What are some of Action for Childrens goals?
• To energize and inspire people to make a difference in the lives of children and young people; • To encourage policymakers to invest limited resources in preventing problems among children rather than paying for more costly interventions after the problems have developed; • To increase investments in children, making cost-saving prevention the keystone of state policies and practices; • To ensure that state investments have measurable, recognizable impact; • To help inspire and support community coalitions and other groups around the state who are working to achieve similar goals; • To inform and influence the public policy debate; and • To provide timely, accessible and credible data to policymakers, community leaders, media, key business interests, parents, grassroots advocates and others.
