State and Local Organizations
As of December 18, 2008, the letter urging the creation of a White House Office on Children and Youth was signed by the more than 300 state and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations listed below.
Child and Youth Coordinating Bodies
State Children’s Cabinets and Councils
Connecticut Commission on Children
Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council
Maine Governor's Children's Cabinet
Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council
Pennsylvania Governor's Commission for Children and Families
Ready by 21 Collaboratives
Marion County Commission On Youth, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Northside School, Black Oak Mine Unified School District, Cool, California
Black Oak Mine Unified School District, Georgetown, California
Divide Ready By Five, Garden Valley, California
Georgetown Divide Ready by 21 Coalition, Georgetown, California
Kentucky Child Now, Frankfort, Kentucky
Oasis Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Partnership for Children, Kansas City, Missouri
Providence After School Alliance, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance, Providence, Rhode Island
Rockland County Ready by 21, New City, New York
School's Out Washington, Seattle, Washington
Other Coordinating Bodies
Local Management Board of Allegany County, Inc., Cumberland, Maryland
New England Network for Child, Youth & Family Services, Inc, Brunswick, Maine
Children's Caucus, Bismarck, North Dakota
Mississippi Gulf Coast Youth Development Coalition, Long Beach, Mississippi
Mountain Plains Network for Youth, Bismarck, North Dakota
New Jersey Education Consortium (NJEC), Keyport, New Jerssey
Queen Anne's County Council for Children & Youth, Centreville, Maryland
Southern Consortium for Children, Athens, Ohio
The Durham At-Risk Youth Collaborative, Durham, North Carolina
Vision Coalition of El Dorado Hills, El Dorado Hills, California
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, Madison, Wisconsin
Youth Councils/Youth Advisory Boards
Maryland Youth Advisory Council Co-Chairs
Nebraska Youth Leadership Council
New Hampshire Legislative Youth Advisory Council
The Center For Teen Empowerment, Boston, Massachusetts
Hilo High School Key Club, Hilo, Hawaii
Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project, Lansing, Michigan
St. John Youth Committee, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Local Governments
City of Mount Vernon, New York
San Francisco Department Of Children, Youth & Their Families, California
Southside Community School/ Tucson Youth Collective, inc, Arizona
Batavia Youth Bureau, New York
Broome County Youth Bureau, Binghamton, New York
Cambridge Housing Authority, Massachusetts
Carroll County Local Manaement Board, Westminster, Maryland
Cattaraugus County (New York) Youth Bureau, Little Valley,, New York
Cheektowaga Youth & Recreational Services, New York
City of Lockport Youth & Recreation Department, New York
City of Riviera Beach Youth Empowerment Program, Florida
Elk Grove Unified School District, California
Genesee County Youth Bureau, Batavia, New York
Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lake County Regional Office of Education, Grayslake, Illinois
Linn County Empowerment & Decat, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Loudoun County Government, Leesburg, Virginia
Rockland County Youth Bureau, New City, New York
Salt Lake County Youth Services, Utah
Southampton Youth Bureau, New York
Town of Hamburg Youth Bureau, New York
Town of North Hampton, New Hampshire
West Seneca Youth Bureau, New York
Wyoming County Youth Bureau, Warsaw, New York
International organizations
Ship for World Youth Program, United States Alumni Association, Cary, Illinois
Achievement Center For Youth And Children In Liberia, Monrovia, International
Association for Childhood Education International, Olney, Maryland
Chess Without Borders, Barrington Hills, Illinois
Community Development Network Forum (CDNF), Larkana,
Kin Initiative, Kampala, Uganda
Korea Youth Services Center, Seoul, Korea
The Rebozo Way Project, Santa Barbara, California
Youth Aid Organisation for Africa (YAOFA), FCT, Abuja
State and Local organizations
Alabama
Kid One Transport, Birmingham
Arizona
Auxiliary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Scottsdale
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Scottsdale
Boys and Girls Clubs Greater Scottsdale, Arizona, Phoenix
C.A.S.T. Clean and Sober Theatre, Tucson
Florence Crittenton of Arizona, Phoenix
King Kong Enterprises, Tucson
Paulo Freire Freedom School, Tucson
Tucson Youth Collective, Tucson
