In an effort to generate new and innovative ideas to improve child well-being in the United States, First Focus has called upon both seasoned policy thinkers and emerging stars to provide game-changing proposals designed to advance federal children’s policy.
The book, entitled Big Ideas: Game-Changers for Children, is a compilation of 17 creative solutions to help develop a national agenda for children’s public policy. The following papers are included in this edition of Big Ideas for Children:
Creating an Agenda for Children:
- From Target to Legislation: Tackling Child Poverty in the United Kingdom—A Model for the United States?
By Kate Bell
- A National Council on Children: Renewing Our Vision for America’s Future
By Bruce Lesley and Shadi Houshyar
- What’s the Plan?
By Elizabeth Gaines and Thaddeus Ferber
- It’s Time to Reestablish the White House Conference on Children and Youth
By Linda S. Spears and Timothy F. Briceland-Betts
- Big Idea: Youth Councils
By Thaddeus Ferber
Government Accountability:
- Change in Sight: Child Well-Being as a Policy Development Framework
By Michael Schmidt and Julie Coffey
- Commission on Children
By Elaine Zimmerman
- Good Policy Requires Good Data: Assessing Child Well-Being in Every State
By Michael Laracy, Kristin Anderson Moore, David Murphey and Deborah Stein
- A U.S. National Ombudsman for Children
By Howard Davidson, JD
- A Champion for Children and Young People: The Work and Impact of the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland
By Tam Baillie
Children and their Rights:
- What Game Are We Playing? The United States and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
By Don Cipriani, PhD
- Changing the Paradigm: A Bill of Rights for Children and Youth
By Dana Bunnett
- Top 10 Reasons to Lower the Voting Age
By Alex Koroknay-Palicz and Keith Mandell
Investing in Our Nation’s Children & Future:
- The Children’s Budget
By Karen Crompton and Janis Dubno
- Does CBO Need a Nudge to Invest in Our Children?
By James S. Marks, MD, MPH
- Mobilizing Business Champions for Smart Investments in Young Children
By Sara Watson and Robert Dugger
- Connecting the Dots: Community Colleges, Children, and Our Country’s Future
By Elisabeth Mason and Julie Kashen