Issues For a Children's Agenda
Priorities
Health Care
Universal Health Coverage and Access for All Children including:
- 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