Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Civil Rights

Mission: The Every Child Matters Education Fund (ECMEF) is focused on making the needs of children and youth a national political priority and promoting the adoption of smart policies for children, youth, and families, including stopping child abuse, helping working families with child care, expanding pre-school education and after-school programs, and ensuring that children receive good health care.

Programs: National - public and policy maker education about the need to invest in children

state projects - public education activities in new hampshire, long island, new york and maine that bring attention to the needs of children.