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Molly Kramer
Senior Communications Manager
615-343-8948
molly.m.kramer@Vanderbilt.Edu

Press Releases

ESTIMATED FISCAL AND HUMAN SERVICES BENEFITS OUTWEIGH COSTS BY AS MUCH AS 18:1  Press Contact: Molly Kramer, 615-343-8948, molly.m.kramer@vanderbilt.edu  Today, we released Benefit-Cost Analysis of H.B.181, a Pennsylvania bill to create a new paid family
In 2023, many states made major progress to address poverty, the child care crisis, birth outcomes, and more. Press Contact: Molly Kramer, 615-343-8948, molly.m.kramer@vanderbilt.edu  American families are struggling. A national funding cliff is making child
ESTIMATED FISCAL AND HUMAN SERVICES BENEFITS OUTWEIGH COSTS BY AS MUCH AS 10:1  Press Contact: Molly Kramer, 615-343-8948, molly.m.kramer@vanderbilt.edu  Today, we released Implementing a Refundable State Earned Income Tax Credit in South Carolina: A Benefit-Cost

Media Coverage

The earliest years of childhood have a great impact on the lifelong health and well being of children. According to the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, the most rapid period of growth in the human brain
Meadow Lakes Head Start, a preschool in Wasilla that has 45 students, will close down at the end of the year. Half of the students will move on to kindergarten and the rest will have
February 1st marks the start of the third annual Early Ed Month, an initiative to educate local and national policymakers, business leaders, parents and advocates on the need for investments in high-quality early care and

Newsletters

Explore legislative advancements and state victories, see what we’re reading and tracking, and much more!

Last week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin referenced our report in his announcement of significant early learning and child care investments. Youngkin said  our findings on the return on learning investments informed the development of his new initiative.

State legislatures, governors, and agencies are hard at work. The following bills and initiatives are proven, or have promise, to positively impact the health and wellbeing of young children and their families.