Strategies

Establish publicly funded investment accounts for every newborn, accessible at age 18

Help participants share transportation via informal arrangements between individuals, formally arranged ridesharing programs, or other ride-matching services

Promote walking and biking to school through education, incentives, and environmental changes; often called SRTS

Support a trauma-informed juvenile justice system to recognize and respond to trauma’s impact on youth through staff training and broad adoption of trauma-informed practices and policies

Use pervious concrete, porous asphalt, permeable interlocking pavers, open-jointed blocks or cells, or other permeable pavement in individual or commercial development efforts; also called porous or pervious pavement

Teach students attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behavior needed to participate in and contribute to a democracy

Provide information about contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in classroom or community settings

Establish designated areas where students can garden with guidance, often with nutrition and food preparation lessons and opportunities for taste tasting and hands-on learning

Support financial institutions providing services to underserved and disadvantaged communities

Engage community members to determine how public budgets are spent, ideally to improve neighborhood conditions and reduce inequality.