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Home visiting programs

Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs

EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING PROGRAMS WHAT ARE EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING PROGRAMS AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Home visiting programs, which provide support and education to parents in the home through a trained professional (e.g., nurse or

United States 2024 Roadmap Summary

HOW CAN STATES USE THE STATE POLICY ROADMAP TO BUILD AN EFFECTIVE PRENATAL-TO-3 SYSTEM OF CARE? The prenatal to age 3 (PN-3) period is the most rapid and sensitive period of development, and it sets

2024 Roadmap Summary

THE PRENATAL-TO-3 SYSTEM OF CARE IN ALABAMA 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

Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study

See the latest in our ongoing work to build the evidence base around PN3 policies.

How One Funder Invests in Policy & Systems Change for Family Mental Health

This is a guest post by Kim Gilsdorf, a Program Officer for the Perigee Fund, a national philanthropy committed to prenatal-to-age-3 mental health.  I work with organizations that support the mental health of families every

Refundable Tax Credits: Uptake Patterns in Texas Reveal Opportunities for States to Support Families

States and community organizations can increase awareness of credits. Increasingly, the state and federal government use tax credits, such as the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, to support families with low

Receiving Concrete Support Linked to Home Visiting Program Engagement

Evaluating Texas’s in-kind and monetary assistance during COVID-19 To promote nurturing and responsive parent-child relationships and healthy home environments, states can offer home visiting programs to expectant and new parents with young children. During the

How to Identify Rigorous Research for Evidence-Based Policymaking

State lawmakers face difficult choices about how to use scarce public resources. To ensure that investments have a big impact on young children, lawmakers often want to know—which policies actually work? The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact

North Carolina in bottom five for state services to children 3-and-under

National analysis for resources available for children 3 years old and under has placed North Carolina among the worst five states in the nation. The data gathering happened after lawmakers agreed to Medicaid expansion but

Hefty cigarette taxes cut smoking big-time. But there’s a downside for children

California voters eked out a win for children more than two decades ago based on a “sin tax.” Proposition 10 slapped cigarettes with a hefty surcharge to pressure smokers to give up their habit and