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The information in this Resource Directory is provided for the convenience of the reader interested in serving fathers and families in Hispanic communities. Inclusion on this list does not imply HHS, HACU or NPNFF endorsement of the organizations’ policies or programs nor the organizations’ involvement in or endorsement of HHS fatherhood activities. Information on these organizations and their programs was obtained from public sources, such as websites and printed brochures.
Administration for Children’s Services, Head Start
Jack Licht, Acting Asst. Deputy Commissioner.
30 Main St., 10th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-260-7083
Fax: 718-260-7079
The Administration for Children's Services Head Start is one of the largest grantees in the country. Composed of 80 delegate agencies, with over 225 centers throughout the 5 boroughs of New York City, this "supergrantee" presently serves approximately 20,000 children and families, representing more than 100 different languages. Several of these delegate agencies have formed local groups for fathers, in an attempt to increase their involvement in the lives of their children, families and communities.
ASPIRA, Parents for Excellence Program
Claudia Grigorescu, Program Manager
1444 Eye St., NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-835-3600
Fax: 202-835-3613
ASPIRA is dedicated to encouraging and promoting education and leadership development among Hispanic youth. The ASPIRA Parents for Educational Excellence (APEX) Program reaches out to Latino parents who desire to become involved in their children's education, but may not know where to start. The main goals of APEX are to train parents to improve education in their communities and to help them mobilize other parents to join in their efforts. Workshops address various topics, such as: helping children improve their study habits, self esteem, communication skills for the home, school structure, group dynamics, parents' rights in the schools and leadership skills.
AVANCE, Inc.
Gloria G. Rodriguez, Ph.D, President and C.E.O.
301 S. Frio St., Suite 380
San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: 210-270-4630
Fax: 210-270-4612
email: grodriguez_nat@ avance.org
website: http://www.avance.org
By providing support and education services to low-income families, AVANCE strives to strengthen the family unit, enhance parenting skills, promote educational success, and foster the personal and economic success of parents. The focus of AVANCE is community-based intervention that is family-centered, preventive, comprehensive and continuous through integration and collaboration of services. With a national office in San Antonio, and chapters throughout Texas and in Kansas City, AVANCE programs offer parent education, social support, adult basic and higher education, early childhood education, youth programs, personal development, and community empowerment workshops.
AVANCE-Rio Grande Valley
Teresa Gonzalez, Senior Director of Program Services
1205 Galveston
McAllen, TX 78501
Phone:956-618-1642
Fax: 956-618-1698
email: avancecb@hiline.net
website: http://www.avance.org
(for discription of AVANCE programs see above)
Bienvenidos Family Services
Barbara Kappos, Director
5233 East Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
Phone: 323-728-9577
Fax:323-728-3483
www.bienvenidos.org
Bienvenidos Family Services, outreaches to families through active participation in community-based collaboratives, affiliation with hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers, homeless shelters, community health centers, and family welfare agencies. The Children's Dependency Court and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the public child protective agency in our community) refer "at-risk" families to the program as the alternative choice to the out-of-home protective placement of children. Many families self-refer.
Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center
Jose E. Vargas, Family Institute Coordinator
1420 Columbia Rd., NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: 202-332-4200
Fax: 202-745-2562
email: familyinstitute@cbmlc.org
website: www.cbmlc.org
Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center is a nonprofit child and family education and development center with a 15 year history of quality service to an economically diverse and culturally rich community. Its vision is to be the multicultural village that raises the child and empowers the family and youth community. Serving over 250 children, its doors are open to families of different races, cultures, and languages, offering children an atmosphere that helps them reach the full development of their potential. Services provided through the Center include early childhood development, family support, school age/youth development, a multidisciplinary arts program and a state-of-the-art community technology center.
Center for Successful Fathering, Inc.
Dr. Ron Klinger, Director
13740 Research Blvd., Suite G-4
Austin, TX 78750
Phone:512-335-8106
Fax:512-258-2591
website: www.fathering.org
The purpose of the Center for Successful Fathering is to increase the awareness
of men and women about the essential role fathers play in raising their children
and remove the obstacles of misconception which sustain the conclusion that
fathers are obsolete. The Center provide Dads and potential fathers with
timely and relevant skills to assist them in becoming the best Dads they
can be to their children and develops and disseminates fathering information
to increase the
understanding of obligations and responsibilities fathers have in raising
their children.
Centro de la Familia de Utah
Cathy Martinez, LCSW, Family Wellness Manager
320 West 200 South, Suite 300B
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 801-521-4473
Fax: 801-521-6242
The Centro de la Familia de Utah follows the Texas Partners for Fragile Families curriculum in its teen fatherhood program. The 16 week course discusses parenting education, child support, decision making, education, employment and men's health. The program works to make teen fathers better fathers and more involved with their children. In addition to the courses taught, home visits are made and referrals are offered for social services. The center also plans activities for the fathers and their children once a month.
Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County(CAC)
Refugio Rodriguez
201 West Chapel St.
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Phone:1-800-655-0671 ext. 117
Fax: 805-349-8165 (f)
email: rrodriguez@cacsb.com
CAC is a community action agency and was established in 1967. CAC has Early Head Start and Head Start Programs. In addition, this agency houses a comprehensive fatherhood program targeting teen fathers, pre-sexually active and sexually active teen males, incarcerated young men, incarcerated adult men. An additional component also focuses on working with Head Start Fathers in the area of father involvement in the lives of their children.
East Coast Migrant Head Start Project
Raphael Guerra, Executive Director
4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-243-7522, ext 230
The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project provides Head Start services to poor farm worker children, ages 6 weeks to five years old, and their families throughout the east coast region. At the present time, services to approximately 8,200 migrant infants, toddlers and preschoolers are provided in 90 centers in twelve eastern states. These children are served by 20 delegate agencies and two direct services branches in Florida and North Carolina.
El Valor
Vince Allocco, Executive Director
1850 W. 21st St.
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312-666-4511
Fax: 312-666-6677
email: valloco@elvalor.org
A component of El Valor is the Tocar El Futuro/Touch the Future program that provides services to children from birth to age five. Tocar el Futuro helps create partnerships between Latino parents, community organizations, and the business sector to enrich the lives of children in their earliest years and strengthen families by providing stimulating learning experiences and personal and educational enrichment opportunities. The program provides infant education, physical therapy, parental education, counseling and support to families with children who have developmental disabilities.
Family Star/Early Head Start
Lereen Castellano, Executive Director
2246 Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80211
Phone: 303-477-7827
Fax: 303-477-7756
Family Star's mission is transformation through education that empowers by developing the potential of people of all ages and cultures to think for themselves, do for themselves and to create better lives. Family Star provides a model Montessori Child Parent Education Center serving a racially, culturally and economically diverse mix of families. The Montessori Center provides a program for children ages 8 weeks through 6 years, a parent education program that gives classes on child development, early literacy, and techniques for reading with children, and a family support program where a service coordinator and a pediatric nurse provide guidance to identify disabilities and work with mental health services
For Love of Children
1711-A 14th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: 202-462-8686
Fax: 202-797-2198
email: rcurrence@mail.com
website: http://www.flocdc.org
The mission of FLOC is to transform by example and partnership DC's response to child abuse, homelessness and educational failure so that children are protected and nurtured, homeless families are financially stable and housed, and high-risk teens are prepared to be responsible and successful adults. For Love of Children serves over 600 high-risk children in Washington, DC each year with a special emphasis on those from the Shaw section of the city. For Love of Children strives to equip these children and youth with the tools to escape the cycle of joblessness and poverty that has afflicted so many of their parents' generation.
Kyle Family Learning and Career Center
Jonathan Engle
Community Development Director
Community Action Inc.
P.O. Box 1238
Kyle, TX 78640
Phone: 512-396-4564
email: jonengel@itouch.net
Community Action Inc. is a community based organizations dedicated to reducing the incidence of poverty in a rural ten county area around Austin, TX. The Agency operates child development programs, adult and family literacy programs, community health programs, and emergency assistance programs. The program has worked with teen fathers and other fathers of children in its Early Head Start and Head Start programs. (Fatherhood contact: Auturo Benavides 512-396-3395)
Le Jardin Community Centers, Inc.
Eduardo Berrones, Director
47 N. Krome Avenue
Homestead, FL 33030
Phone: 305-245-4994
Fax: 305-247-7626
email: berrones@bellsouth.net
Le Jardin is a Head Start program in Homestead, Florida that works with approximately 500 children and their families. The program utilizes the fathers in their area of expertise in order to make them feel comfortable and be involved. For example, they have used fathers that work in construction to help transform the program facilities.
Mary Hooker Elementary School Resource Center
Noemi Flores-Rios, Executive Director
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-249-0665 or 860-722-8938
Fax: 860-722-8825
The Mary Hooker Elementary School Family Resource Center is participating in a project to demonstrate methods of conducting outreach, education, and advocacy among predominantly Puerto Rican low-income families. The objectives are to increase participation in child support services; facilitate noncustodial parents' emotional and financial support of their children; demonstrate ways to engage parents in the pursuit of child support; and make Department policies and services responsive to family needs.
National Compadres Network
Alejandro Moreno
2101 N. Bristol
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Phone: 714-542-0540
email: amtecolote@aol.com
The National Compadres Network is a national effort whose focus is the reinforcement of the positive involvement of Latino males in the lives of their children and families. In November of 1988, a group of Latino Hombres gathered to establish the Circulo de Hombres; a group focused on strengthening and rebalancing the role and responsibility of Hombres in their family and community. Based on the principles of Un Hombre Noble (A Noble Man), several men from the Circulo launched the National Compadres Network whose mission is to strengthen, re-balance, and/or redevelop the traditional Compadre extended family system. In 1995, NCN held the 1st National Hombres Conference on Fatherhood to promote Latino fatherhood responsibility. NCN is affiliated with the National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute.
