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April Update: Prenatal-to-3 State Legislative Trends

Just like that, we find ourselves 3 months into the 2024 legislative sessions! In this month’s post, we cover legislative trends in five prenatal-to-3 policy areas we’re tracking across multiple states. Some efforts are near

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

The 2023 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap Report Illuminates Conditions in Ohio and Around the Country

Vanderbilt University’s Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center (PN-3) just issued its annual State Policy Roadmap, exploring ways that the states (and D.C.) can improve conditions so infants and toddlers can thrive. The Roadmap focuses on 12 solutions shown

Oklahoma Makes Progress on Family Leave, but More Needs to be Done — Opinion

The United States is the only industrialized nation without a paid leave policy. I spent the better part of last week at a conference hosted by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center looking at Paid Family

After universal preschool’s launch, how will Colorado resolve problems facing parents and children?

When Colorado’s universal preschool program was set to launch, Carly Sargent-Knudson looked forward to full days in the classroom for 4-year-old Rune, paid for entirely by the state. She qualifies for a specialized education plan

The Value of Virginia’s Early Childhood Investments

It’s not every day you come across an investment that pays for itself within a year. A new report finds that early childhood is one of them. Analysis by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center estimates that Virginia’s investment of

Minnesota ahead of the pack in some prenatal, early childhood policies

Minnesota policies support expectant parents and young children more than other states, but there is still room for improvement, according to a team of Vanderbilt researchers. The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University evaluates

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

Tennessee ranks 49th in state services for children ages 0-3

Tennessee ranked 49th amongst the states and District of Columbia in the amount of resources available for those ages 0 to 3, according to a new report. Tennessee working parents have $26,513 available, ahead of 51st

Maine’s investments in children are paying off, according to new national study

Maine ranked 18 out of 50 states and D.C. in amount of resources a working parent has available to support their family. Consider this scenario: a single parent with an infant and a toddler who works

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