The Annie E. Casey Foundation believes that all children need and deserve a family for a lifetime. Our commitment to permanence, or lifelong families for children in foster care, has led us to assume a leadership role in the National Convening on Youth Permanence, National Foster Care Month, and National Adoption Day, all of which highlight the needs of the nearly half a million children in foster care today.

Casey Family Programs is the nation’s largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster care and improving the child welfare system. Founded in 1966, we work to provide and improve – and ultimately prevent the need for – foster care in the United States. As champions for change, we are committed to our 2020 Strategy for America’s Children – a goal to safely reduce the number of children in foster care and improve the lives of those who remain in care.

Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the general public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more.

A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, databases, and online learning tools for improving child welfare practice, including resources that can be shared with families.

The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. We are committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm. We envision a future in which families, neighborhoods, communities, organizations, and governments ensure that all children and youth are provided with the resources they need to grow into healthy, contributing members of society.

The Children's Bureau (CB) is one of two bureaus within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Children's Bureau works with State and local agencies to develop programs that focus on preventing the abuse of children in troubled families, protecting children from abuse, and finding permanent placements for those who cannot safely return to their homes. As the oldest Federal agency for children within the Administration for Children and Families, the Children's Bureau has primary responsibility for administering Federal child welfare programs. The mission is to seek to provide for the safety, permanency and well being of children through leadership, support for necessary services, and productive partnerships with States, Tribes, and communities.

Foster Care Alumni of America connects the alumni community and transforms policy and practice, thereby ensuring opportunity for people in and from foster care. Our organization provides a permanent and vibrant extended-family community for all people who share the foster care experience. We collaborate with allied individuals and other organizations to improve foster care practice and policy via legislative advocacy, education of child welfare professionals and care providers, and by building public awareness about foster care.

FosterClub is the national network for young people in foster care. For young people living in foster care, FosterClub is a place to turn for advice, information and hope. Our members are resilient young people determined to build a better future for themselves and for other kids coming up through the system behind them. FosterClub's websites, publications, events and annual All-Star internship program offer the tools and resources young people need to connect with each other, share experiences and insights, and to achieve personal success.

The Foster Family-based Treatment Association strengthens agencies that support families caring for vulnerable children. The Foster Family-based Treatment Association (FFTA) is an agency-led organization of treatment foster care providers established in 1988 with an initial purpose of defining and refining Treatment Foster Care practices. The Association’s membership is composed of agencies throughout North America currently operating treatment foster care programs. Organizations that are not direct service providers, but have an interest in the field, hold affiliate membership status. FFTA is assisted by recognized researchers and policy-makers in the fields of child welfare and mental health. For more information visit: www.ffta.org.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with 153,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.

The National Association of State Foster Care Managers provides an opportunity for State Foster Care Managers to pool their expertise for the progressive improvement of the quality of care to children in out-of-home care and share information and expertise about issues that affect the safety, permanency and well-being of children in out-of-home care and their families.

The mission of the National Foster Care Coalition is to provide a national collective voice, dedicated to building public and political will to improve the lives of children and youth from the foster care system. Established in 1998, NFCC is a unique partnership of member organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and adults in and from foster care through political and public will building. As part of their compassionate commitment, NFCC members advocate on behalf of children, youth, and families involved with the foster care system; support local, regional, and national foster care initiatives; offer significant levels of training and technical assistance; and provide education and information about foster care to decision makers at the local, state, and federal levels.

The mission of the National Foster Parent Association is to provide services, support, training, mentoring, and assistance to foster parents.

The NRCPFC is a training, technical assistance, and information services organization dedicated to help strengthen the capacity of State, local, Tribal and other publicly administered or supported child welfare agencies to: institutionalize a safety-focused, family-centered, and community-based approach to meet the needs of children, youth and families.

The National Resource Center for Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma, College of Continuing Education has been resourcing the youth services community for more than twenty-five years, providing training and technical assistance to programs in Oklahoma and nationally. The center enhances the quality of life of our nation's youth and their families by improving the effectiveness of human services.