Federal Leadership for Children and Youth
Securing a Prosperous Future for the Next Generation
Nemours Children’s Health, , , Ìý Ìýand Ìýhave called upon the Biden-Harris Administration to establish a White House Office on Children and Youth and a federal Children’s Cabinet. Children are the future of our nation. Our economic and civic strength and prosperity rely on today’s investment in children and youth. At this critical inflection point for our nation’s future, we need to re-imagine our systems for optimal health, well-being and development for all children and youth.
Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has a unique opportunity to build a prosperous future for children and youth, and our nation at-large. Please sign on to our letter calling for federal leadership structure for children and youth.
Sign-On Letters
Sign on to support cohesive, national leadership for children and youth.
See who signed on to a letter to the transition team calling for national leadership for children and youth. Learn More
Briefing
Watch a Children’s Week briefing to learn how states have utilized children’s cabinets and other leadership structures, and how the federal government can act now to improve outcomes and promote equity for children and youth.
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Executive Summary
Read a summary of the proposals to elevate an agenda for children and youth. Learn More
Press Release
Read the joint announcement from the organizing partners supporting national leadership for children and youth.Ìý
Rationale
See why a coordinated, national strategy and budget for children and youth, spearheaded by a new White House Office and Children’s Cabinet, is needed. Learn More
Charter
See how a White House Office on Children and Youth and federal Children’s Cabinet could be structured and what their core roles and functions would be.ÌýLearn More
Improve Child Health
Differences in social, behavioral and economic factors can affect children’s health and well-being. Here, William McNett, MD, and colleagues describe the many governmental and other systems they must navigate to meet the needs of patients in the ²¨É«µ¥Ë«, Philadelphia practice.
News and Views
By Miriam Abaya, First Focus on Children | August 2, 2022.
By Stuart M. Butler, PhD | September 23, 2021
By Dorothy Mills-Gregg | Inside Health Policy | June 22, 2021
By Daniella Gratale, Joshua Ogburn, Kara Odom Walker, Nathaniel Counts, Bruce Lesley, Elizabeth Gaines, Mary Ellen Wiggins and Jennifer Davis | Moving Health Care Upstream | May 3, 2021
By Youth Action Hour | April 30, 2021
By Kara Odom Walker and Kirsten Olson | The News Journal | April 29, 2021
By Kara Odom Walker, Josh Rising and Daniella Gratale | Health Affairs | April 21, 2021
By Boston College | February 2021
By Dr. Larry Moss and Bruce Lesley | Morning Consult | January 25, 2021
By Valerie Strauss | The Washington Post | January 24, 2021
By Bruce Lesley | Inside Sources | January 19, 2021
By Norm Ornstein and James Harvey | New York Daily News | Decemebr 26, 2020
By Rebecca Wintrop | The Brookings Institution | December 18, 2020
By Stephen Patrick | STAT | August 31, 2020
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