Programs that provide guidance and support for people who have adopted a child or are involved in the process of adopting a child.

Programs that assess the needs and capabilities of children who have been relinquished for adoption and select and approve prospective adoptive homes for them.

Programs that participate in arranging permanent homes under new legal parentage for individuals whose birth parents are unable or unwilling to provide for their care.

Programs that identify and enlist individuals and couples who are willing to provide a permanent home and new legal parentage for children who have been relinquished for adoption.

Programs that provide part-time opportunities for low-income individuals age 55 and older to serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for abused, neglected, or disabled children.

Programs that link individuals who are in need of alternative living arrangements with appropriate, private-family homes that are licensed to provide foster care.

Programs that identify and enlist people who are willing to provide foster care for dependent children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

Facilities that provide an alternative living environment for children and youth who have been neglected, abused, or abandoned or have had contact with the juvenile justice system.

Programs that cover all or part of the cost of child care in public and licensed private child-care centers or private family child-care homes for low-income families.

Programs that provide training for individuals who want to become qualified as occasional babysitters or child care professionals.

Programs, often offered by police and fire personnel, that conduct inspections which offer guidance regarding child passenger safety seats and the law.

Child-care centers, family child-care homes, schools, and recreation centers that provide supervised care for school-age children prior to the beginning and/or following the end of the school day.

Privately-owned rental housing that is made available to low-income individuals and families at reduced rates.

Programs that provide information concerning the basic principles of healthful eating, food handling, food preparation, and shopping skills.

Programs that operate during the summer when school is not in session and provide congregate nutritional meals for children and youth.

A public health nutrition program administered by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service that provides nutrition education, nutritious foods, breastfeeding support, and health-care referrals for income-eligible pregnant or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.

Programs that pay for or provide new or secondhand clothing and layettes for infants and young children.

Programs that pay for or provide new or secondhand clothing for children and/or adolescents.

Programs that provide problem-solving consultation and advice for parents and child-care providers to support children who are experiencing behavioral or emotional challenges in their child-care setting.

A federally-funded child development and family-support program that provides early education, health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for low-income pregnant women and families with children from birth to age three.

A federally-funded child development program that provides educational experiences, medical and dental services, nutritional meals, counseling, and opportunities for parental involvement to help prepare low-income children and children with disabilities ages three to five to enter and succeed in school.

Hospitals, health centers, police stations, fire houses and other facilities that are willing to accept, without questions, newborn babies delivered by mothers who are unwilling or unable to care for an infant and are thereby at risk for abandonment.

A public health nutrition program administered by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service that provides nutrition education, nutritious foods, breastfeeding support, and health-care referrals for income-eligible pregnant or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.

Programs that offer opportunities for non/limited English-speaking children and adults to learn listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills that are essential for those living in a setting in which English is the primary language.

Programs that provide instruction for adults and eligible minors who have elected to take a series of tests which measure the extent to which they have gained the knowledge, skills, and understanding ordinarily acquired through a high school education.

Programs that offer a variety of activities for youth who are at risk for behaviors that could place them in the juvenile justice system, which aim to improve self-esteem, present alternative ways of dealing with feelings and leisure time, and teach responsibility.

Programs that provide reading and writing instruction for individuals of all ages who are unable to read or write at a functional level.

The board of directors of a local school district which helps to determine educational policy in a small regional area such as a city or county.

Programs that pay for or provide essential educational supplies required for classes at the elementary/secondary level or at a college or university.

A federally-funded child-development and family-support program that provides early education, health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for low-income pregnant women and families with children from birth to age three.

A federally-funded child-development program that provides educational experiences, medical and dental services, nutritional meals, counseling, and opportunities for parental involvement to help prepare low-income children and children with disabilities ages three to five to enter and succeed in school.

Student-run clubs which provide a safe place for students to meet, support one another, talk about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity, and work to address homophobia and transphobia.

Multipurpose centers that serve as a meeting place for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning community to grow together, celebrate diversity, and increase public understanding.

Mutual support groups whose members identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.

Programs that develop, maintain, and make facilities available for cooperative group-living experiences in the outdoors and which offer a wide range of activities under the supervision of trained leadership.

Centers, often operated by the local community department of parks and recreation, that offer a variety of recreational facilities such as athletic fields and courts, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and locker facilities.

Programs that offer a wide variety of activities including arts and crafts, academic programs, sports, reading clubs, workshops, and other recreational, leisure, cultural, social, and civic activities for school-age children and youth in out-of-school hours.

Programs managed by local organizations serving youth that recruit people who have a spare bedroom and are willing to provide a temporary place to stay for youth in crisis situations.

Programs that provide temporary emergency shelter for children and youth who have run away from or have been pushed out of their homes.