April 2023 At The Children’s Agenda we are going the distance for kids. As you read this, the New York state budget is overdue. The budget has been our main focus since January and we won’t give up...

  March 2023 At The Children’s Agenda we work at multiple levels of government — from the Rochester City School District to the federal government. We also work on multiple issues that impact children — early childhood education and...

  February 2023 Parent leadership is at the heart of what we do at The Children’s Agenda. Through mutual trust and partnership, we combine parents’ lived experience with the policy expertise of our staff. From the Rochester City School...

  January 2023 Budgets are value statements. Caring for our children is a fundamental human value, but in the United States we lag behind when it comes to translating that value into public policy. In 2021, only 9.4% of...

Preview – December 2022 E-News December 2022 When we invest in children, struggling communities become thriving communities. Over the past year we have achieved much for children — The Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council, with two representatives from Rochester, is...

Preview – December 2022 E-News December 2022 When we invest in children, struggling communities become thriving communities. Over the past year we have achieved much for children — The Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council, with two representatives from Rochester, is...