Engaging young people in every step of child & youth impact assessments (CYIAs) is critical to their effectiveness. This is because the policy decisions CYIAs are designed to influence directly affect children and youth. Use these tools to engage youth in impact assessments.
Tools to Engage Youth in Impact Assessments, from Kids Impact Initiative
- Fact Sheet: Engaging Youth: A Key Ingredient of Effective Youth Impact Assessments
- Youth-Led Child & Youth Impact Assessments: Tips for Adult Allies
Examples from the Field
- Fresno County, California
- Colorado
- Youth-Engaged Impact Assessment Helps Pass Property Tax Measure to Fund Schools, Metropolitan Area North of Denver, Colorado
- Scotland
- Child Rights Impact Assessment, conducted by young advisers of Scotland’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner, explores the impact of exam cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic on young people.
- Listen, engage, have fun: guide on involving children in child rights impact assessment (CRIA) and child rights impact evaluation (CRIE), which was informed by more than 100 children and youth. Scroll to the bottom of the page—the section labeled, ‘Listen, engage, have fun’—for simple worksheets and other activities for engaging youth in impact assessments.
- Involving children in child rights impact assessment (CRIA): A case study with Members of Children’s Parliament in East Lothian, Scotland: Key findings are highlighted on pages 3-4.
For assistance in implementing impact assessments in your community, contact info@kidsimpact.org.
