Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

The prenatal to age three period of development sets the foundation for all future health and wellbeing. The science is clear: infants and toddlers need loving, stimulating, stable, and secure care environments, with limited exposure to adversity.

Eight comprehensive prenatal-to-3 (PN-3) policy goals driven by the science of the developing child set the direction for each state to ensure infants and toddlers get off to a healthy start and thrive. Five state-level policies and six strategies positively impact at least one of these PN-3 goals, based on comprehensive reviews of rigorous policy research.

Click on each state to see its progress towards adopting and implementing these effective solutions.

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Legend: State Strategy Progress
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Legend: State Policy Count
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Circles indicate that a policy or strategy (the row) impacts a specific policy goal (the column).
Checkmarks indicate that the state has implemented this policy or strategy.

See the complete Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap and Prenatal-to-3 Policy Clearinghouse for detailed information on the impact these policies and strategies have on the policy goals.

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