Early Childhood Development|September 30, 2025
The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center has released its 2025 State Policy Roadmap alongside a new interactive Policy Impact Calculator. The policy roadmap offers an evidence-based guide to help states strengthen outcomes for infants and toddlers, highlighting 12 proven policies and strategies that support early childhood development. Complementing the Roadmap, the Policy Impact Calculator demonstrates how state and federal decisions around wages, paid leave, child care subsidies, tax credits, and nutrition programs affect the resources available to working families — giving policymakers clear insights into where action can have the greatest impact.
Early Childhood Development|July 31, 2025
Kidsights Data is breaking new ground by tracking child development from birth to age five at a population level across U.S. communities, cities, and states. The data offers rare insight into how early experiences shape lifelong success — and how policies and investments can better support children and families.
Early Childhood Development|January 16, 2025
As Congress considers major cuts to Medicaid, a new Georgetown University Center for Children and Families report sheds light on how Medicaid plays a larger role in providing health coverage to people living in small towns and rural communities than it does in metropolitan areas, a trend that is particularly striking among children.
Early Childhood Development|December 5, 2024
PN-3 unveils its fifth annual State Policy Roadmap, a comprehensive guide outlining evidence-based policies and strategies to improve outcomes for young children. This resource tracks states' progress on 12 effective policies, offering state leaders actionable recommendations to enhance child and family well-being.
Early Childhood Development|June 20, 2024
TalkingPoints is using its AI-powered analysis of 40 million messages between parents and teachers in its app to help parents — especially those who are immigrants or are low-income — engage with schools and to increase attendance and students’ academic performance.
Early Childhood Development|February 14, 2024
In their 2024 State of the State addresses, U.S. Governors across the political spectrum underscored the crucial need for investments in child care and early learning, highlighting a growing awareness of the child care challenges facing families nationwide.
Early Childhood Development|January 9, 2024
ParentCorps empowers parents and educators to form genuine connections with young children and fosters positive transformations in homes and classrooms through professional development, a social-emotional curriculum, and a parenting program.
Early Childhood Development|January 7, 2024
Amidst surging speech delays, early childhood classrooms turn to the LENA system, a digital "talk pedometer," to identify at-risk children and target interventions effectively.
Early Childhood Development|December 5, 2023
The Alliance for Early Success highlights policy wins and trends in early childhood across the U.S. in its 2023 50-State Progress and Landscape Report.
Early Childhood Development|November 29, 2023
Explore the transformative impact of HealthySteps, a program providing vital support to break intergenerational cycles of trauma and create healthier, more stable futures for children.