Funding renewals from major philanthropic organizations will strengthen operations and research efforts aimed at improving outcomes for young children and families.
Press Contact: Sydne Lewis, 615-343-9946, sydne.lewis@vanderbilt.edu
The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University Peabody College of education and human development celebrates the most recent renewed 铿乶ancial support from long-standing funders. This funding, contributed by the Pritzker Children鈥檚 Initiative, the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation re铿俥cts con铿乨ence in the Center鈥檚 role as a trusted resource for policymakers, agency officials and advocates working to advance effective state-level policies that support healthy child development from the start.
As the costs of raising a child continue to increase, families across the U.S. face greater difficulty accessing essential resources such as stable housing, nutritious food, quality health care and child care. Although these challenges represent only part of the broader issues affecting child development during the prenatal-to-age-3 period, the Center remains dedicated to harnessing rigorous evidence that helps states understand these conditions and identify effective solutions.
With this renewed funding, the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center will continue to:
- Expand and re铿乶e the equipping state leaders with evidence-based guidance and resources to support the development and implementation of effective state policies tailored to the wellbeing of children, parents and caregivers.
- Enhance the an interactive tool that demonstrates the impact of state policy choices by providing state-to-state comparisons of a family鈥檚 total resources and highlighting substantial variations in available resources during the critical prenatal-to-age-3 period across the
- Leverage the to disseminate evidence review 铿乶dings that inform state policy agendas for improved family outcomes related to at least one of the Center鈥檚 eight prenatal-to-3 policy
- Partner with state leaders, decisionmakers and advocates to ensure policy solutions are rooted in real-world conditions and community-driven data.
Through offering a comprehensive set of the Center connects data and policy in ways that proactively respond to emerging health, education and family support needs. Designed not just to inform policy decisions but to mobilize long-term systems change and sustainability, key services and supporting tools include:
- 鈥� Landscape scans that visualize the organization of early childhood programs across all 50 states and the District of Columbia鈥攐utlining key opportunities and challenges within each state governance structure.
- – Targeted research and policy briefs that make complex data accessible for a variety of audiences and translate key 铿乶dings into clear insights that explain why programs do or do not work.
- Policy Academies – Expert-facilitated convenings that bring together cross-sector stakeholders such as state legislators and childhood policy advocates to explore policy opportunities and co-develop implementation
- – Action readiness guides offering real-time legislative updates, coverage of key policy developments and explainers of important prenatal-to-3 topics.
Funders such as the Pritzker Children鈥檚 Initiative, the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have been instrumental in enabling the Center to deliver the best available research that informs policy solutions suited to help all families access vital resources. Their ongoing support fuels the Center鈥檚 ability to remain a guiding force for progress-oriented policies and investments that provide every child with an opportunity to grow up in a community where lifelong success is possible.
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