Policy Solutions

Scaling Local Results Into National Impact

Education

America Forward Coalition members are working on early learning, elementary and secondary education, post-secondary, and Whole-Learner education. Our Coalition 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

As workforce needs increase, and as we continue to pursue an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that we invest in proven solutions to break down barriers that stand in the way of a strong, diverse, and skilled workforce. America Forward’s workforce development and economic justice policy platform offers a legislative framework for supporting and strengthening our workforce. 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

As we continue to recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic, we must focus on evidence-based, outcomes-oriented approaches to decision-making that increase equity, incentivize innovation, and empower those closest to the challenges we aim to address. America Forward’s Pay for Success policy platform offers policy solutions for how to center evidence and outcomes through Federal policy. 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.