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  National Supporting Organizations

These Lights On Afterschool partners represent the many diverse organizations and sectors that believe afterschool programs are critical to America's youth and families.

National Supporting Organizations (Click here for PDF version)
As of August 23, 2007.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z


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AARP
www.aarp.org

Abrakadoodle, Inc.

ACORN
www.acorn.org/

Action For Healthy Kids

Action Learning Systems, Inc.
www.actionlearningsystems.com

AED Center for Youth Development & Policy Research
www.aed.org

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (HHS)

After-School All-Stars
www.afterschoolallstars.org

After School Matters
www.afterschoolmatters.org

Afterschool Conference Inc

Akron Police Department (Chief Michael T. Matulavich)

Alliance for Children and Families
www.alliance1.org

Alliance for Excellent Education
www.all4ed.org

America's Promise -- The Alliance for Youth

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation & Dance
www.aahperd.org/

American Association for Health Education
www.aahperd.org/aahe/template.cfm?template=main.html

American Association for Leisure and Recreation
www.aalr.org/

American Association of Museums
www.aam-us.org/

American Association of School Administrators
www.aasa.org

American Counseling Association
www.counseling.org

American Federation of Teachers
www.aft.org

American Music Conference

American School Health Association
www.ashaweb.org

American Zoo and Aquarium Association
www.aza.org

Americans for the Arts
www.artsusa.org

Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services

Aspiring Youth

Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans
www.aamainc.org

Association of Children's Museums
www.childrensmuseums.org

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
www.edpress.org

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
www.amchp.org

Association of Science Technology Centers
www.astc.org

Association for Career and Technical Education
www.acteonline.org

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B

Bob Lanier Center (The)

Boy Scouts of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
www.bgca.org

Boys and Girls Clubs of Pierre

Bright House Networks

Bringing Yourself to Work: Caregiving in After School Environments
www.bringingyourselftowork.com

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C

California Tomorrow
www.californiatomorrow.org

Camp Fire USA
www.campfireusa.org

CDC's (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) VERB Campaign
www.cdc.gov/verb

The Center for Healing and Hope
www.chhgoshen.org

Center for Summer Learning; Johns Hopkins University
www.jhu.edu/teachbaltimore/

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
www.mott.org

Chicago SCORES

Christ Child Society of Omaha
www.christchildomaha.org

Citizen Schools
www.citizenschools.org/index.cfm

City Scholars

Club Invention
www.invent.org

Coalition for Community Schools
www.communityschools.org

Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
www.ccfy.org

Community Technology Centers' Network

Corporate Voices for Working Families
www.cvworkingfamilies.org

Consortium for School Networking
www.cosn.org

Council for Opportunity in Education
www.trioprograms.org

Council of Chief State School Officers
www.ccsso.org

Council of Great City Schools
www.cgcs.org

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D

D.A.R.E. Dance Programs

Day Care Action Council
www.daycareaction.org/

Dothan's Promise - The Alliance for Youth
www.dothanhoustoncountyspromise.org

Drug Strategies

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E

Earth Force
www.earthforce.org

EducationWorks
www.educationworks-online.org

Every Child Matters
www.everychildmatters.org

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F

4-H Afterschool
www.fourhcouncil.edu

Family Support America
www.familysupportamerica.org

Fight Crime: Invest In Kids
www.fightcrime.org

First Book
www.firstbook.org

Fitness3.com
http://fitness3.com

Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
www.frac.org

Forum for Youth Investment
www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/

Foundation for Excellent Schools
www.fesnet.org

FOUNDATIONS, Inc.
www.foundations-inc.org/

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G

General Federation of Women's Clubs
www.gfwc.org

Girl Scouts of the USA
www.girlscouts.org

Girls Incorporated
www.girlsinc.org

GiveKidsGoodSchools.com
www.givekidsgoodschools.com

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H

H2Ed (Hip-Hop Education)
www.h2ed.net

HENAAC
www.henaac.org/

Higher Achievement

Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
www.hcreo.org/

Hope Through Housing Foundation
www.hopethroughhousing.org

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I
H2Ed (Hip-Hop Education) www.h2ed.net
International Reading Association
www.reading.org

Institute for Youth Development (IYD)
See entry for the The Institute for Youth Development (IYD)

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J

The JCPenney Afterschool Fund
www.jcpenneyafterschool.org

Junior Achievement Inc.
www.ja.org

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K

Kids Speak Out on Education

Kidz For Life
www.kidzforlife.com

KLC School Partnerships
www.klcschoolpartnerships.com

Knowledge Learning Corporation School Partnerships (KLC School Partnerships)

