THE PRENATAL-TO-3 SYSTEM OF CARE IN WYOMING
The prenatal to age 3 (PN-3) period is the most rapid and sensitive period of development, and it sets the foundation for long-term health and wellbeing. The science of the developing child points to eight PN-3 policy goals that all states should strive to achieve to ensure that infants and toddlers get off to a healthy start and thrive.
State leaders need guidance on how to effectively create the environments in which children can thrive. This Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap identifies the most effective evidence-based investments that states can make to foster equitable opportunities for infants and toddlers.
The Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap is a tool for your state to:
- Monitor the adoption and implementation of the effective policies and strategies (see your state summary below),
- Understand how state policy choices interact to impact the resources working families have to support their families in your state (see the Policy Impact Calculator), and
- Assess the wellbeing of your state’s infants and toddlers and prioritize your state’s PN-3 policy goals (see state-level outcomes and demographic characteristics).
Learn how your state’s policy choices impact family resources.
The newly interactive Policy Impact Calculator compares the level of resources available to a full-time working family in the US based on state policy choices. This interactive tool offers a self-guided way to explore and visualize the substantial variation in support structures for working families across states during the critical prenatal-to-3 period.
You can use the calculator to dive deeper into the data and uncover how your state’s policy choices would support a family:
- Explore how your state ranks on the Policy Impact Calculator using annual data, starting in 2020.
- Explore how federal and state policy choices interact to impact total resources. See which policies have the biggest impact on family resources.Â
- See comparisons over time and across states and simulate policy changes to see their potential impact.
To learn more about each policy and strategy in Wyoming, expand each accordion below.
