The site is noncommercial and nonpartisan . Institutional resources and foundation grants make it possible. The site can be searched without cost by persons seeking career information and can be freely used by persons wishing to provide such information about their organization and its opportunities. No fees are charged and no information is sold. The site is maintained by Rachel A. Gordon an assistant professor at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale a professor at the Program in Human Development and Social Policy in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.
Providers maintain information about their organization.
And, when job, volunteer, internship, or fellowship opportunities become available, they are listed. In many ways, this site provides a broad perspective on careers in child and family policy, thus it is used by a wide variety of information providers and information seekers. Non-profit organizations that address child and family policy through research, advocacy, policy analysis, information dissemination, funding, or professional affiliation. Courts, legislatures, and government agencies at the local, state and federal levels. These settings offer a wide range of training opportunities, from summer employment or semester internships to full time jobs and degree-granting academic programs.