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The Movement to Leave No Child Behind® TTHHEE MMOOVVEEMMEENNTT TTOO LLEEAAVVEE NNOO CCHHIILLDD BBEEHHIINNDD®® As of January 22, 2004, 1485 organizations have endorsed the Act and Movement to Leave No Child Behind. Steering Committee Members American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) The National Council of the Churches of Christ, U.S.A. American Federation of State, County and Municipal The National Council of Jewish Women Employees (AFSCME) The National Council of Negro Women Bread for the World National Urban League Center for Community Change RESULTS Child Welfare League of America Service Employees International Union (SEIU) National Association for the Education of Young Stand for Children Children The United Methodist Church National Conference of Black Mayors YouthBuild U.S.A. Organizations Endorsing the Act and the Movement To Leave No Child Behind National Endorsing Organizations 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women Generations United African Methodist Episcopal Church, Women’s Missionary The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Society I Am Your Child Foundation Alliance for Children and Families Institute for Children’s Environmental Health Alliance of Baptists Justice Policy Institute American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry League of Women Voters (AACAP) MANA, A National Latina Organization American Association of Children’s Residential Centers Mentoring U.S.A. American Baptist Churches U.S.A. National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the American Federation of Teachers Good Shepherd American Jewish Congress National Alliance of Black Student Governments American Public Health Association National Association of Black County Officials Americans for Democratic Action National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Association of Maternal and Child Health Program (AMCHP) Agencies Call for Renewal National Association of Puerto Rican Hispanic Social Children’s Environmental Health Network Workers, Inc. Children’s Foundation National Association of School Psychologists The Children’s Law Center, Inc. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) National Association of University Women The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME) National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. Church World Service & Witness National Black Child Development Institute Citizen Schools National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Congressional Black Caucus National Coalition for the Homeless Ecumenical Child Care Network National Center for Youth Law Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence National Children’s Facilities Network The Episcopal Church, U.S.A. National Council of La Raza Evangelical Lutheran Church of America National Education Association (NEA) Families USA National Exchange Club Foundation Family Support America National Farm Worker Ministry Family Violence Prevention Fund National Federation of Puerto Rican Pioneers Family Voices National Head Start Association Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health National Health Law Program Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) National Interfaith Hospitality Network National Low Income Housing Coalition National Mental Health Association Over National Network for Youth Society of Pediatric Nurses National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Starlight Children’s Foundation Fund Teaching Strategies, Inc. National Partnership for Women and Families The Union of American Hebrew Congregations National School-Age Care Alliance The United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries National Women’s Law Center Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations National Youth Employment Coalition Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby U.S.A. Child Care Office of Management & Budget Watch Women of Reform Judaism Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Women Work! Progressive National Baptist Convention Youth Law Center Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & YouthBuild National Alumni Council, YouthBuild, U.S.A. Genocide YouthBuild National Directors Association, YouthBuild, Public Education Network U.S.A. Rainbow/PUSH Coalition YouthBuild National Young Leaders Council, YouthBuild, School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) U.S.A. Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics YWCA of the U.S.A. Regional & Local Endorsing Organizations 4C, Cincinnati, OH Aldine Y.O.U.T.H., Houston, TX 4 C’s of Alameda County, Hayward, CA Alianza Dominicana, Inc., New York, NY 4 C-Community Coordinated Child Care, Terre Haute, IN The Alliance for Children’s Rights, Los Angeles, CA 37th Street Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Alliance for Early Childhood Professionals, Minneapolis, MN 51st District, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York Alliance for Multicultural Community Services, Houston, TX 66th Street Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Alliance for South Carolina’s Children, Columbia, SC 112th Street Early Education Center, Los Angeles, CA Allied Churches of Alamance County, Inc., Burlington, NC ABC Health Plan, New York, NY All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, CA A.B.L.E. Families, Kermit, WV American Academy of Pediatrics (Minnesota Chapter), A Philip Randolph Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Bloomington, MN A Second Chance, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA American Friends Service Comm. PMR, San Francisco, CA A World Fit for Kids, Los Angeles, CA American Lung Association of Los Angeles County, Abbott Leadership Institute, Newark, NJ Los Angeles, CA Abyssinian Development Corp., New York, NY American Medical Association Student Chapter at USC Medical Academy of Finance- Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, CA School, Chatsworth, CA Accion Comunal Latinoamericana De Montgomery County/Aclamo, America Montessori Society Public Policy Task Force, Norristown, PA Burlingame, CA Accountable Health Care IPA Inc., Long Beach, CA Amos Memorial C.M.E., Los Angeles, CA Acorns to Oaks Children’s Enrichment Center, Santa Clarita, CA Amos Temple C.M.E. Church Missionary Society, Riverside, CA AD House, Inc., Newark, NJ Angel Guardian Home, Brooklyn, NY Adelante of Suffolk County, Inc., Brentwood, NY Annapolis Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, NY Annapolis, MD Adult Literacy Action, Beaver, PA Anne Arundel County Economic Opportunity Committee, Inc., The Advancement Project, Los Angeles, CA Annapolis, MD Advent Heights Weed & Seed, Greenville, MS Annie G. Newsome Head Start, New York, NY Adventure Place Child Care Center, Ballston Spa, NY Apple Montessori School, Inc., Rego Park, NY Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children, Waco, TX The Arab-American Family Support Center, Brooklyn, NY Affirmative Health Care Consultants, Van Nuys, CA The Arc of Texas, Austin, TX AFSCME Local 1550, Houston, TX Arizona Ecumenical Council, Phoenix, AZ Agenda for Children Tomorrow, New York, NY Arizona Head Start Association, Tempe, AZ AIDS Resource Center CDC, Newark, NJ Arizona Women’s Education and Employment, Inc., AIDS Resource Foundation for Children, Newark, NJ Phoenix, AZ AIM2EXCEL, Washington, DC Around the Korner Infant Toddler Care Centers, Arleta, CA AJFC Community Action Agency, Inc., Natchez, MS As the Twig is Bent Children’s Center, New York, NY Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Oakland, CA Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Los Angeles, CA Alameda County Child Care Planning Council, Oakland, CA Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA Alameda Children and Families Commission, San Leandro, CA Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Los Angeles, CA Alameda Unified School District, Cal-SAFE Program, Alameda, CA Associated Black Charities, New York, NY Alaska Attachment & Bonding Associates, Wasilla, AK Associated Catholic Charities, Houston, TX Albany Citizens Council on Alcohol & Other Chemical Associated Early Care and Education, Inc., Boston, MA Dependencies, Albany, NY Associated Ministries of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support (ACES), Brick Towers Resident Corporation, Newark, NJ Pittsburgh, PA Bright Beginnings, Jamaica, NY Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support (ACES), Bright Horizons, Milpilas, CA Sacramento, CA Bronx Community College, Child Development Center, Inc., Association for the Education of Young Children—Antelope Valley Bronx, NY Chapter, Palmdale, CA Bronx Health Link, Bronx, NY Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW 2325, New York, NY Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service, Brooklyn, NY Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals, Brooklyn Haitian Ralph and Good Shepherd Inc. (BHRAGS), New York, NY Brooklyn, NY Association to Benefit Children, New York, NY Brooklyn Perinatal Network, Inc., Brooklyn, NY The Atlanta Union of the Homeless, Atlanta, GA Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, AtlantiCare Family Centers, Atlantic City, NJ Brooklyn, NY Atrevete Latino Youth, Bronx, NY Broome County Child Development Council, Inc., Binghamton, NY Austin Alumnae Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Austin, TX Broome County Council of Churches, Binghamton, NY Austin Area Interreligious Ministries, Austin, TX Brown’s Family Day, Lancaster, CA Austin Child Care Council, Austin, TX Brownsville Community Development/Family Health Center, Austin Families, Inc., Austin, TX Brooklyn, NY The Awareness Group, New York, NY Brownsville Housing Authority, Brownsville, TX Babies Milk Fund, Cincinnati, OH Buckner Children Family Services, Inc., McAllen, TX Back Bay Mission, Biloxi,
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