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American Public Human Services Association
APHSA houses nine affiliate organizations, whose
members are the administrators that operate agency
divisions or departments in the states and localities
and for the most part report to a commissioner. The
affiliates cover a range of program specializations as
well as support functions. APHSA’s affiliates support the
Association’s policy work by providing critical insight
and expertise in their subject area and developing detail
policy and practice recommendations.
Association of Administrators of the
Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children (AAICPC)
The AAICPC is the national governing
body that oversees the administration of the Interstate
Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC). ICPC
establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures
governing the interstate placement of children and is
statutory law in all 52 member jurisdictions and a binding
contract between member jurisdictions.
American Association of Public Welfare
Attorneys (AAPWA)
AAPWA is a professional organization of
attorneys who represent the state and local
government agencies that administer public welfare
and/or human services programs. AAPWA facilitates
the exchange of information between attorneys and
promotes innovation in the field of human services.
American Association of SNAP Directors
(AASD)
The AASD was formed to strength the
administration and management of the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly
the Food Stamp Program) and contribute to professional
development of its members. AASD promotes the
exchange of experience and knowledge among agencies
of federal, state, and local government administering
SNAP by providing expert advice and consultation on
income assistance issues.
IT Solutions Management for Human
Services (ISM)
ISM is an association for State, Local and
Federal Government Information Systems
professionals working in the health and human services
field. The mission of the organization is to promote the
development and operation of effective automated
systems in Health and Human Services. ISM promotes
best practices in Information Technology by sharing
innovative solutions, connecting IT professionals and
collaborating with our private sector partners.
National Association of Public Child
Welfare Administrators (NAPCWA)
NAPCWA 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.
National Association for Program
Information and Performance
Measurement (NAPIPM)
NAPIPM provides states and territories with
a forum for sharing mutual concerns on quality control
activities and their related issues. The main focus 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 toward informed
decision making.
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
enhances and sustains legislative, regulatory and fiscal
policies supportive of effective child care programs. The
organization focuses on federal, state and local child care
programs designed to meet the needs of children from
birth through school age for safe, affordable, high quality
care.
National Association of State TANF
Administrators (NASTA)
The primary focus 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)
NSTDA provides a national forum for the
discussion of staff development and training
issues at the federal, state, and local levels. NSDTA’s
mission is to build the professional and organizational
capacity in human services through national membership
networking sharing ideas and resources on organizational
development, staff development and training.
OUR APHSA AFFILIATES