ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
Los Angeles County – California – National
A Community of Friends
http://www.acof.org
Alliance for Children’s Rights
http://www.kids-alliance.org
Children’s Law Center
http://www.clcla.org
The Community College Foundation
http://www.cccf.org
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
http://lafla.org
Mental Health America of Los Angeles (MHA)
http://www.mhala.org
Public Counsel
http://www.publiccounsel.org
Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing
http://www.scanph.org
United Friends of the Children
http://www.unitedfriends.org
California Alliance of Child and Family Services
http://www.cacfs.org
California Association of Adoption Agencies
http://www.california-adoption.org
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
http://www.camft.org
California Association of Mental Health Patients’ Rights Advocates
http://www.camhpra.com
California Association of School Psychologists
http://www.casponline.org
California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
http://www.casra.org
California Budget Project
http://www.cbp.org
California Coalition for Mental Health
http://www.californiamentalhealth.org/
California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
http://www.cccbha.org
California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions
http://www.cibhs.org
California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth
http://www.cmhacy.org
County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
http://www.cbhda.org
California Psychiatric Association
http://www.calpsych.org
California Psychological Association
http://www.cpapsych.org
California Society for Clinical Social Work
http://clinicalsocialworksociety.org
California State Association of Counties
http://www.csac.counties.org
California Youth Connection
http://www.calyouthconn.org/
Community Residential Care Association of California
http://www.crcac.com
County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA)
http://cwda.org
Disability Rights California (formerly Protection and Advocacy, Inc.)
http://www.disabilityrightsca.org
Mental Health America of California (also known as Mental Health Association in California)
http://www.mhac.org
Mental Health Client Action Network
http://www.mhcan.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness, California Chapter
http://www.namicalifornia.org
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
http://www.naswca.org
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
http://www.ppic.org
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org
American Association of Children’s Residential Centers
http://www.aacrc-dc.org
American Public Human Services Association
http://www.aphsa.org
American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org
ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
http://www.archrespite.org
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org
Casey Family Programs
http://www.casey.org
Child Care Law Center
http://www.childcarelaw.org
Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org
Corporation for Supportive Housing
http://www.csh.org
Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
http://www.casaforchildren.org
Foster Care and Adoptive Community
http://www.fosterparents.com
Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.ican4kids.org
Mental Health America
http://www.nmha.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org
National Council for Behavioral Health
http://www.thenationalcouncil.org
National Foster Care Coalition
http://www.nationalfostercare.org/
National Foster Parent Association
http://www.nfpainc.org
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Los Angeles County – California – National
First 5 LA Commission
http://www.first5la.org
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
http://www.hacla.org
Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)
http://ican.co.la.ca.us
Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller
http://auditor.lacounty.gov
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
http://bos.co.la.ca.us
Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office
http://ceo.lacounty.gov
Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families
http://www.lachildrenscommission.org
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
http://dcfs.lacounty.gov
Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
http://www.dcba.lacounty.gov
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH)
http://www.dmh.lacounty.gov
Los Angeles County Development Authority
http://www.lacda.org
Los Angeles County Education Coordinating Council
http://www.educationcoordinatingcouncil.org
Los Angeles County Mental Health Commission
http://dmh.lacounty.gov/about/mental-health-commission
Los Angeles County Probation Commission
http://probation.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/probation/about
Los Angeles County Probation Department
http://probation.lacounty.gov
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Juvenile Courts
http://www.lacourt.org/division/juvenile/juvenile.aspx
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Mental Health Department
http://www.lacourt.org/division/mentalhealth/mentalhealth.aspx
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
http://www.lahsa.org
California Courts
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov
California Department of Aging
http://www.aging.ca.gov
California Health & Human Services Agency (formerly Department of Health Services)
http://www.chhs.ca.gov/
California Department of Health Care Services
http://www.dhcs.ca.gov
California Department of Public Health
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx
California Department of Developmental Services
http://www.dds.ca.gov/
California Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov
California Department of Rehabilitation
http://www.adp.ca.gov
California Department of Social Services
http://ww.cdss.ca.gov/
California Legislative Analyst’s Office
http://www.lao.ca.gov
California Behavioral Health Planning Council
https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/MH/Pages/CBHPC-PlanningCouncilWelcome.aspx
California State Assembly
http://www.assembly.ca.gov
California State Senate
http://www.sen.ca.gov
Commission on State Mandates
http://www.csm.ca.gov
Little Hoover Commission
http://www.lhc.ca.gov
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development
http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu/
National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org
President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/mentalhealthcommission/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/index.cfm
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.hhs.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – Healthcare 411
http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://www.ojjdp.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov
NONPROFIT RESOURCES
Los Angeles County – California – National
Center for Nonprofit Management
http://www.cnmsocal.org
California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits)
http://calnonprofits.org
Action Without Borders (Idealist.org)
http://www.idealist.org
Alliance for Nonprofit Management
http://www.allianceonline.org
Center for Health and Public Policy Studies (UC Berkeley)
http://chpps.berkeley.edu
Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research (Duke University)
http://chpir.org/
Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities (UCLA)
http://healthychild.ucla.edu
Center for Mental Health in Schools (UCLA)
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health
http://www.cqaimh.org
Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago)
http://www.chapinhall.org
Child Trends
http://www.childtrends.org
Child Welfare Research Center (UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare)
http://cssr.berkeley.edu/research_units/cwrc/index.html
Children’s Advocacy Institute (University of San Diego School of Law)
http://www.caichildlaw.org
Children’s Research Center
http://www.nccdglobal.org/what-we-do/children-s-research-center
DrugWatch
www.drugwatch.com
Future of Children (Princeton University/Brookings Institution)
http://www.futureofchildren.org
Kids Count (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
Los Angeles County Almanac
http://www.laalmanac.com
LONGSCAN – Longitudinal Studies on Child Abuse and Neglect (UNC, Chapel Hill)
http://www.iprc.unc.edu/longscan
National Center for Children in Poverty (Columbia University)
http://www.nccp.org/
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (Cornell University)
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (Hunter College School of Social Work)
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/
RAND Corporation Research on Children and Families
http://www.rand.org/research_areas/children/index.html
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Code and Charter
https://www.municode.com/library/ca/los_angeles_county/codes/code_of_ordinances
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Child Welfare Policy Manual
http://policy.dcfs.lacounty.gov/default.htm
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Policy Updates
http://policysubscription.dcfs.lacounty.gov/
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, FYI Bulletins
http://dcfs.co.la.ca.us/Policy/FYI/TOCFYI.HTM
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Policies and Procedures Manual
http://lacdmh.lacounty.gov/ContractorsPolicies/index.htm
Los Angeles County
Alliance for Children’s Rights
http://www.kids-alliance.org
Children’s Law Center
http://www.clcla.org
Directory of Self-Help Legal Access Centers
https://dcba.lacounty.gov/legal-access-centers/
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
https://www.esperanza-la.org/
LA Law Library
http://www.lalawlibrary.org/
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
http://lafla.org
Los Angeles County Office of Immigrant Affairs
https://oia.lacounty.gov
Public Counsel
http://www.publiccounsel.org
National
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
https://www.ilrc.org
National Immigration Law Center
https://www.nilc.org
National Immigration Legal Services Directory
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/
U.S. Department of Justice: List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers (by State)
https://justice.gov/eoir/list-pro-bono-legal-service-providers