The Agenda - The Children's Agenda

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We put the best interests of children first every time. We believe that our community as a whole must do that too. Children are our most important resource and most enduring legacy. Your support of the following issues makes all the difference in creating lasting change for children.

Early Childhood

85% of brain development occurs before school, a process strongly shaped by environment and interactions with parents and other caregivers.

Discover How We Can Make The Most Of It

Education (K-12)

To achieve their full potential to thrive in body, mind and spirit, every child has a right to a quality education

How We Support Education

Children deserve a future free of structural racism, inequity and exclusion, but our systems are rife with racial disparities in heath, education, wealth and success

Learn How We Build Racial Equity Together

Health & Safety

Our vision is all children are born healthy, families and communities are safe and nurturing and every family has high quality health care

Learn How We Help

"Poverty... should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Learn How We Fight It

Smart Policy is Based on Evidence

“Government by guesswork” is not solving the nation’s social problems. A fundamentally different—evidence based—approach is needed

Contact Us

The Children’s Agenda
1 South Washington St.
Suite 120
Rochester, NY 14614

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(585) 256-2620

Our Mission

The Children’s Agenda advocates for effective policies and drives evidenced-based solutions for the health, education and success of children. We are especially committed to children who are vulnerable because of poverty, racism, health disparities and trauma.

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