American Association of Food Stamp Directors (AAFSD)
Provides a national forum for discussing policies, laws, and regulations at
the state and federal levels that affect the administration of the Food Stamp
Program.
Go to AAFSD's web site
American Association of Public Welfare Attorneys (AAPWA)
Provides a forum at national, state, and regional levels for the discussion
of legal matters pertaining to the administration of public welfare.
Conference Information
List of Executive Committee Members
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and
Medical Assistance (AAICAMA)
Though not an affiliate of APHSA, the Association of Administrators of the
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, a nonprofit corporation
established in 1986 to facilitate the administration of the compact, has chosen APHSA
to provide its secretariat services. APHSA staff provides member states with technical
assistance and support in administering the compact and also assists them in
improving professional practices pertaining to the interstate aspect of adoption
assistance programs. In addition, the secretariat facilitates the collaboration
of activities and exchange of information among compact administrators, private
adoption agency representatives, and others concerned with special-needs
adoptions to improve services for special-needs children and their families.
Go to AAICAMA's web site.
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children (AAICPC)
Besides being an affiliate of APHSA, AAICPC obtains its secretariat services
through APHSA. The AAICPC was established in 1974 and consists of member states
from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is not only statutory law
in all 52 jurisdictions, it is also a binding contract between all parties. The
ICPC establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the
interstate placement of children. ICPC is the best means we have to ensure
protection and services to children who are placed across state lines. The
Secretariat provides ongoing administrative, legal, and technical assistance to
individual states that administer the compact. The Secretariat also provides
administrative, legal, and technical assistance to the network of ICPC member
states for the purpose of resolving problems of mutual concern, and formulating
common policies, practices, and goals.
Go to AAICPC's web site.
IT Solutions Management for Human Services
Promotes understanding within the field, exchanges technical and design
information, and promotes the goals of APHSA.
Go to IT Solutions Management for Human Services's web site.
Center for Workers with Disabilities
The Center for Workers with Disabilities was established in January 2001 at
APHSA to help states implement the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
Improvement Act of 1999 (TWWIIA) and related efforts intended to enhance
employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Go to the Center for Workers with
Disabilities' web site.
National Association for Program Information and Performance Measurement
(NAPIPM)
Provides states and territories with a forum for sharing mutual concerns on
quality control activities and their related issues.
The mission of NAPIPM is to promote and enhance excellence in the planning
and administration of state human service programs through the development,
collection, analysis, and evaluation of program data, and outcomes and
performance information for use in informed decision making.
Go to NAPIPM's web site.
National Association of Hearing Officials (NAHO)
Formerly an affiliate of APHSA, NAHO is now an independent organization.
Their web site is at http://www.naho.org.
National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators (NAPCWA)
NAPCWA, created in 1983, works to enhance and improve public policy and
administration of services for children, youth, and families. As the only
organization devoted solely to representing administrators of state and local
public child welfare agencies, NAPCWA brings an informed view of the problems
facing families today to the formulation of child welfare policy.
Go to NAPCWA's web site.
National Association of State Child Care Administrators (NASCCA)
The mission of NASCCA is to enhance the capacity of child care
administrators, to improve the quality of child care programs and to contribute
to APHSA policy development. NASCCA holds regular meetings that allow
administrators to exchange information and ideas on policy and new approaches to
child care issues.
National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD)
Provides for the development of information, recommendations, and comments of
state agencies on federal laws and regulations and problems and the issues
affecting the administration of the Medicaid program.
Go to NASMD's web site.
National Association of TANF Administrators (NASTA)
The mission of NASTA is to enhance professional development, to share
promising practices among state members and to help guide the development of
APHSA policy in the areas of TANF and welfare reform. The work of the NASTA
includes a regular series of meetings and discussions that focus on TANF policy,
law and regulation.
National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA)
Provides a national forum for the discussion of staff development and
training issues at the federal, state, and local levels.
Go to NSDTA's web site.
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