Noncustodial Parent-to-Work (NCPtW) Program
Geraldo J. Rodriguez, Program Manager
Employment and Training/Special Programs
County of Los Angeles Community & Senior Services
3175 W. Sixth Street, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: 213-638-3084
Fax: 213-639-1381
email: grodrigu@co.la.ca.us
The Noncustodial Parent-to-Work (NCPtW) Program grew out of Los Angeles County’s Parents’ Fair Share (PFS) demonstration. The program provides both pre- and postemployment services to noncustodial parents who are have child support arrearages and who are unemployed or underemployed (working less than 25 hours per week). The program seeks to improve the lives of children by improving parents’ means of caring for them financially and by enabling NCPs to take a more active role in their children’s lives. The program serves a primarily minority clientele (approximately 55 percent Hispanic, 35 percent African American, and 10 percent other) from low-income neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles County. Although the economy has been strong and the unemployment rate low, job placement and retention has been difficult due to fear of incarceration for arrearages prior to joining program and drug/alcohol use by a high number of participants.
Oregon Child Development Coalition
Dee Wetzel, Parent Involvement Specialist
P.O. Box 2780
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
Phone: 503-570-1110 ext.212
Fax: 503-682-9426
email: Dee.wetzel@ocdc.net
The Oregon Child Development Coalition was founded in 1971, prompted initially by the tragic death of a three-year-old migrant child in a farm accident. Prior to this accident, migrant children accompanied their parents to the fields for a twelve-hour day of work, or were left to wait in locked cars. Typically there was no shelter or adult supervision provided for the children. The Coalition was formed to end this intolerable situation and now provides family-focused, comprehensive child development services to children 0 to 6 years old. The services are provided through a comprehensive approach to collaboration and partnership with a variety of private and public organizations in all the communities they serve.
UMOS
Ted Anderson, Welfare to Work Manager
910 W. Mitchell St.,
Milwaukee, WI, 53204
Phone: 414-389-6693
Fax: 414-389-6603
email: theodore.anderson@umos.org
The UMOS Fresh Start program is designed to give noncustodial parents a change to help low-income noncustodial mothers and fathers get back on their feet and into their children’s lives. UMOS, along with its partner agencies, provides basic education, job skills training, job searches, and job coaching to encourage success in the workplace. UMOS will assist in working out a child support payment plan that matches ability to pay with the support needs of the children. UMOS also provides peer group support services as well as physical, mental health and drug and alcohol support programs. Bilingual, bi-cultural services are offered to Hispanic and other minority-group clients.
American Library Association
Susan Roman, Executive Director
Association for Library Services to Children
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Phone: 312-280-2162 or 800-545-2433 ext.2162
Fax: 312-280-3257
email: Eroman@ala.org
website: http://www.ala.org/alsc/
Harvard Family Research Project
Heather Weiss, Director
38 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-9108
Fax:617-495-8594
email: hfrp_gse@harvard.edu
website:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/
Head Start Quality Improvement Center
Luis Hernandez, Educational Specialist
3790 Irvington Ave.
Miami, FL 33133
Phone: 305-444-4779
Literacy Volunteers of America
Jon Randall, Director of Government Relations
635 James St.
Syracuse, NY 13203
Phone: 315-472-0001
Fax: 315-472-0002
website:
http://www.literacyvolunteers.org
MELD/MELD for Young Dads
Dwaine Simms, National Replication Manager, MELD for Young Dads
123 N. Third Street, Suite 507
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: 612-332-7563
Fax:612-344-1959
website: www.meld.org
Migrant Head Start Association
Ramiro Martinez, President
Oregon Child Development Coalition
PO Box 2780
Wilsonville, OR 97070
Phone: 503-570-1110
National Center for Family Literacy
Helmer A. Duverge, Family Literacy Training Specialist
Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200
325 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
Phone:502-584-1133
Fax:502-584-0172
website: http://www.famlit.org
National Even Start Association
Scott Himelstein, Director
123 Camino de la Reina, Suite 202 South
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 619-297-3423 or 619-297-4804
Fax: 619-297-9107
National Head Start Association
Sarah Green, Director
JoAnn Nelson-Hooks, Fatherhood Coordinator
1651 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-739-0875
Fax: 703-739-0878
website: www.nhsa.org
National Institute for Literacy
Andy Hartman, Director
1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730
Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
Phone: 202-233-2025
Fax: 202-233-2050
website: www.nifl.gov
Reach Out and Read
Matt Veno, Executive Director
Boston Medical Center
One Boston Medical Center Place
South Block High Rise, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-414-5701
website: www.reachoutandread.org
Reading is Fundamental, Inc.
Dr. William E. Trueheart, President and C.E.O.
