public education with the goal of improving public policies affecting the economic and social well-being of low and middle income Californians
http://www.cbp.org/

Child Development Policy Institute's mission is to conduct research and analysis, and to disseminate information, on issues of child growth and development, in order to impact the formulation of public policy that directly affects children and families in California's diverse social and economic environment.
http://www.CDPI.net

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth It is the mission of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth to serve as the voice for children in San Francisco. Our goal is to make San Francisco a city where ample resources are available to children and their families, where children's needs come first, and where families thrive.
http://www.colemanadvocates.org

The Foundation Consortium is an alliance of corporate, private, community and family foundations that share a common vision for California's children, families and communities.
www.FoundationConsortium.org

The League of Women Voters is strictly nonpartisan, never supporting or opposing any political party or candidate. At the same time working to influence public policy through education and advocacy.
http://ca.lwv.org

Smart Voter sponsored by the League of Women Voters of California, is a virtual library of election information. Find nonpartisan materials that explain complex procedures in easy to understand terms. Smart Voter answers voter's questions of "WHO and WHERE do I vote?"
www.SmartVoter.org

National

Child Welfare League of America: CWLA is an association of almost 1,000 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 2.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.
http://www.cwla.org

Children Now: Uses research and mass communications to make the well being of children a top priority across the nation.
http://www.childrennow.org/

Children's Defense Fund: The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is 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.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Connect for Kids: An information/action center for parents • grandparents • policymakers • media • volunteers and mentors • community leaders • businesses • educators • religious leaders • children's advocates • service providers who want to act on behalf of kids.
http://www.connectforkids.org

Economic Policy Institute: The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
http://epinet.org

Family Resource Coalition of America: (FRCA) works to bring about a completely new societal response to children, youth, and their families: one that strengthens and empowers families and communities so that they can foster the optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members --one that solves problems by preventing them. We envision a society in which all of us—families, communities, government, social service institutions, businesses—work together to provide healthy, safe environments for children and families to live and work in.
http://www.frca.org

The Finance Project supports decision making that produces and sustains good results for children, families, and communities. The Finance Project develops and disseminates information, knowledge, tools, and technical assistance for improved policies, programs, and financing strategies.
www.financeproject.org

Handsnet: HandsNet empowers organizations to effectively integrate online communications strategies, strengthening their programs and policies for children, families and people in need.
www.handsnet.org

KIDS COUNT: A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. At the national level, the principal activity of the initiative is the publication of the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, which uses the best available data to measure the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children.
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/

Results Accountability Guide: This guide is intended for those brave souls who are working to actually implement some form of results or performance accountability in their community, city, school district, county, state or nation. Implementation is no small matter. The leap from theory to practice requires courage, time, discipline and some knowledge about HOW to do the work.
www.raguide.org

Stand For Children: A national organization that encourages individuals to improve children's lives. Our mission is to identify, train, and connect local children's activists engaging in advocacy, awareness-raising, and service initiatives on an ongoing basis as part of Stand For Children Chapters.
http://www.stand.org/

Data

Childstats.gov web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
http://www.childstats.gov

FirstGov Portal to US government websites offers users access to all 20,000 government sites.
http://www.firstgov.gov

QuickFacts -US Census This handy reference resource from the US Census Bure4au allows users to access frequently requested Census Bureau information at the national, state, and county level.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

U.S. Census Bureau Official Statistics
www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/children.html

Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Sample (YRBSS) is a school-based survey developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted in California in 1997 among grades nine to 12.
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/ov.htm