CALIFORNIA
California Alliance of Children and Family Services
Association Office
Danielle Molé, Education Committee Representative
2210 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: (916) 449-2273, Fax: (916) 449-2294
Association Focus
The California Alliance is a statewide association of private nonprofit child and family serving agencies committed to providing the highest quality of services in the most caring and effective fashion. Formed on January 1, 2000, through the merger of the CA Association of Services for Children, and the CA Association of Children's Homes, the Alliance and the parent associations have a combined history of more than 60 years of advocacy on behalf of California's most vulnerable children and families and the organizations that serve them.
Membership Benefits and Services
The CA Alliance provides legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of our member agencies regarding a wide range of key policy issues. The Alliance represents member agencies to the: Office of the Governor, State Legislature, Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Finance, Department of Mental Health, Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, and Department of Education.
The Alliance also provides interfacing with state agencies to get questions answered and problems resolved, offers three annual membership conferences for executives that offer Group Home Administration and professional CEUs with no registration fee, reduced rates at practitioner training seminars and conferences, agency inclusion in the Member Directory of Services, posted on-line and distributed to placing agencies statewide, and provides weekly Monday Morning Updates keeping member agencies abreast of current trends and policy developments.
Membership Procedures and Requirements
Must be child and family serving organizations with programs and services in the areas of child welfare, juvenile justice, special education or children's mental health, have as a primary agency, a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, meet Alliance or national accreditation standards, participate on the Board or on business and program committees, and remain current in their dues responsibility.
California Association of Private Special Education Services
Association OfficeRyan Eisenberg
921 11th Street, Suite 501
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: (916) 447-7061
Association Focus
Incorporated in 1973 as a California non-profit corporation, CAPSES' primary mission is to promote the delivery of quality special education and services in both non-public and public sectors of education. Focusing on the need for private schools and agencies to be heard, as well as the challenge of assisting parents in their search for appropriate special education alternatives, CAPSES pushes forward to create a structure that would grow into the statewide, private, nonprofit professional association and exists today.
Membership Benefits and Services
CAPSES provides Public Policy Seminars, Annual Conferences, Technical Assistance, Preferred Partner Program/Member Discounts, and Regional Networking.
CAPSES also provides Affiliate, Vendor, Individual and Student memberships.
Membership Procedures and Requirements