Collaborating Organizations
The Institute for Human Services (IHS) a 501-c-3 nonprofit, is committed to helping organizations achieve best practice and the highest standards of service in the child welfare/child protection field. Since its founding in 1977, IHS has worked throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia with both local public human service agencies and state, provincial, and national governments to protect vulnerable and at-risk children and strengthen their families.
Founded in 1986, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), is a nonprofit, national organization focused on meeting the needs of professionals engaged in all aspects of services for maltreated children and their families. Especially important to APSAC is the dissemination of state-of-the-art practice in all professional disciplines related to child abuse and neglect.
The New York Foundling, in the tradition of openness and compassion of its sponsors, The Sisters of Charity, helps children, youth and adults in need through efforts that strengthen families and communities and support each individual in reaching his or her potential.
The Psychological Maltreatment Alliance is a cooperative initiative that develops and promotes research, policy, education, and training to help professionals and parents eliminate the psychological maltreatment of children and to promote child well-being. The Alliance conducts original research to determine the causes and consequences of psychological maltreatment of children and works across multiple sectors on psychological maltreatment prevention.