Tucson Youth Collective/Skrappy's Youth Center, Tucson
Arkansas
Full Faith Christian Ministry, Pine Bluff
Huntsville High School Norhrwest Ar. Wib Youth Council And Arkansas Youth Cevelopment Collabortive., Witter
North Little Rock Mayor's Youth Council, Sherwood
California
A World Fit For Kids!, Los Angeles
About Productions, Altadena
BIA Office in California, Sacramento
California Youth Connection, San Francisco
California YouthBuild Coalition, Fresno
Camp Fire USA Central Coast Council, Arroyo Grande
Center for Multicultural Cooperation, Fresno
Community Network for Youth Development, San Francisco
Diablo Behavioral Healthcare, Danville
EMQ Children and Family Services, Campbell
Escondido Education COMPACT, Escondido
Family Connections El Dorado, Placerville
Georgetown Divide Ready by 21, Inc., Cool
Mariposa's Art, Santa Cruz
Nevada Emergency Medical Association, Clovis
Orangewood Children's Foundation, Santa Ana
Partnership for Children, Youth and Families, Pasadena
Petaluma Phoenix Center, Petaluma
PreventionWORKS, Camino
Project Yes ( Youth Employment Services), Ceres
Rec Connect Initiative, San Francisco
River Oak Center for Children, Carmichael
Safe Schools/Healthy Students, Woodland Joint Unified School District, Woodland
The Community Artist' Guild, Inc., Los Angeles
Watson Temple Apostolic Church, Richmond
Woodcraft Rangers, Los Angeles
YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley, Pasadena
YWCA of San Francisco & Marin, San Francisco
Youth Service California, Oakland
Youth for Christ Shasta Region, Redding
universal life church, felton
Colorado
Art From Ashes, Inc., Denver
Yess Institute, Denver
Connecticut
Connecticut Assets Network, Wethersfield
Our Piece Of The Pie, Hartford
Our Piece of the Pie (OPP), Hartford
Southington Drug Task Force, Manchester
District of Columbia
DC Action for Children, Washington
Dc Metropolitan Foster And Adoptive Parent Association, Washington
Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center, Washington
Florida
Boca Raton's Promise, Boca Raton
Educational Innovators, Stuart
Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa
Goodwill-Suncoast, Tampa
Kids Hope United (Miami), Cutler Bay
LifePilots, Inc., Gonzalez
Oaks Indian Mission, St.Augustine
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - Respect Every Single Person Especially Children & Teens, Saint Petersburg
Subliminal Pixels Lab, Miami
Youth Village, Inc., Niceville
YouthBuild, St. Petersburg
Georgia
Boy With A Ball, Lawrenceville
Girls Incorporated Of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta
Special Tees, Decatur
Hawaii
God's Country Waimanalo, Waimanalo
Mccfdia, paia
Idaho
Foster Youth / Alumni of Idaho, Pocatello
Illinois
Affinity Community Services, Chicago
Alternatives, Inc., Chicago
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago, Chicago
Center for Community Arts Partnerships at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago
ChildServ, Chicago
James Jordan Boys And Girls Club Of Chicago, Chicago
Lulac Council # 5260, Woodstock
Kids Off The Block, Inc., Chicago
Prevention First, Springfield
State of Illinois Social Services
Toni Rey, LCSW, Ltd., Lake Zurich
Workforce Management Group, Matteson
Indiana
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, Indianapolis
Youth Service Bureau Big Brothers, La Porte
Iowa
Garner Evangelical Free Church, Garner
Kansas
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare, Leawood
YWCA Early Learning Center, Topeka
Kentucky
Appalshop, Whitesburg
Kentucky Cabinet For Health & Family Services/Women's Health Div., Frankfort
Louisiana
Big Buddy Program, Baton Rouge
Lincneworleans, New Orleans
The Crossover House, Inc., Baton Rouge
Maine
Communities For Children And Youth, Augusta
Good Will-Hinckley, Hinckley
Maryland
Community Partnerships, Centreville
East-West Psychological Association, Kensington,
Judy P.Hoyer Center, Takoma Park
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Baltimore
The CityWide Special Education Advocacy Project, Baltimore
Urban Educational Leadership Institute, Inc., Windsor Mill
Waterslanding Optimal Learning Center, Germantown
YouthMatch, Mitchellville
Massachusetts
Associated Early Care And Education, Boston
Central Mass.Communities Of Care, Worcester
Massachusetts Citizens for Children, Boston
Michigan
Camp Fire USA West Michigan Council
Camp Fire Usa Southeast Michigan Council, Southfield
Cass Technical High, Detroit
Claytor Head Start Program, Saginaw
Eastern Upper Peninsula Of Michigan Intermediate School District, Sault Ste Marie
Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
YouthVille Detroit/ Detroit Youth Foundation, Detroit
