Report: State needs 'children's cabinet'
As California prepares for another round of severe budget cuts, a child-advocacy group is recommending the state create a "Children's Cabinet" to coordinate the myriad services delivered by multiple state agencies.
The idea is one of numerous recommendations embedded in the 2011 California Report Card (PDF) issued this week by Children Now, an advocacy group based in Oakland. The report lays out a detailed "children's agenda" for the state, some of which would involve significant additional revenues – an unlikely prospect given the state's budget problems.
But the suggested "Children's Cabinet" would cost little or nothing.
As outlined by Children Now, the cabinet would consist of the heads
