Americans must provide the next generation with the resources and understanding necessary for their own journey as citizens. The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) will advance policies to promote the social, emotional, and physical health of children. From improving our Nation’s foster care system to addressing neonatal abstinence syndrome, to incorporating character education and social emotional learning, AFPI will not fail our next generation and will provide a guiding light for a brighter future!
Team
Kellyanne Conway
Chair, Center for the American Child
Laurie Todd-Smith, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Education Opportunity & Director, Center for the American Child
Catharine Cypher
Deputy Chief of Staff; Chief Of Staff, Center for Litigation; Advisor, Center for the American Child
Allison Schuster
Communications Specialist and Policy Advisor, Center for Education Opportunity; Center for the American Child
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Policy
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May 7, 2024
Combating Fentanyl In Schools Act
The Combating Fentanyl in Schools Act requires public schools to provide drug poisoning awareness and education on fentanyl to students in grades 6–12 and draws from legislation in Texas and Illinois. According to an article published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 83.9% of overdose deaths among adolescents from July 2019–December 2021 involved illicitly manufactured fentanyl, yet only 35% of adolescents in the study had a documented history of opioid use (Tanz et al., 2022, p.1576). Education should be the first line of defense to prevent children and adolescents from succumbing to these preventable and senseless deaths.
Research Report
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January 8, 2024
Improving the Foster Care and Adoption Systems in the United States
391,000 children in the U.S. are currently in foster care, indicating a system significantly affecting many vulnerable individuals.
Messaging & Data Lab
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December 1, 2023
Big Government’s Takeover of Your Children
Left-wing teachers’ unions, individual teachers, school administrators, school boards, and big government are taking advantage of your children. The Left has been ripping away parents’ rights for the past several years and indoctrinating the most vulnerable among us—your children—with their radical ideology.
Policy
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October 5, 2023
Toolkit: Combating Fentanyl in Schools
Street drugs have long been pervasive in American society, but in recent years they have taken a deadly turn, transcending any prior experience in volume and lethality. From 2020 to 2021, synthetic opioid deaths—largely driven by fentanyl—surged by more than 20%, killing more than 71,000 Americans (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2023).
Commentary
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August 3, 2023
BILL ANALYSIS: Analysis of S. 1207, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 (EARN IT ACT of 2023)
Children are becoming increasingly vulnerable to online exploitation. The EARN IT Act aims to fix this problem and create avenues of justice should a horrific incident of abuse occur.
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