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National Organizations

National Foster Youth Institute
"The National Foster Youth Institute envisions a nation where all children are raised in safe and loving families and where the child welfare system serves as a beacon of hope for families in need." ~ From the Institute website
National Children's Advocacy Center
"The NCAC models, promotes, and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education, and leadership." ~ From the Center website
Children's Defense Fund
"CDF provides a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves." ~ From the Fund website
GLSEN
"As GLSEN was founded by a group of teachers in 1990, we knew that educators play key roles in creating affirming learning environments for LGBTQ youth." ~ From the GLSEN website
Northeast Ohio GLSEN Chapter
National Head Start Association - Head Start Locator
"Head Start and Early Head Start provide free learning and development services to children ages birth to five and pregnant women from low income families." ~ From the Locator website
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
"The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research." ~ From the Association website
National Center for Children in Poverty
"NCCP conducts research and translates the findings into actionable recommendations that advocates and policymakers use to improve the lives and futures of low-income children and their families." ~ From the Center website
Prevent Child Abuse
"Because of the work being accomplished via the Prevent Child Abuse America chapter network, we know that there are many effective child development efforts being implemented around the country." ~ From the Prevent website
Zero to Three
"During the first three years of life, emotionally nourishing relationships lay the foundation for lifelong health and well-being." ~ From the Three website
Ameriican Academy of Pediatrics
"The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults." ~ From the AAP website

Related CWRU Programs & Centers

Flora Stone Mather Center for Women
"The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women is an inclusive and welcoming space that supports the diverse experiences and aspirations of all women." ~ From the Center website
The Center on Trauma and Adversity
"The training focus of the Trauma Center bridges the classroom and the community, expanding trauma-informed knowledge to social work master’s students through innovative curriculum and field placements (internships) at partner agencies." ~ From the Center website
Social Justice Institute
"In a society wrought with blatant discrepancies, Case Western Reserve's Social Justice Institute supports and facilitates social critique and civic engagement to identify the causes and consequences of injustice and work toward resolutions." ~ From the SJI website
Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
"The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, led by Daniel J. Flannery, PhD, is home to a distinguished group of applied community-based research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance specialists in operation over the past two decades." ~ From the Begun Center website
The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
"The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development (the Poverty Center) works to inform public policy and program planning through data and analysis to address urban poverty, its causes, and its impact on communities and their residents." ~ From the Center website
UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children
"UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children is the new home for the UH Rainbow Ambulatory Practice and Women’s Health Clinic, previously located on the first floor of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital." ~ From the Center website
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods
"The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) was established at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 2009. " ~ From the Center website

Community Organizations

The Schubert Center for Child Studies regularly partners with community organizations and public agencies on a wide range of convenings, programs, research, advocacy and policy efforts. While a full listing of our public and private partners is not feasible, we are grateful to the following groups for hosting CWRU students externs through our Mann Child Policy Externship program:

Achievement Centers for Children
"We are a Cleveland, Ohio based non-profit organization that provides support, services, and programs that help children with a wide range of physical, emotional, neurological, or developmental disabilities achieve their full potential in life." ~ From the Centers website
Bellefaire JCB
"Bellefaire JCB is among the nation’s largest, most experienced child service agencies providing a variety of behavioral health, substance abuse, education and prevention services." ~ From the Bellefaire website
Birthing Beautiful Communities
"Beautiful Communities is a Village of birth workers, or doulas, operating as a 501c3 non-profit. We primarily provide social support to pregnant women at highest risk for infant mortality during the perinatal period." ~ From the BBC website
Canopy Child Advocacy Center
"A Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is a national best practice model utilized to reduce potential trauma to children and families impacted by child abuse and improve services through interagency collaboration." ~ From the Center website
The Center for Community Solutions
"The Center for Community Solutions is a nonpartisan think tank focused on solutions to health, social and economic issues." ~ From the Center website
The Centers for Family & Children
"We employ more than 650 staff, reach more than 23,000 people annually, and partner with leading hospitals, educational institutions and capacity-focused organizations to give as many people as possible the chance to build a better future." ~ From the Centers website
Cleveland Department of Public Health
"Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) is the local public health agency for the City of Cleveland." ~ From the Department website
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division
Mission Statement - "To administer justice, rehabilitate juveniles, support and strengthen families, and promote public safety." ~ From the Court website
Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services
"Mission - To assure that children at risk of abuse and neglect are protected and nurtured within a family and with the support of the community. ~ From the Services website
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Probation Department
"Probation is on the continuum of sanctions given to the adjudicated juvenile offender ordered by the Jurist, who allows the offender the opportunity to meet certain conditions while under the supervision of a court appointed official." ~ From the Court website
Cuyahoga County Office of the Public Defender - Juvenile Division
"The Cuyahoga County Public Defender office was created in 1977 to provide legal services to indigent adults and juveniles charged with violations of the criminal code." ~ From the Public Defender website
Cuyahoga County Public Safety and Justice Services - Children Who Witness
"This program provides crisis and short-term services to children and families impacted by violence." ~ From the Services website
Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center
"The Mission of Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center is to empower individuals, educate the community and advocate for justice to end domestic violence and child abuse." ~ From the Center website
East End Neighborhood House
First Year Cleveland
"FYC was established in December 2015 by community leaders who were alarmed by the number of babies dying in Cuyahoga County." ~ From First Year Cleveland
Friends of Breakthrough Public Schools
"Our nationally recognized network of schools was formed in 2010 by the highest-performing, college preparatory, nonprofit public charter schools in Cleveland. " ~ From the Breakthrough website
FrontLine Service
"Our 17 homeless assistance programs include assertive outreach, emergency shelter, residential services, and case management." ~ From the FrontLine website
Greater Cleveland Congregations
"Drawing on the proven success of person-to-person organizing, we build the power necessary to be a catalyst for sustainable social change." ~ From the Congregations website
Greater Cleveland Food Bank
"The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio having served more than 350,000 people in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland and Richland counties in 2019." ~ From the Food Bank website
Groundwork Ohio
"Groundwork works to educate key decision makers in our state about the importance of quality, early learning and healthy development as the most transformative strategy to increase the life-long success of Ohio's children and lay a strong foundation for economic prosperity in our state." ~ From the Groundwork website
International Services Center (USRCI)
"We advance the rights and lives of those who have been forcibly or voluntarily uprooted. For over 100 years, the unwavering commitment of our leadership, team, network of service providers, and advocates has helped redirect the destiny of countless vulnerable lives." ~ From the Center website
Invest in Children
"The mission of Invest in Children is to mobilize resources and research to promote the well-being of all young children in Cuyahoga County. " ~ From the Invest website
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
"Focusing on Housing & Shelter, Workforce Development, and Health & Wellness Services, LMM creates innovative programs that serve with people who are homeless, youth who are at-risk, older adults who are vulnerable, people impacted by the criminal justice system, and individuals with behavioral health needs." ~ From the Ministry website
Mental Health and Addiction Advocacy Coalition (MHAC)
"The Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) fosters education and awareness of mental health and addiction issues while advocating for public policies and strategies that support effective, well-funded services, systems, and supports for those in need, resulting in stronger Ohio communities." ~ From the Coalition website
Starting Point
"Northeast Ohio's child care, early education and out-of-school time resource and referral agency--serving families, early childhood professionals and organizations and the community" ~ From the Starting-Point website
University Hospitals Office of Child Advocacy and Government Relations
"The Office of Child Advocacy & Government Relations serves as the liaison between University Hospitals and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and government officials at the local, state and federal levels of government." ~ From the Advocacy website
The Village Network
"At The Village Network, we believe that every child and young adult deserves to be loved and nurtured in order to live a healthy, meaningful and positive life." ~ From the Network website
Voices for Ohio’s Children
"Voices for Ohio’s Children was originally created for exactly what it sounds like: to give the children of Ohio a voice." ~ From the Voices website

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