Advocacy
Advancing solutions, systems, policies, and practices that support children and the families and communities that care for them.
Equity
Centering community voice and addressing barriers that prevent children and families from reaching their full potential.
Working Together to Create an Inland Empire Where Every Child Can Thrive
The IE Children’s Cabinet brings together community leaders, parents, youth, nonprofits, public agencies, educators, healthcare providers, and advocates to advance solutions that improve the lives of children, youth, and families across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
A Regional Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families
The IE Children’s Cabinet is a cross-sector coalition dedicated to improving outcomes for children, youth, and families throughout the Inland Empire. We bring together diverse partners to identify challenges, elevate community voices, and develop solutions that strengthen families and expand opportunities for future generations.
Our work is grounded in the belief that lasting change happens when policy, systems, and community leadership work together. Through collaboration, data-informed decision-making, and community engagement, we advance strategies that foster health and racial equity, educational success, economic stability, and overall well-being.
Advocacy & Equity
The IE Children’s Cabinet advocates on behalf of all families and their children. As our cabinet grows, so does our influence and we intend to utilize our voice as a collaborative to advocate for equitable policies and funding to better the lives of children in the Inland Empire, California, and beyond.
General Member Table
The General Member Table serves as the central convening body of the IE Children’s Cabinet, bringing together partners from across sectors to share information, identify emerging issues, build partnerships, and advance collective action that improves outcomes for children, youth, and families.
Regional Community Tables
Community Tables across San Bernardino and Riverside Counties create spaces for residents, parents, caregivers, youth, and community partners to identify local priorities, share lived experiences, and co-develop solutions that strengthen children, youth, families, and neighborhoods.
Our Four Pillars of Focus
The Children’s Cabinet organizes its work around four interconnected priorities that influence the well-being of children, youth, and families throughout the Inland Empire including: Basic Needs, Child Care, Child & Youth Education, and Health & Wellness.
Basic Needs
Child Care
Education
Health & Wellness
The IE Children’s Cabinet Pillars
All of these pillars are encapsulated by the understanding that the policy solutions recommended by this body will be rooted in advocacy and equity.
Turning Community Priorities Into Meaningful Action
The Children’s Cabinet serves as a regional table where stakeholders work together to address pressing issues facing children and families. We facilitate collaborative planning, inform policy discussions, support community-driven initiatives, and help align resources across sectors.
Basic Needs
Many children in the Inland Empire are in need of many essential goods and services including stable housing and dedicated safe spaces. We want to work with nonprofit, public, and private organizations to further support the development of structures that give children and foster families resources that go beyond basic needs.
Basic Needs Leadership
The Basic Needs Committee is led by committed community leaders working to ensure that every child and family has access to the essential resources they need to thrive, including housing, food, economic stability, and supportive services.
Child Care
It is critical to the socioeconomic health of the region to provide around the clock child care services to working families. Our current child care system does not come close to meeting the needs of working families. It is essential that we act quickly and boldly to address the need of child care for the region and across the state.
Child Care Leadership
The Child Care Committee is guided by leaders dedicated to expanding access to affordable, high-quality child care and strengthening the systems that support children, families, and early childhood professionals.
Youth Education
Providing families with a quality education is essential for securing a bright future for children in the Inland Empire. It begins with making sure our systems of education are addressing the needs of every child. We welcome collaboration from across the network of bi-county Inland Empire partners working to streamline pathways from high school to postsecondary education and into the workforce.
Child & Youth Education Leadership
The Child & Youth Education Committee is led by passionate education advocates focused on creating equitable learning opportunities and supporting the academic success and well-being of children and youth across the Inland Empire.
Health & Wellness
Quality and accessible healthcare is critical to the wellbeing of growing children at every stage. Expanding on mental health services, services for children with disabilities, and guaranteeing access to all forms of healthcare to children are only a few key components required to address poverty and inequity. Our future relies on creating more equitable access to care for all children.
Health & Wellness Leadership
The Health & Wellness Committee is led by champions dedicated to improving the physical, behavioral, and emotional well-being of children and families while advancing trauma-informed practices and preventing and mitigating the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
New Member Interest Form
Are you interested in joining the IE Children’s Cabinet? Fill out the form to join our Subcommittee Interest List! You will be contacted when the committees are ready to start meeting.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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San Bernardino
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Riverside County
All Children Thrive – California
Inland Empire Community Foundation
