1. Children and Adolescents
Recommendations:
Develop a National Children’s Agenda at the presidential level that builds on universal health care. This agenda should drive a public health approach that addresses developmentally appropriate needs across the population (including prevention and health promotion). This agenda should work across all child serving systems and collect outcomes that reflect progress across all life domains (health, safety, education, well-being, vocational readiness, social, spiritual, etc.).
Promote the availability of holistic assessments - pre-conception through transition age - that link the youth and family to services and supports that match developmental needs and promote resiliency and protective factors.