Child advocacy 360
Encyclopedia
Child Advocacy 360 is a non-profit
news network, dedicated to fighting child abuse
and neglect, and promoting advocacy
for children, especially those in, or aging out
of foster care
. CA360 delivers content through e-newsletters and its website.
Child Advocacy 360 is expected to merge with Connect For Kids, a non-profit organization, in late 2007.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
news network, dedicated to fighting child abuse
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
and neglect, and promoting advocacy
Child advocacy
Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children's rights which may be abridged or abused in a number of areas.- Rights...
for children, especially those in, or aging out
Aging out
Aging out is American popular culture vernacular used to describe anytime a youth leaves a formal system of care designed to provide services below a certain age level.There are a variety of applications of the phrase throughout the youth development field...
of foster care
Foster care
Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward is placed in the private home of a state certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent"....
. CA360 delivers content through e-newsletters and its website.
Mission
From its website (ChildAdvocacy360.com):"A key dimension of our advocacy mission is to bring a much larger citizen army of active advocates to the fight to stop child abuse and neglect, and to improve the lives of poor and forgotten children everywhere."
History
Created May 4, 2007 by Hershel Sarbin, a senior publisher and a consultant in the magazine and communications industries.Child Advocacy 360 is expected to merge with Connect For Kids, a non-profit organization, in late 2007.