NC ChildNC Child Advocacy Network (CAN)
Through our NC Child Advocacy Network (CAN), we bring together child advocates from across North Carolina to build power that can impact public policies and benefit children and families.
Child advocates across North Carolina, including parents, direct service organizations, health care professionals, youth leaders, and faith groups
From ncchild.org/about-us/our-people/child-advocacy-network ↗About this program
As advocates, we are stronger when we work together.
The NC Child Advocacy Network (CAN), launched and supported by NC Child, brings together child advocates from across North Carolina. Our primary goal is building power that can impact public policies to benefit children and families.
Those who are closest to the challenges know the best solutions. Together with the thousands of parents, direct service organizations, health care professionals, youth leaders, and faith groups who make up the Child Advocacy Network, we speak with a unified voice for North Carolina children.
To give more children a great start in life, we need a strong network of advocates across North Carolina. That's why NC Child is building multi-issue "hubs" across the state. CAN hubs lift up the voices of local advocates and create a statewide network of strong voices for children.
CAN hubs are underway in Goldsboro (Wayne CAN), Asheville (Western NC CAN), Wilmington (New Hanover CAN), Greensboro (Guilford CAN), and Lumberton (Robeson CAN), with plans for more.
NC Child provides a modest yearly grant to a cornerstone organization in each CAN hub. CAN hubs receive ongoing training and technical support, and up-to-the-minute information and data about state and federal child policy and opportunities to engage.
Questions
Who is the Child Advocacy Network for?
Together with the thousands of parents, direct service organizations, health care professionals, youth leaders, and faith groups who make up the Child Advocacy Network, we speak with a unified voice for North Carolina children.
What is the primary goal of the Child Advocacy Network?
Our primary goal is building power that can impact public policies to benefit children and families.
Where are CAN hubs underway?
CAN hubs are underway in Goldsboro (Wayne CAN), Asheville (Western NC CAN), Wilmington (New Hanover CAN), Greensboro (Guilford CAN), and Lumberton (Robeson CAN), with plans for more.
What support do CAN hubs receive?
NC Child provides a modest yearly grant to a cornerstone organization in each CAN hub. CAN hubs receive ongoing training and technical support, and up-to-the-minute information and data about state and federal child policy and opportunities to engage.
Details
- Who
- Child advocates across North Carolina, including parents, direct service organizations, health care professionals, youth leaders, and faith groups
- Where
- North Carolina
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Youth Advocacy CouncilThe Youth Advocacy Council is the youth voice of the NC Child Advocacy Network.EarlyWell Family Leaders ProgramThrough our Child Advocacy Network, Youth Advocacy Council, Parent Advisory Council…NC Child Data CenterResearch and data is one of NC Child’s core strategies to support children and families