Florida Coalition of Child Advocacy Centers - The Mission of the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers (FNCAC) is to improve Florida's response to child abuse by supporting the development, growth, and continuation of CAC's.
National Children's Alliance - An alliance of more than 500 Children's Advocacy Centers throughout the United States devoted to helping victims of child abuse.
Florida Department of Health - Mission is to promote and protect the health and safety of all people in Florida through the delivery of quality public health services and the promotion of health care standards.
Office of the Attorney General of Florida - The Attorney General is the constitutional, statewide elected official who serves as the attorney for the State of Florida. The Attorney General is responsible for the enforcement of state consumer protection and antitrust laws as well as civil prosecution of criminal racketeering. In the area of criminal law, the Attorney General represents the State when those convicted appeal their convictions, including capital murder cases.
Child Help USA - Childhelp® exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on advocacy, prevention, treatment, and community outreach.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Maintains databases you can use to look up registered child sexual offenders that may be living in your neighborhood.
Child Welfare League of America - A membership association of over 1,000 agencies dealing with children's issues, maintains an informational Web site. Organizations involved with CWLA focus on issues ranging from child protection and adoption to teen pregnancy prevention.
The ABA Center on Children and the Law - Established in 1978, the ABA Center on Children and the Law's mission is to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy.
The American Medical Association's (AMA) Department of Adolescent Health - A major AMA adolescent health initiative, funded in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, is the proliferation of comprehensive clinical preventive services that primary care physicians and other health professionals can provide to young people.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - As the nation's resource center for child protection, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.
Florida Department of Children and Families - Assists Florida's most vulnerable citizens-- children, elderly people, Floridians with disabilities or mental illness--and helps individuals and families solve their problems and take care of themselves.
Stewards of Children - A Nationally recognized child abuse prevention program that places the responsibility of prevention child abuse on the adult. Darkness to Light prevention training will be offered through the Gulf Coast Kid's House. Call Debra Bond at (850) 595-5800 for more information.
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