Mission: improve the delivery of health and social services to children; Housed in the offices of the Administration for Children’s Services, ACT benefits both from the visibility and the connections of its public agency auspice and from the technical and community expertise of the Fund for the City of New York. ACT retains a critical degree of independence by relying on private funding, as well.
Method: Mayoral support for the effort’s policies and programs; Public/private sector cooperation; Specific action-oriented proposals with measurable outcomes; Active outreach and constituency building; Persistent follow-up advocacy and monitoring
Target Populations: poor children and families in New York City
Current Resources: Agenda for Children Tomorrow (ACT) has catalogued and created a directory of all agencies, organizations and initiatives throughout the United States that could be described as a Comprehensive Community Initiative or similar Community-Based Organization
