The Children’s Agenda


The Children's Summit

Children’s Agenda
Vision Council

 

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The Children's Agenda is the cornerstone of our work.

The goal of the Santa Clara County Children’s Agenda is to improve the lives of children by focusing on improving ten indicators of child well-being. The Children’s Agenda is a focused, integrated initiative that engages all segments of our community and provides a common vision for our community’s children. It forces us, as a community, to move from data to action and to be accountable for how our children are faring. By working together with common goals, we are acting intentionally rather than reactively to current demands and problems. We can identify the “levers” that may have the most impact at improving the outcome. These outcomes will guide our work and will compel us to ask, “Is it good for our children?”

 

Goal 1: Children are physically, socially and emotionally healthy:
Indicator 1: Routine Use of Health Care
Indicator 2 - Healthy Lifestyle
Indicator 3 - Early Childhood Social and Emotional Development
Indicator 4 - Developmental Assets

Goal 2: Children are prepared for and successful in school:

Indicator 5 - Third Grade Reading Proficiency
Indicator 6 - High School Graduation Rates

Goal 3: Children are supported in safe and stable families and communities.
Indicator 7 - Child Abuse Rates
Indicator 8 - Hunger
Indicator 9 - Juvenile Arrest Rate
Indicator10 - Community Values Youth

For more information on the data used to support the Children’s Agenda, please refer to the 2007 Santa Clara County Children’s Report and the 2005 Santa Clara County Children’s Report.