Exploring Roles in the ECE Commuity

     Children's Defense Fund is an organization that I would love to work for.  This agency advocates for children in every sense of the word.  The mission to make sure that children are seen as the priority and this is the main focus.  A job that I found of interest in this organization was the Director of Child Development Policy.  This position is resposible for developing and implementing early childhood development policy recommendation.  In order to do this type of position I would need to be current with policies that relate to early childhood and know how to connect with politicians.
  There is an organization called Casey Family Programs founded in Seattle close to the area that I am located in.  Casey family is committed to helping states and tribes implement effective child welfare practices.  This agency is most popular for working with children that are in foster care and agencies that work with children in foster care.  My heart is also to advocate for children in foster care, supporting policies and practicies that assure that these children have a safe and nuturing place to live.  One of the positions that I would be interested in this type of agencies would be foster care placement. I would need to make sure that I understood foster care placement and guidelines around what type of homes and families that would best fit certain children. One of the goals for placing children in foster care is to find permanent placement for children that do not have a chance to going in to a biological placement. This position could be challenging.  
     Voices for Americas Children is another organization that really sticks out to me. The goal is to improve the lifes of all children especially the most vulnerable. This idea connects with what I believe in that all children deserves quality of life. A job I think my be interesting in this organization is a policy fellow.  I would have the opportunity to impact policy on local, state and federal level in some capacity.
     These are just three of the organizations that were of interest, but there were more that were of interest as well.




www.casey.org/about us/approach
www.voices.org/about
www.childrendefense.org/about-us