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Issues For A Children's Agenda

Priorities (in diminishing order)

Health Care
Universal Health Coverage and Access for All Children to include:

• physical, mental and dental care
  
• provide comprehensive health care in the school
  
• expand coverage to more children and their parents
  
• have a focus for youth to include teen pregnancy and preventive health Care
  
• provide equitable mental health care for all children and their families
  

Early Care And Education
Affordable, quality, reliable Child Care including:

• after school services
  
• universal pre-K
  
• support for families with newborns to include education and training for parents as appropriate
  

Education
Major issues to address:

• equitable educational financing for all children is major issue
  
• support for essential services and programs
  
• concern regarding aspirations and safe schools
  

Children And Youth
Youth issues include:

• juvenile corrections
  
• youth justice reform children in need of services
  

General child and youth issues include:

• prevention and intervention to keep children safe from violence and
  
• abuse and neglect
  

Poverty
Child and family poverty should be reduced. Some approaches include:

• Ending Hunger
  
• TANF Increases
  
• increasing jobs that pay a living wage
  
• increasing Child Support Enforcement
  

Strategies
To increase long term success for children, youth and families, these strategies are Suggested:

• develop long term policies
  
• create strategic alliances to gain political power
  
• support/create collaboration between school/services/corrections and
  
• develop a seamless delivery system for all children and youth
  

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