Check out the newly released 2024 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap. The Roadmap provides a summary of state progress on the following 12 recommended policies and strategies. In addition, the Roadmap provides details on the impact of each recommendation, how to implement, and a comparison between states.
“The Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap guides state leaders on the most effective investments to ensure all children thrive from the start. Grounded in the science of the developing child and based on the most rigorous evidence available, the Roadmap details the state actions that foster the nurturing environments infants and toddlers need, and that reduce longstanding racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access and outcomes.”
Effective State Policies
- Expanded Income Eligibility for Health Insurance
- Paid Family and Medical Leave
- State Minimum Wage
- State Earned Income Tax Credit
Effective State Strategies
- Reduce Administrative Burden for SNAP
- Comprehensive Screening and Connection Programs
- Child Care Subsidies
- Group Prenatal Care
- Community-Based Doulas
- Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs
- Early Head Start
- Early Intervention Services
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