New Issue Brief Urges Leaders to Promote Equitable Technology Access and Innovative Applications

"The Children's Partnership released Information Technology Making a Difference in Children’s Lives: An Issue Brief for Leaders for Children. The report provides research and case studies demonstrating how digital tools and applications can improve children’s education, health, and opportunities for empoyment and civic engagement.

The report encourages groups working on children’s issues to include technology planks in their platforms and policy agendas. It also prompts children's leaders to work to ensure underserved children have equal access to digital tools and to promote the use of information and communications technology to increase the efficiency and accessibility of public programs....

The Issue Brief is one of a series of reports on digital opportunity for youth written by The Children’s Partnership.

The Community Technology Foundation of California, the Community Collaborative Fund of the California Consumer Protection Foundation, and The California Wellness Foundation provided support for this project."