600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20024
Phone: 202-287-3530 or 1-877-RIF-READ
Fax: 202-287-3196
website: http://www.rif.org
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
Matthew E. Melmed, Executive Director
734 15th Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-638-1144
Fax: 202-638-0851
website: www.zerotothree.org
Bay Area Male Involvement Network
Stanley Seiderman, Director
199 Porteous Avenue
Fairfax, CA 94930
Phone: 415-454-1811
Fax: :415-454-1752
The Bay Area Male Involvement Network is a partnership of several Bay Area child service agencies that are working to increase the involvement of fathers and other significant men in the lives of children. The network offers technical assistance, consultation, and a male involvement curriculum for training teachers in early childhood education.
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
Cindy Ballard, Executive Director
Deanna Ouseley, Director of Operations
P.O . Box 489
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024-0489
Phone: 800-292-6149
e-mail: ccfy@ccfy.org
website: www.ccfy.org
CCFY is a network of community foundations dedicated to building the leadership
capacity of community foundations in order to improve the lives of children,
youth and families at the local level. CCFY has undertaken a wide range of
activities to create an environment that recognizes the importance of fathers
in the lives of children. This work includes the publication of a monograph
Fathers Matter:What Community Foundations Can Do, a discussion of simple,
effective community-based strategies to improve outcomes for children and
families.
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
Jim Garcia, Colorado Fatherhood Connection Project Director
1580 Logan Street, Suite 315
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-837-8466 ext. 109
Fax: 303-837-8496
The Colorado Foundation for Families and Children is a private, non-profit organization. It is a state-level intermediary serving as a liaison between public agencies and private organizations or individuals. The Foundation promotes promising practices through training and technical assistance, informs policy development through program evaluation and information dissemination, and improves services through partnerships with communities, commerce and agencies. The Foundation is the home of the Fatherhood Connection Project which supports communities and organizations seeking to involve by providing them with technical assistance and training to build their capacity from within.
Families and Work Institute/The Fatherhood Project
James A. Levine, Director
330 Seventh Ave., 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-337-0934
Fax: 212-337-0948
The Fatherhood Project is a national research and education project that is examining the future of fatherhood and developing ways to support men’s involvement in child rearing. The project’s books, films, consultation, seminars, and training all present practical strategies to support fathers and mothers in their parenting roles. Recent work on fathers and families includes:“The Male Involvement Project,” a national training initiative that helps Head Start and early childhood programs get fathers and other significant men involved in their programs and in the lives of their children.
Family Support America (formerly the Family Resource Coalition of
America)
Virginia Mason, Executive Director
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1100
Chicago, Ill 60606
Phone: 312-338-0900
Fax:312-338-1522
website: www.frca.org
Family Support America works to bring about a completely new societal response to children, youth, and their families — one that strengthens and empowers families and communities so they can foster the optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members. The coalition’s membership brings together community-based program providers, school personnel, human services personnel, trainers, scholars, and policymakers.
Resource Center for Fathers and Families
Arnie Engelby, Director
Human services Bldg., Suite 305
1201 89th Ave. NE
Blaine, MN 55434
Phone:763-783-4938
Fax: 763-783-4900
website:
www.resourcesforfathers.org
The Resource Center with six offices in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, has created programs designed to enhance the role of fathers in full parenthood and full partnership in parenting their children. Programs include: support groups, anger management, parenting classes, family law seminars, relationship development and fathers crisis line.
National Center for Children in Poverty
J. Lawrence Aber, Director
The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University
154 Haven Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Phone:212-304-7100
Fax:212-544-4200 or 212-544-4201
website:
http://hcpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp
The National Center for Children in Poverty’s mission is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the number of young children living in poverty in the United States. Recent work on fathers and families includes: “Map and Track: State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible Fatherhood” (1997, 1999), a compilation of state activities and initiatives on responsible fathering.
National Center for Fathering
Ken Canfield, President
P.O. Box 413888
Kansas City, MO 64141
Phone:1-800-593-DADS
fax: 913-384-4665
website: www.fathers.com
The National Center for Fathering’s mission is to inspire and equip men to be better fathers. The center was founded in 1990 to conduct research on fathers and fathering and to develop practical resources for fathers in nearly every fathering situation. The National Center for Fathering reaches dads with encouragement and practical tips through its nationwide radio program and its magazine and newsletter, it conducts seminars and provides small group materials tailored to specific audiences; it offers a fathering curricula, including books and tapes; and works with and through other organizations who have existing relationships with fathers or their families.
National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership
Jeffrey Johnson, President and CEO
2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 815
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 1-888-528-NPCL
Fax: 202-822-5699
email: info@npcl.org
website: www.npcl.org
One of the National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership’s initiatives is the Partners for Fragile Families project, the first comprehensive national initiative designed to help poor single fathers pull themselves out of poverty and build stronger links to their children and their children s mothers. Recent work includes a 10-site national demonstration project between local child support offices and responsible fatherhood programs, and a Peer Learning College for training child support workers in the special problems of fathers in fragile families.
