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Our 2025 Year In Review

A Snapshot of our Work to Strengthen Prenatal-to-3 Systems of Care Across the Country In 2025, the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center continued to support state leaders with rigorous evidence and policy analysis focused on the

How fixing child care could boost Tarrant County’s economy

Tarrant County needs about 2,000 more early childhood educators to fully staff existing child care centers. That shortage makes it harder for parents — especially mothers — to work, according to a new study analyzing

Colorado Ranks #1 in Resources Available to Families with Young Children

The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center’s 2025 State Policy Roadmap shows Colorado leading the country in early-childhood resource availability for working parents. The Center’s interactive “Policy Impact Calculator” shows that a working parent with two young children

What Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans

The impact of the massive spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down to infants and toddlers—a segment of the population that’s particularly vulnerable to cuts to the

Cash Transfers: A Proven Strategy to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

Research has shown that birth through age 3 is the period of a child’s most rapid and sensitive development, and studies have proven that when a family encounters financial hardship during a child’s early years,

Work requirements for safety net programs like SNAP and Medicaid

Proponents claim that adding more work requirements for programs like food stamps (SNAP) and Medicaid will lead to higher levels of employment among low-income adults. But EPI’s research shows that this will not address the

Davidson County Child Care Landscape Study

To understand variation in supply of and demand for child care across Davidson County and the surrounding areas, Raising Readers Nashville has partnered with Dr. Cynthia Osborne and the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt

Inadequate child care is costing Tennessee employers millions. Here are the business and nonprofit community’s proposed solutions.

The issue of inadequate child care in Middle Tennessee not only affects working families but also poses a critical barrier to economic growth and workforce diversity. A lack of available and affordable child care prevents

Updated Dashboard Shows Opportunities to Improve Texas School Readiness

The Texas School Readiness Dashboard released today shows that Texas is falling short in a number of early childhood measures — such as children’s health coverage, child hunger, and access to high-quality child care —

1 in 5 Texas households with young kids struggle with child care, survey finds

Recently, the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center helped Texans Care for Children update their Texas School Readiness Dashboard. The data point to child care provider closures, high costs, a lack of options and safety concerns among

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