Policy Playbook for 2021-22 Amidst COVID-19 and Equity Imbalances
The end of qualifying officially kicks off the Florida 2020 campaign season, which is happening in the still-glowing spotlight of the death of George Floyd and the lurking presence of COVID-19. These two earthshaking developments will require much introspection and policy change as we move forward in this “new normal.” Florida like most of the nation has a long history of inequitable access by minority children to health care, quality early learning, special needs interventions and other preventative and developmental services. Florida has an equally tragic history of over-representation of minorities in out of home placements, school suspensions, arrests, being charged as adults, housing and food insecurity. American Children's Campaign ...Read More