In late 2009, The Children’s Agenda, a nonprofit advocate for Rochester NY children, released its Community Action Plan for Greater Rochester’s Children. After the report’s release, local leaders asked CGR and the Children’s Agenda to provide baseline measures so they could better understand how well the community is currently serving children and what it will take to meet the goals of the action plan. Our report identifies the number of quality programs, amount of resources invested, the proportion of children served in quality settings, and what is needed to meet the 2015 goals for 3 key areas: home visitation, early education and care, and after-school programming. The report also makes suggestions for addressing juvenile justice and youth violence issues. (Note: baseline measures compared with 2015 goals are provided in the summary charts.) |