• Develop a Children’s Environmental Health Initiative addressing asthma, lead, etc.
  Lead Agency: Vision for Children at Risk
  
• Implement best practice strategies to address the issue of childhood obesity and healthy weight.
  

Quality Education Strategies

• Reduce disparities and inequities in the St. Louis region that prevent many children from receiving a quality education. 
  Lead Agency: FOCUS St. Louis
  
• Reduce violence through use of “best practice” school-based programs. 
  Lead Agency: Provident Counseling
  
• Engage citizens, particularly parents, in securing a quality education for children.  Equip them with the skills to work with both students and school systems.  (Although not formally part of the Children’s Agenda, The Black Leadership Roundtable is pursuing a similar strategy.)
  
• Develop and implement targeted programs to provide quality education to children who are new Americans.
  
  

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