ERIC Number: ED610739
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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2021 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California
Children Now
"The 2021 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California" is the comprehensive state-level roadmap to ensure that all children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential. California has an obligation to end systemic injustices that create barriers to kids of color, as well as kids living in poverty and undocumented kids, from growing up healthy and ready for college, career, and civic life. This work has only become more urgent as the COVID-19 pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on the lives of California's kids, especially Black and brown children, and other children of color. Children and youth are increasingly experiencing stress, social isolation, disconnectedness and serious mental health issues. And the learning loss and lack of preventive health care because of the pandemic threatens this entire generation of children. Policymakers are urged to use the "Pro-Kid Agenda" as a guide to take long overdue action now to ensure California's systems for children are equitable, well-funded, high-quality, and accountable to kids' success. "The Agenda" was compiled by Children Now, California's whole-child organization focused on the range of issues critical to improving children's well-being, including early learning and development, K-12 and higher education, children's health, family and economic supports and foster care. The organization plays a lead role in more than 90 coalitions across the state and coordinates The Children's Movement of California, a network of more than 4,100 diverse organizations statewide, including direct service, business, civil rights, youth, parent, faith-based, and community groups. "The Agenda" reflects the top priorities of each of those coalitions and members. [For "2019-20 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California," see ED593288.]
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Minority Group Children, Access to Health Care, Access to Education, Family Needs, Equal Education, Poverty, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Child Welfare, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, Educational Finance, Academic Standards, STEM Education, Community Schools, Teacher Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment, Attendance, After School Programs, Summer Programs, Home Visits, Early Intervention, Health Insurance, Accountability, Mental Health, Well Being, Resilience (Psychology), School Health Services, Nutrition, Child Abuse, Foster Care, Housing, Juvenile Justice, Screening Tests, Prevention, Trauma, Intervention, Dental Health, Hunger, Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Education, Transitional Programs, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Special Education, Access to Computers, Teacher Persistence, Discipline, Family Programs, Low Income Groups, Sex Education, Homeless People, Citizen Participation
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Children Now
Identifiers - Location: California
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