Minnesota
Center For Democracy And Citizenship, Humphrey Institute Of Public Affairs, Minneapolis
Children's Law Center Of Minnesota (Non Profit), Saint Paul
Headstart in Parenting, Minneapolis
Minnesota Council of Child Caring Agencies, St. Paul
Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association, Mendota Heights
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota, Saint Paul
Mississippi
DLT Consulting LLC, Gautier
Hope Haven Children's Services, Bay St. Louis
Missouri
Alternative Opportunities, Inc., springfield
Community Health-In-Partnership Services (Chips), St. Louis
Ozark Foothills Child Advocacy Center, Doniphan
Parenting Life Skills Center, Springfield
Nebraska
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lancaster County, Lincoln
Youth Emergency Services, Inc., Omaha
New Hampshire
Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council, Keene
Qed Foundation, Amherst
The Performer's Playground, Newport
New Jersey
Sankofa Institute For Youth Development, Union City
Sparks!... Igniting Innovative Strategies For Positive Social Change, Long Branch
New Mexico
Assistan Dogs of the West, Santa Fe
Family Pride Foundation, Las Cruces
Youth Building Better Lives, Inc. (YouthBuild USA affiliate, Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque
New York
Association 0f New York State Youth Bureaus, New City
Bienvenida Medical Care, P.C., Port Chester
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Ulster County, Kingston
Compass House, Buffalo
Educational Video Center, New York
Family Voices Network of Erie County/Youth Empowerment Advocacy, Buffalo
Konbit Kreyol, New York
Long Island Partnership For Afterschool Education, Baldwin
NAMI Queens/Nassau, Lake Success
Nubian Directions (NDI), Poughkeepsie
Partnership for Children Youth and Families, Albany
Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc., Bath
SCO Family of Services, Brooklyn
Schoharie Creek Players, Lexington
Striking Viking Story Pirates, Brooklyn
Suffolk County Youth Bureau, Hauppauge
Westchester Chapter of Students for Barack Obama (signing as former director), Irvington
Visiting Nurse Service of NY, Brooklyn
Voices UnBroken, Bronx
WNY AmeriCorps, West Seneca
Westchester County Youth Bureau, White Plains,
Niagara County Youth Bureau, Niagara Falls
North Carolina
Winners Plus Iic., Charlotte
North Dakota
Charles Hall Youth Services, Bismarck
Ohio
Action Youth Outreach, Dayton
Action Youth Outreach - Dayton Ohio, Dayton
Alliance for Children & Families, Alliance
Garrison Global Academy for Legal Studies High School, Cincinnati
Native Village Publications, Toledo
Ohio Family Care Association, Columbus
Ohio State Youth Bar Association/CTC, Cincinnati
Ohio chapter of Foster Care Alumni of America, Westerville
The Arts and College Prep. Academy, Columbus
The Family and Community Resource Center, Salem
The Way Station, Columbiana, Ohio 44408
Walsh University, North Canton
YWCA of Salem, Ohio, Salem
Oklahoma
Camp Fire USA Green Country Council, Tulsa
Resonance, Tulsa
Oregon
Camp Fire USA Portland Metro Council
Community Information Center, Portland
Pennsylvania
Education Law Center, Philadelphia
Observatory Hill Early Learning Child Development Center, Pittsburgh
Woodland Academy Child Development Center, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, Harrisburg
Rhode Island
Knowledge Exchange Center of Rhode Island, Johnston
Power4good, Providence
South Carolina
Foster Care Review Board 13C Greenville SC, Greenville
Foster Care Review Board/Berkeley County, Sc, Moncks Corner
Upstate Parents Network, Duncan
South Dakota
Delta Dental Philanthropic Fund, Pierre
Tennessee
Boys And Girls Club Of Northwest Tennessee, unioncity
Greeneville Middle School, Greeneville
Knox County Schools - Birth to Kindergarten Parents as Teachers Program, Knoxville
Oasis Center, Nashville
SHADES of Development, Inc., Knoxville
The Black Children's Institute of Tennessee, Nashville
Unitylearningcenter.com Sumner County Schools TN, Gallatin
Youth Life Foundation of Tennessee, Nashville
Texas
Texans Care For Children, Austin
Voices For Children Of San Antonio, San Antonio
Utah
Universal Heart Foundation, Ogden
Vermont
Sue's Family Child Care, Brattleboro
Virginia
Franklin County Youth Center Inc., Rocky Mount
Washington
Camp Fire Usa Central Puget Sound Council, Seattle
Candace Sullivan Consulting, Llc, Seattle
Rainer Vista Boys & Girls Club, Seattle
Treehouse, Seattle
the Ave Project, Seattle
West Virginia
Camp Fire USA Upper Appalachian Council, Weirton
Wisconsin
Expressions Of Blessings, Milwaukee
Wyoming
Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters, Laramie