About Us
When we come together to face the biggest challenges for children and their families, we create more and longer-lasting change. We can spend generations getting there one child at a time or, by putting state policy on the side of North Carolina’s children, we can get there much sooner.
Action for Children is a statewide, independent, non-partisan, non-profit child advocacy organization, dedicated to educating and engaging all people across the state to ensure that our children are healthy, safe, well-educated and have every opportunity for success.
Our Goals
Action for Children is helping to create a North Carolina where:
- All children (0-21) will be healthy.
- All children (0-21) will be safe in their homes, schools and community.
- All children (0-21) will have economic security.
- All children (0-21) will be provided the opportunity and resources to succeed in their education.
Action for Children will:
- Increase the public’s will to improve outcomes for children and youth (0-21) and develop and sustain a comprehensive, statewide and effective child advocacy system.
- Increase the research-based, data-driven, best practices capacity and knowledge of state and local, public and private, child and family-serving organizations across North Carolina.
- Increase the collaborative capacity of stakeholders at the state and county levels to improve measurable outcomes for children and youth.
- Be financially sound and accountable, and be recognized as a key leader in NC’s efforts to improve outcomes for children.
Our Strategies
Action for Children employs seven main strategies in pursuit of these goals, including:
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Applied Research & Data: Action for Children continuously analyzes the current data and research on child well-being and presents it in user-friendly format for policymakers, advocates and the general public.
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Communications & Media Advocacy: Action for Children works with the media to educate
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Outreach: Action for Children provides technical assistance to communities statewide on how to use data and research to improve conditions for children and young people.
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Convening/Facilitating: Action for Children brings together partner organizations to pool knowledge and coordinate public policy approaches.
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Education: Action for Children informs law makers and community advocates of public policies and programs that benefit children and young people.
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Organizing: Action for Children stimulates local and state-level action by serving as a catalyst and source of information.
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Technology: Action for Children uses the latest technology to keep lawmakers, community advocates and the general public fully up-to-date on issues affecting children.
Wins for children happen because of advocacy
Today, thanks in part to Action for Children North Carolina’s leadership:
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More of our children have health insurance than at any other time in our state’s history.
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More parents can work full-time to support their families, knowing their children are in dependable child care.
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More of our disadvantaged young people are receiving the community-based services they need to flourish.
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More of our teenagers are safe on the roads, thanks to graduated drivers’ license and cell phone laws.
Wins for children like these do not happen by accident. Wins for children like these do not happen by accident. They result from advocacy.
They result from advocacy — when skilled professionals backed by caring individuals show policymakers that policy can and should act to keep children safe and set the stage for success in life. Advocacy means publishing research, working with media, and providing data and evidence to keep children’s issues on the radar screen of the state’s policymakers.
By pooling our resources to adopt state policy on the side of
Action for Children
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