National Center on Fathers and Families (NCOFF)
Vivian Gadsden, Director
University of Pennsylvania
3700 Walnut Street, Box 58
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216
Phone: 215-573-5500
e-mail: mailbox@ncoff.gse.upenn.edu
website: www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu
NCOFF develops and implements practice-focused, practice-driven research to expand knowledge on father involvement and families. NCOFF is involved in program development, policy research, engaging policymakers, and disseminating information. NCOFF maintains a database on research about fathers and fathering which contains information on Hispanic fathers.
National Fatherhood Initiative
Wade Horn, President
101 Lake Forest Boulevard, Suite 360
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
phone: (301) 948-0599
fax: (301) 948-4325
e-mail nfi1995@aol.com
website: www.fatherhood.org
The National Fatherhood Initiative’s mission is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the number of children growing up with loving, committed, and responsible fathers. The organization conducts public awareness campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood, organizes conferences and community fatherhood forums, provides resource material to organizations seeking to establish support programs for fathers, publishes a quarterly newsletter, and disseminates informational material to men seeking to become more effective fathers.
National Fathers Network and Washington State Fathers Network
James May, Director
Kindering Center
16120 N.E. Eighth Avenue
Bellevue, Washington 98008-3937
Phone: 425-747-4004 (ext. 218) or 206-284-2859
Fax: 425-747-1069 or 206.284.9664
e-mail: jmay@fathersnetwork.org or
pblair@fathersnetwork.org
website: www.fathersnetwork.org
The National Fathers Network advocates for men as crucially important participants in the lives of their families and children. The network provides support and resources to fathers and families of children with developmental disabilities and chronic illness, and to the professionals who serve them. NFN offers training materials for increasing the cultural sensitivity of health providers who work with men of color who care for special needs children.
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
Jerry Tello, Director
5233 East Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA, 90022
Phone: 323-728-7770
Fax: 323-728-8666
website: www.nlffi.org
The National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute is a collaborative effort of Bienvenidos Family Services, The National Compadres Network and Behavioral Assessment, Inc. The overall goal of the Institute is to address the multifaceted needs of the Latino males as it relates to their positive involvement in their families and community. Through research, training and direct service, the Institute supports the development of fathers as active positive partners in nurturing, guidance, and education of their children; while at the same time, addressing the very painful aspects of child abuse, domestic violence, gang violence, school failure, illiteracy, teen pregnancy and other related issues. In addition to providing culturally appropriate family strengthening, intervention and prevention services, resources, and media campaigns, the Institute’s experts in the area of Latino fatherhood and healthy family development serve as trainers and advisors in strategic planning, program development, research and evaluation.
National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families
Preston Garrison, Executive Director
1003 K Street NW, Suite 565
Washington DC 20001
Phone: 800-34-NPNFF or 202-737-6680
Fax: 202-737-6683
e-mail: info@npnff.org
website: www.npnff.org
The National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families is a national, individual-membership organization whose mission is to build the profession of practitioners working to advance the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children.
National Parenting Association
Ruth A. Wooden, President
444 Park Ave so., Suite 602
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-362-7575
Fax:212-679-3127
website: www.parentsunite.org/CFparentsunite/index2.cfm
The National Parenting Association was founded by author-activist Sylvia Ann Hewlett to give parents a greater voice in the public arena. Its goal is to build a parents’ movement that unites mothers and fathers across the nation. The association and its state partner networks advocate private and public initiatives that give parents practical support, inform parents about issues, and help them make their voices heard locally and in Washington.
Department of Education Information Resource Center
Phone: 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327) (se habla español)
Phone: 1-800-437-0833 (TTY)
website: http://www.ed.gov
The Department of Education’s Information Resource Center provides
information about the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education, a
coalition of families, schools, employers,
and faith-based organizations, and other Department of Education initiatives.
The Information Center contains information on the Educational Excellence
for Hispanic Americans initiative, including:
Department of Education Publications Center (ED Pubs)
Phone: 1-877-4-ED-PUBS (1-877-433-7827) (se habla español).
Phone: 1-877-576-7734 (TTY)
website:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
ED Pubs is the Department of Education’s one-stop center for access to information products, including publications, videos, brochures, posters, and other mailings. Many materials are in Spanish as well as English.
HHS Fatherhood Initiative Website
website: http://fatherhood.hhs.gov
HHS’ Fatherhood Initiative provides program information, tools, research reports, program evaluations, and other fatherhood resources. HHS is promoting responsible fatherhood by improving work opportunities for low-income fathers, increasing child support collections, enhancing parenting skills, supporting access and visitation by non-custodial parents, reducing domestic violence, and involving boys and young men in preventing teenage pregnancy and early parenthood.
Head Start Publications Management Center
Phone: 703-683-5767
Fax: 703-683-5769
website: http://www.hskids-tmsc.org
Head Start Publications Management Center, a service of the Head Start Bureau, supports the Head Start community and other organizations working in the interest of children and families by providing information products and services, conference and meeting support, publication distribution, and marketing and outreach efforts.
Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center
Phone:1-888-askHRSA
website: http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/
The HRSA Information Center contains publications, resources and referrals
on health care services for low-income uninsured individuals and those with
special health care needs. Materials available for parents in English and
Spanish include: Back to Sleep Card; Back to Sleep: Reduce the Risk of Sids;
Health Diary: Myself, My Baby; Pregnancy and HIV: Is AZT the Right Choice
for You and Your Baby?; Young Children Can Strangle on Looped Window Cords;
Your Used Crib Can Be Deadly Flyer; and a list of Federal Publications in
Spanish for the Consumer.
National Child Care Information Center
Phone: 800-616-2242 or 800-516-2242 (TTY)
Fax: 800-716-2242
website: http://nccic.org
National Child Care Information Center, established by the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, complements, enhances and promotes child care linkages and serves as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families. Information for parents includes: Four Steps to Selecting a Child Care Provider ( English and Spanish); Child Care Consumer Education on the Internet; Reaching Parents with Child Care Consumer Education (English and Spanish); Quality Child Care: Making the Right Choice for You and Your Child; and The First Years Last Forever, The New Brain Research and Your Child's Healthy Development (English and Spanish).
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Phone: 301-468-2600 or 1-800-487-4890
Spanish: 1-877-POR-VIDA or 1-877-767-8432
website: www.health.org
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, includes numerous substance abuse prevention and treatment resources in English and Spanish, including the Hablemos en Confianza kit (available: http://www.health.org/hisp99/index.htm) with an Intergenerational Communication Book, Community Action Guide, Children’s Activity Book, posters, stories, and other materials to help professionals and Hispanic/Latino families prevent substance abuse. The Clearinghouse also links to the HHS project Parenting IS Prevention, an initiative to raise awareness, train and engage parents at every level about the importance of building a close and positive relationship with their children. Built around the theme that mothers and fathers can and do make a difference, Parenting IS Prevention (PIP) is an integral part of the HHS substance abuse prevention agenda. Other SAMSHA materials for parents include: How Are You; Major Depression in Children and Adolescents; Your Childs Mental Health; Systems of Care: A Promising Solution for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances and their Families.
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
Cynthia Diehm, Director
Phone: 301-608-8098 (tel./TTY)
website: www.ncfy.com
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth is the central resource on youth and family policy and practice at the Family and Youth Services Bureau, a bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Materials available include: Supporting Your Adolescent: Tips for Parents ( English and Spanish), Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Guide to Resources; Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: A Youth Development Approach; and Understanding Youth Development: Promoting Positive Pathways to Growth.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
of the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Duane Alexander, Director
Phone: 301-496-5133
website: www.nichd.nih.gov
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development administers a multidisciplinary program of research, research training, and public information, nationally and within its own facilities, on reproductive biology and population issues, prenatal development, medical rehabilitation, and maternal, child, and family health. Recent work on fathers and families includes “Nurturing Fatherhood: Improving Data on Research on Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Fatherhood.”
National Institutes of Health
Health Information Website
website: http://www.nih.gov/health/
website:
http://nccam.nih.gov/hispanic/salud/index.html
The National Institutes of Health operates an Health Information Website in English and Spanish that contains information about publications, clinical trials, health hotlines, health literature references, special programs and other health resources. Materials available in Spanish through this website include: Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know and Tips for Teens about Marijuana.
Office of Child Support Enforcement National Reference Center
Phone: 202-401-9383
Fax: 202-401-5999
website:
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/
webiste:
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/fct/hispanic.htm
(Publicaciones en Español)
The National Reference Center is the repository for OCSE publications and is the place to call to obtain copies of OCSE materials, including annual reports, research reports, best practices, videos, and Child Support Reports, the OCSE newsletter that regularly contains articles about fatherhood. Materials available in Spanish include: English & Spanish Child Support Handbook; Mi Familia Nuestra Vida; Mi Familia Nuestra Vida Sistema Nacional Sobre Informe de Nuevos Empleados; OCSE Guide for Hispanic/Latino Customer Service; Child Support Program Description; Steps for Child Support; and Servicios Para el Sustento De Menores Para Familias En Programas Head Start.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Office of Minority Health
Phone: 800-444-MHRC (800-444-6472) or 301-589-0951 (TDD)
Fax: 301-589-0884
website:
http://www.omhrc.gov/OMHRC/
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMH-RC) serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Information resources on minority health include databases (funding, media, research, data, and listings of volunteer resource persons) as well as scientific reports, journals, and documents. OMH-RC also offers customized database searches, publications, mailing lists, referrals, and more regarding American Indian and Alaska Native, African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic populations.
State Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid
Health Care Financing Administration
Phone: 1-877-KIDS-NOW (1-877-543-7669)
website:
www.insurekidsnow.gov
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) enables states
to insure children from
working families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low
to afford private health insurance through separate state programs, Medicaid
expansions, or a combination of both. All 50 states, the District of Columbia
and five U.S. territories have implemented S-CHIP. Effective outreach strategies,
school-based enrollment materials, and other tools are av ailable to help
enroll children in free or low-cost health insurance through S-CHIP and Medicaid.
