Children’s Defense Fund

Children’s Defense Fund, nonprofit agency that advocates for children’s rights. The Children’s Defense Fund pursues policies and programs that provide health care to children, reduce the impact of poverty on children, protect children from abuse and neglect, and provide children with educational opportunities. The group was founded in 1973 by civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman. Headquarters are in Washington, D.C. The CDF conducts research on child welfare in the United States with the goal...