Policy Solutions

Scaling Local Results Into National Impact

Education

More than 40 America Forward Coalition members are working on early learning, elementary and secondary education, post-secondary, and Whole-Learner education. These organizations work in thousands of schools and institutions of higher education across the country and serve large numbers of students, parents, and teachers, and school leaders from under-resourced communities. Their missions, while varied, boil down to a simple purpose: to ensure all children, whatever their background, receive a first-class education. Click on the images below to view America Forward’s education policy solutions for the 117th Congress.

Early Learning

K-12

Higher Education

Whole-Learner Education

Workforce Development

Workforce Development & Economic Justice

More than 30 America Forward Coalition Members are dedicated to unlocking opportunities for the tragic number of Americans shut out of the middle class and from accessing sustainable wage jobs. Though their individual work varies, many use public funds, leverage high levels of support from private donors and philanthropy, and deliver job training and work experience through ‘enterprises’ that earn revenue from the market, reducing the need for subsidy and are doing so efficiently to achieve measurable results. Click on the image to the left to view America Forward’s workforce development and economic justice policy solutions for the 117th Congress.

Pay for Success

Pay for Success & Evidence-Based Policy

More than 30 America Forward Coalition organizations are actively learning about what works, developing new innovations, measuring outcomes, and achieving real impact in the communities they serve. All of our America Forward Coalition members hold themselves to high standards, measure their results, and believe that progress is possible when investments in effective efforts are made and continued reforms are pursued where change is still needed. Click on the image to the right to view America Forward’s Pay for Success and evidence-based policy solutions for the 117th Congress.

Budget and Appropriations

Since its inception, America Forward has worked on both authorizing- and appropriations-related advocacy efforts. America Forward Coalition Members strongly support the refocusing of government funding to what works. These organizations believe federal policymakers need to support funding for innovation and evaluation, the use of tiered-evidence approaches to target federal funding to programs that have greater evidence of effectiveness, and the inclusion of performance-based funding provisions to build the evidence base to ensure we know what is working and what does not work before making drastic cuts to important programs that directly impact millions of children, youth, and adults across the country. Click on the image to the left to view America Forward’s Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Request Letter to Congressional Appropriators.