APSAC Membership
Why Join APSAC?
APSAC is your source for networking, education, publications and resources in the discipline of child maltreatment and related fields. Thousands of professionals from all over the world - attorneys, child protective services workers, law enforcement officers, nurses, physicians, researchers, teachers, psychologists, clergy, administrators, and allies - have joined APSAC's effort to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response.


Student Membership $30.00
(Verification of full-time student status required)
Front Line Professional $40.00
Open to child welfare, child protection, and law
enforcement professionals employed by a public
agency, making under $50,000 annually.
Retired Membership $65.00
Young Professional $95.00
(5 or fewer years out of school)
Full membership/Professional $145.00
Supporting/Sustaining Member $195.00
This membership helps to subsidize APSAC memberships for students
and young professionals so they may gain access to the resources,
expertise, and network that APSAC provides.
Benefactor $500.00
This membership helps to ensure APSAC’s long range stability by ensuring we have adequate operating reserves to meet emerging needs.
Lifetime Member $1,000.00
What is the Cost of Membership?
New! Organizational Memberships
$250 3 logins
$350 5 logins
$500 7 logins
$750 10 logins
$900 12 logins
Please note, as per the APSAC bylaws in accordance with Illinois law:
Membership Logins are not transferable
Membership is not transferable or assignable*
*If an employee with an assigned organization login leaves the organization, please contact apsac@apsac.org to request that the login becomes available for the substitute.
Membership Status
Individual employees or members of such organizations may not claim to be Members of APSAC.
Voting Rights
Each such organization shall have one vote only.
Purchasing additional logins ($80 each) for multidisciplinary teams is allowed and encouraged. If your organization requires more logins, please email apsac@apsac.org for options.
General Membership Information
APSAC accepts new memberships year round. Individuals applying for membership must be a professional working in the field of child maltreatment or a related field. In applying for membership, professionals certify compliance with the APSAC code of ethics as well as the professional and ethical standards of and all laws and regulations relating to their respective profession or field. Membership in APSAC does not certify professional competence.
APSAC's membership runs from January 1 through December 31st or from June 30 to July 1 the following year. Any members joining from Oct 1st through December 31st will enjoy 3 additional months of membership. Members who join prior to October will receive current copies of APSAC publications that are included in membership benefits.
APSAC accepts membership payments by check and credit card. If you wish to make a check payment, please complete the online form, print your member invoice (generated at the time of form completion) and mail it to:
APSAC
c/o The Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection, The New York Foundling
590 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Attention: Leslie Schmerler
If you require a paper form or your agency has specific requirements for invoicing, contact apsac@apsac.org.
Note to renewing members:
If your membership expired on December 31, January 1 is your renewal date. Your membership anniversary date cannot change; your membership expiration date will be the same as the prior year regardless of when you renew. So, to get the most of your membership dollar, renew as close to January 1 as possible.
For example, if your membership runs January-December, even if you renew in May, as an existing member you will keep your January 1 renewal date.
However, if you are a new member or someone who has not been a member for at least 2 years, dues paid after April 15 would qualify you for a July 1 – June 30 membership. If you are renewing your membership and would like to take advantage of the July 1 - June 30 member year, contact apsac@apsac.org.
Please contact us at apsac@apsac.org with any questions.