Since the release of our 2020 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap, every state has increased their investment in at least one effective Roadmap policy, but the choices they have made vary considerably. The distinct choices that
Research is clear that money matters for children’s wellbeing and achievement. Greater income allows parents to better meet children’s basic needs, and financial stability can reduce parental stress. State child tax credits (CTCs) provide one
Ever since the successful temporary expansion of the federal child tax credit (CTC) in 2021, state CTCs have become an increasingly common state policy to support families’ economic stability. Prior to the expansion, only 6
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,
ARIZONA’S POLICY CHOICES IMPACT FAMILY RESOURCES A state’s policy choices do not operate in isolation from one another. Instead, they interact to provide critical resources and create a system of support of varying generosity for
ARKANSAS’S POLICY CHOICES IMPACT FAMILY RESOURCES A state’s policy choices do not operate in isolation from one another. Instead, they interact to provide critical resources and create a system of support of varying generosity for
ALASKA’S POLICY CHOICES IMPACT FAMILY RESOURCES A state’s policy choices do not operate in isolation from one another. Instead, they interact to provide critical resources and create a system of support of varying generosity for
CONNECTICUT’S POLICY CHOICES IMPACT FAMILY RESOURCES A state’s policy choices do not operate in isolation from one another. Instead, they interact to provide critical resources and create a system of support of varying generosity for
DELAWARE’S POLICY CHOICES IMPACT FAMILY RESOURCES A state’s policy choices do not operate in isolation from one another. Instead, they interact to provide critical resources and create a system of support of varying generosity for
COLORADO’S POLICY CHOICES IMPACT FAMILY RESOURCES A state’s policy choices do not operate in isolation from one another. Instead, they interact to provide critical resources and create a system of support of varying generosity for