U.S. Focus
International Focus
Training Resources
Examples of Impact Assessments from Other Fields That Affect Children and Youth
U.S. Focus
- The Family Impact Lens: A Family‐Focused, Evidence‐Informed Approach to Policy and Practice, Karen Bogenschneider et al. in Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science
- Child Impact Statements: Ensuring Children’s Needs Are Prioritized in Local Decision-Making, UNICEF USA
- Changing the Paradigm: A Bill of Rights for Children and Youth, Dana Bunnett
- When government sets new policies, it should first consider children, Dana Bunnett in San Jose Mercury News
- Big Ideas: Game-Changers for Children, First Focus
International Focus
- Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF
- ENOC Synthesis Report: Child Rights Impact Assessment, European Network of Ombudpersons for Children
- Recommendations and Notes on Scottish Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments, Edinburgh University Law School
- Children’s Rights Impact Assessment: The SCCYP Model, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Child Rights Impact Assessments, UNICEF United Kingdom
- Bringing Children in from the Margins: Symposium on Child Rights Impact Assessments, University of Ottawa
Training Resources
This section contains guidance that other countries have used with staff completing impact assessments. It also includes training materials for staff working in related areas such as child rights.
Impact Assessment Training Resources
- Improving the wellbeing of children and young people in New Zealand: Child Impact Assessment Guide, New Zealand Ministry of Social Development
- Conducting Children’s Rights Impact Assessments: Learning in Action, Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland, Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland
- Common Framework of Reference on Child Rights Impact Assessment: A Guide on How to Carry Out CRIA, European Network of Ombudspersons for Children
- Children’s rights and wellbeing impact assessments: guidance, Scottish Government
- Child’s Rights Impact Assessment: A Primer for New Brunswick, New Brunswick Child and Youth Advocate
- Children’s Rights in Impact Assessments: A guide for integrating children’s rights into impact assessments and taking action for children, Danish Institute for Human Rights with UNICEF
Other Children’s Rights Training Resources
- Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF
- Implementing the Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) (Basics), UNICEF
- Guiding questions to help implement a child rights approach, UNICEF/Schermbrucker
Examples of Impact Assessments from Other Fields That Affect Children and Youth
Below are examples of impact assessments in other fields—including health, environmental, and disability—and the outcomes resulting from them that can inform the design and use of impact assessments focused on children and youth. In addition, check out these examples of impact assessments from non-child focused fields that nevertheless demonstrate the effects of policies on children and youth.
- Health Impact Assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Disability Impact Assessments
- Racial Equity Impact Assessments
Health Impact Assessments
- Health Impact Assessment, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment, National Research Council
- Do Health Impact Assessments Promote Healthier Decision-Making? The Pew Charitable Trusts
Environmental Impact Assessments
- What is an Environmental Impact Statement? American Bar Association
- FAQs (on Environmental Impact Assessments), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- National Environmental Policy Act Review Process, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database (includes state level data),United States Environmental Protection Agency this is a new resource I found to replace a regional EIS database that is no longer updated.
Disability Impact Assessments
- The Americans with Disabilities Act: Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal, Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
- ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities, Institute for Human-Centered Design
- What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? National Network: Information, Guidance, and Training on the Americans with Disabilities Act
- About the ADA Accessibility Standards, United States Access Board