Child Health Plus (CHIP) brochures with information for parents about the
CHIP program are available in English and Spanish.
Alianza Dominicana
Moises Perez, Executive Director
2410 Amesterdam Ave., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 212-927-6810 or 212-740-1960
Fax: 212-305-6279
Alianza Dominicana was founded in 1982 to serve Dominican immigrants. The non-profit agency provides thousands of children and families with educational, vocational, counseling and recreational tools throughout New York City.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Chairwoman
1435 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2410
Fax: 202-226-0350
website:
www.house.gov/roybal-allard/CHC.htm
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States and the insular areas.
Council of Latino Agencies
Arnaldo Ramos, Executive Director
Kim Trujillo, Special Projects Coordinator
2309 18th St., NW, Suite 2
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: 202-328-9451
Fax: 202-667-6135
email: consejo@cais.com
website: www.consejo.org
The Council of Latino Agencies is comprised of 37 multicultural community-based organizations (CBOs) in the District of Columbia that form a network of service providers to Latinos and other low-income residents. Through the Council, member CBOs coordinate service delivery, multiply their purchasing and bargaining power, and share information and resources that foster the development of individual CBOs and the community as a whole.
Cuban-American National Foundation
Susana Gomez, Director
1000 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W., Suite 505
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-265-2822
website: www.canfnet.org
The Cuban-American Natinal Foundation is an independent, nonprofit institution devoted to gathering and disseminating data concerning the economic, poitical and social welfare of the Cuban people, both in Cuba and in exile. The Foundation supports the concept of a free and democratic Cuba. It promotes an objective view of Cuba and Cubans, and an objective appraisal of the Cuban government and its policies. The Foundation supports a general program to enlighten and clarify public opinion on problems of Cuban concern, to fight bigotry, protect human rights, and promote cultural interest and creative achievement.
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
National Headquarters:
Antonio Flores, President
8415 Datapoint Drive, Suite 400
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: 210-692-3805
Fax: 210-692-0823
email: hacu@hacu.net
Washington Office:
Dr. Gumecindo Salas, Vice-President of Governmental Relations
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 605
Washington, D.C., 20036
Phone:202-833-8361
Fax: 202-833-8367
website: http://www.hacu.net
http://www.hacu.net/The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) promotes the development of member colleges and universities, works for improved access to and the quality of post-secondary educational opportunities for Hispanic students in order to meet the needs of business, industry and government through the development and sharing of resources, information and expertise.
Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
Alex Sanchez, Executive Director
8201 Greensboro, Dr., Suite 300
McClean, Va. 22102
Phone: 202-293-1507
Fax: 703-610-9005
email: alexsanchez@hnba.comhnba
HNBA is a professional association dedicagted to the advancement of Hispanics in the legal profession. It represents approximately 33,000 Hispanic attorneys, law professors, judges and law students in the United States and Puerto Rico. HNBA members represent the diversity of attorneys of Hispanic origin admitted to practice law in the United States, among them Cuban-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and others.
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Brent A. Wilkes, National Executive Director
Rick Dovalina, National President
1133 Twentieth Street, NW, Suite 750
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-835-9646
Fax: 202-835-9685
With approximately 1 15,000 members throughout the United States, and Puerto Rico, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the country. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanics through community based programs operating at more than 600 LULAC councils nationwide. The LULAC National Educational Service Centers provide educational counseling for Hispanic students, and the Jobs for Progress program provides job skills and literacy training to the Hispanic community.
MANA
Alma Morales Riojas, President/CEO
1725 K St. NW, Suite 501
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: 202-833-0060
Fax: 202-496-0588
email: manaceo@aol.com
Mana is a national association dedicated to advancing the status of American women of Hispanic descent. Mana promotes leadership among Hispanic women, advocates for public policies that benefit Latinas and their families, and works to improve communications and further parity for Hispanics.
Mexican-American Cultural Center
Anita DeLuna, Pastoral Associate
3019 West French Place
San Antonio, TX 78228-5104
Phone: 210-732-2156
Fax: 210-732-9072
email: delunamcdp@aol.com
website: http://www.maccsa.org
The Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) is a national Catholic institute for Pastoral leadership and language studies. MACC prepares pastoral leaders to work in and with the Spanish speaking communities throughout the United States and distributes bilingual materials for pastoral ministry, theology, history and culture. MACC works to enhance and improve the quality of life for all families.
Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Antonia Hernandez, President and General Counsel
Lucy Acosta, National Parent/School Partnership Director
1518 K St., NW, Suite 410
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone:202-628-4074
Fax: 202-393-4206
website: www.maldef.org
MALDEF is a national, nonprofit organization whose princial objective is to protect and promote the civil rights of U.S. Latinos through litigation, advocacy, educational outreach, and the awarding of law school scholarships. MALDEF is active in civil rights litigaton in the areas of employment, education, immigration, voting and languate. Its non-litigation programs, such as census adjustment and leadership training, address the means Latinos can use to effectively advocate for their communities and impact public policy. Headquartered in Los Angeles, MADEF has regional offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois and Washington, DC, and four program offices throughout the Midwest and Southwest.
