The U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity lays a solid path toward achieving results by starting in selected priority countries. Specific entities within the U. S. Government, in collaboration with other actors, support capacity development of governments and local organizations to measure children failing to reach growth and developmental milestones, living outside of family care, exploited in the worst forms of child labor, and experiencing sexual violence by promoting methodologies that produce nationally representative results that are comparable across countries and time.
The Action Plan also calls for measuring specific outcomes within target populations of U. S. Government-funded projects when feasible, as well as tracking activities and important project-level outputs. Important aspects of measurement and accountability that are critical to the success of the objectives can be found within the Action Plan [PDF, 2.5MB] as well as within the outcomes for each objective laid out within the Objectives & Implementation section.
See what's happening now to assist children in adversity.
Read the Voices of Support for the U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity from senior leaders within the U.S. Government, civil society, the research community, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups.
There are three principal objectives and three supporting objectives that promote greater U. S. Government coherence and accountability for whole-of-government assistance to vulnerable children.
Find out where we are working worldwide.
What are the Plan's objectives?
Who will be coordinating this bold initiative for children?