The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy creates awareness, takes action and changes policy on behalf of children and youth.

To carry out our mission, our organization…

• Addresses a wide range of children’s issues
• Promotes non-partisan public discussion
• Develops projects and initiatives related to its mission
• Builds partnerships with public agencies and private sector organizations
• Is led by a board of directors and staff actively engaged in the life of the organization
• Maintains a balanced budget with strong fiscal oversight
• Cultivates a broad-based mixture of revenue sources
• Carefully focuses its efforts on advancing practical solutions to pressing problems
• Translates data and research into practice
• Is responsive to new opportunities and emerging needs of children and youth