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
(formerly National Coalition of Hispanic Health
& Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO))
Jane Delgado, President and CEO
1501 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-387-5000
Fax: 202-797-4353
email:
alliance@hispanichealth.org
website: http://www.cossmho.org
With more than 1,300 health and human service providers as members, the Alliance is committed to improving the health and psychological well-being of all Hispanics. Alliance conducts policy and research studies, operates national and local programs, and develops bilingual and bi-cultural materials.
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
Educational Fund
Larry Gonzalez, Director, Washington, D.C. Office
311 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
Phone: 202-546-2536
Fax: 213-546-4121
website: http://www.naleo.org
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Offlcials Educational Fund was established to promote the participation of Latinos in the nation's civic life. The NALEO Educational Fund carries out this mission by developing and implementing programs that promote the integration of Latino immigrants into American society; developing future leaders among Latino youth; providing assistance and training to the nation's Latino elected officials; and by conducting research on issues important to the Latino population.
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Dr. Alicia Sosa, Director for Membership and Publications
1220 L Street, NW, Suite 605
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-898-1829
Fax: 202-789-2866
website: www.nabe.org
Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools. NABE holds as one of its first priorities the training of bi-lingual instructors, administrators and other personnel.
National Council of La Raza
Raul Yzaguirre, Executive Director
1111 19th St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington D.C. 20036
Phone: 202- 785-1670
Fax: 202-776 1792
website: www.nclr.org
La Raza is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization, established to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. La Raza is a constituency based organization serving all Hispanic nationality groups in all regions of the country. The organization provides capacity building assistance to support and strengthen local Hispanic groups as organizations and as service providers. La Raza also provides policy analyses and advocacy for issues such as immigration, education, access to affordable housing and tax reform.
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL)
Hon. Efrain Gonzalez, President
444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 404
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-434-8070
Fax: 202-434-8072
The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of state legislators across the nation, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its mission is to organize, educate and focus the energies of approximately 250 Hispanics who comprise its membership in order to have a positive impact on their communities. NHCSL advocates for better housing, education, health care, and business opportunities in the private and public secors for Hispanics and other disadvantaged groups nationwide.
Nat’l Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc.
Manuel Mirabal, President
1700 K St., NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: 202-223-3915
Fax: 202-429-2223
e-mail: nprc@nprcinc.org
website: www.bateylink.org
The primary mission of the National Puerto Rican coalition is to strengthen and enhance the social, economic and political well-being of all Puerto Ricans throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. NPRC evaluates the potential impact of legislative and government proposals and policies affecting the Puerto Rican community. NPRC provides technical assistance and training to Puerto Rican organizations. A nonprofit organization, NPRC is funded by contributions, foundations and corporate grants.
The Puerto Rican Family Institute
Maria Elena Girone, National Executive Director
145 West 15th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-924-6320
Since 1960 the Puerto Rican Family Institute has been serving the Hispanic community of New York City in child placement prevention, mental health, residential services, education and research. The non-profit organization is dedicated to preserving and strengthening Puerto Rican and Hispanic families and individuals through the provision of bilingual, multicultural human and social services.
National Puerto Rican Forum, Inc. (NPRF)
Mala B. Thakur, Director of Public Policy
31 E. 32nd St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016-5536
Phone: 212-685-2311
Fax: 212-685-2349
website: www.nprf.org
NPRF is a nonprofit organizaation that strives to advance the socioeconomic conditions of Latinos and other disadvantaged groups through programs, research, advocacy and direct services in education, economic development, job training and placement. The Forum offers programs in Chicago, Illinois as well as the Bronix and Manhattan in New York. NPRF is a member of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda and various other groups working to increase Latino participation in the public and private sectors. 1999 marks the Forum's 42nd year of service. The organization will continue to present a national series of symposia on public policy topics related to workforce development in America.
Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund (PRLDEF)
Minerva Delgado, Senior Policy Analyst
99 Hudson St., 14th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10013-215
Phone: 212-219-3360 ext. 233
Fax: 212-431-4276
email: minerva_delgado@PRLDEF.org
PRLDEF is a national civil rights organization, exists to ensure that every Puerto Rican and other Latino is guaranteed the opportunity to succeed. Through litigation, advocacy and creative legal education programs, PRLDEF strives to secure and protect the politial, economic, social and legal rights of its community.
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
George Herrera, President and CEO
2175 K St., Suite 100
Washington, D.C. 20037
Phone: 202-842-1212
Fax: 202-842-3221
website: www.ushcc.com
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) is the leading organized business group in the nation promoting Hispanic economic interests. USHCC’s primary goal is to represent the interests of more than one million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States. USHCC is the umbrella organization that actively promotes the economic development and advancement of Hispanic entrepreneurs.
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