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L

La Petite Academy, Inc.
www.lapetite.com

LA's BEST
www.lasbest.org/

Legal Momentum
www.legalmomentum.org

LNESC-LULAC National Educational Service Centers
www.LNESC.org

Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District

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M

MENTOR/ National Mentoring Partnership
www.mentoring.org

Office of Speaker Gifford Miller, New York City Council
www.nyccouncil.info

Milwaukee Public Schools, Division of Recreation and Community Services
www.MilwaukeeRecreation.net

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N

National After School Association
www.naaweb.org

National Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions
www.naulc.org

National Assembly of Health & Human Service Organization
www.nassembly.org

National Association for Bilingual Education
www.nabe.org

National Association of Counties
www.naco.org

National Association of County and City Health Officials
www.naccho.org

National Association of Elementary School Principals
www.naesp.org

National Association of Peer Programs
www.peerprograms.org

National Association of Police Athletic Leagues
www.nationalpal.org

National Association of School Psychologists
www.nasponline.org

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
www.teenpregnancy.org

National Center for Community Education
www.nccenet.org

National Child Care Association

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
www.ncpie.org

National Collaboration for Youth
www.nydic.org

National Community Education Association
www.ncea.com

National Community Renaissance
www.schdc.org

National Council of La Raza
www.nclr.org/

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
www.dropoutprevention.org

National Education Association
www.nea.org

National Governors Association
www.nga.org

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
www.nationalguild.org

National Head Start Association
www.nhsa.org

National Indian Education Association
www.niea.org/

National Institute on Out-of-School Time
www.niost.org

National League of Cities

National Inventors Hall of Fame
www.invent.org

National League of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education and Families
www.nlc.org

National Middle School Association
www.nmsa.org

National Parent Teacher Association
www.pta.org

National Parenting Association
www.parentsunite.org

National Partnership for Women & Families
www.nationalpartnership.org

National Peer Helpers Association
www.peerhelping.org

National Recreation & Park Association
www.nrpa.org

National Rural Education Association
www.nrea.net

National School Boards Association
www.nsba.org

National Women's Law Center
www.nwlc.org

NACCRA, The Nation's Network of Child Care Resource & Referral
www.naccrra.org

New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network
www.childrens-choice.org/nmsaca.html

Nortel Networks Kidz Online
www.kidzonline.org

North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs
www.nccap.net/

NRTA: AARP's Educator Community
www.aarp.org/nrta/

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Office of Child Support Services – Georgia Department of Human Resources
http://ocss.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHR-OCSE/

Open Society Institute
www.soros.org/osi

Older Women's League
www.owl-national.org

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P

Parents Action for Children
www.parentsaction.org

Parents United for Childcare
www.pucc.com/

Partners in Out of School Time (POST)

Partnership for After School Education
www.pasesetter.com

Partnership for Children

Positive Direction Youth Center

Promise the Children
www.promisethechildrenuu.org

Public Advocacy For Kids

Public Education Network (PEN)
www.publiceducation.org

Public/Private Ventures
www.ppv.org

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R

Reading Is Fundamental
www.rif.org

Results for America

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S

Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org

School's Out Washington
www.schoolsoutwashington.org

Soccer in the Streets
www.soccerstreets.org

Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education & Recreation
www.thesociety.org

Study Circles Resource Center
www.studycircles.org

SupportMusic.com

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The After-School Corporation
www.tascorp.org

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
See entry for the Association of Educational Publishers

The Children's Project

The Education Alliance
www.alliance.brown.edu

The Institute for Youth Development
www.youthdevelopment.org

themusicedge.com
www.themusicedge.com

The Forum for Youth Investment
See entry for the Forum for Youth Investment

The Sir Charles Blues Lab
www.blueslab.org

Time Warner Foundation
www.timewarnerfoundation.org

The Young People's Project, Inc.
www.typp.org

Total Golf Adventures
www.totalgolfadventures.com

TiVo, Inc.
www.tivo.com

Total Golf Adventures

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U

United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.
www.unityinc.org

United Way of America
www.national.unitedway.org

US Action Education Fund
www.usaction.org

US Conference of Mayors
www.usmayors.org/uscm/home.asp

US Department of Education
www.ed.gov

US Dream Academy
www.usdreamacademy.com

USTA Tennis & Education Foundation
www.usta.com

Utah Commission for Women and Families

Utah Department of Workforce Services - Office of Work and Family Life
http://jobs.utah.gov/jobseeker/dwsdefault

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United States Wallyball Association

Waukegan 21st Century STARS

Wider Opportunities for Women
www.wowonline.org

Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment
www.womenwork.org

Work Achievement Values & Education Inc. (WAVE)
www.waveinc.org/

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Y

Yes I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
http://yesican.sped.org/

YMCA of the USA
www.ymca.net

Young Audiences, Inc.
www.youngaudiences.org

Young People's Project

Young Rembrandts
www.youngrembrandts.com

Youth Service America
www.ysa.org

Youth Venture
www.youthventure.org

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