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Screenings help identify potential health or developmental issues early in life. This enables timely intervention and support, optimizing a child’s potential for healthy growth and learning. Regular screenings can detect problems related to hearing, vision, and physical growth, as well as cognitive, emotional, and social development.
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Comprehensive screening and connection programs increase families’ connections to needed services, support parental health, and may enhance optimal child health and development.
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Join us September 29 to explore how the prenatal-to-3 policy landscape changed from 2016 to 2026.
Three-day academy brought together state teams and national experts to examine how governance structures can improve outcomes for young children and families. Nashville, Tennessee – The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College
Governance change does not happen overnight, and states rarely accomplish it alone. Drawing on case studies of five states that consolidated their early childhood systems, a new brief from the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center identifies seven lessons learned, from sustained advocacy to strong, collaborative leadership, that can help state leaders pursue governance change reflecting their own early childhood goals.
State choices in early childhood governance shape whether families can easily find, access, and use the services their children need. A new brief from the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center maps how all 50 states and the District of Columbia organize these systems, identifying three governance typologies (whole child, school readiness, and parents' workforce participation) to help leaders align governance structure with their early childhood goals.
