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Top 10 Wins for Babies in 2024
In 2024, babies won at both the federal and state levels thanks to the power of supporters raising their voices and families sharing their personal and powerful stories.
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Policy Center: Advocating for Early Childhood Policy
Babies need someone to give them a seat at the table.
That’s us.
That’s us.
ZERO TO THREE’s Policy Center is vocal on Capitol Hill and in states across the nation, providing early childhood policy and advocacy resources about the importance of the first three years of life. To ensure all babies have a strong start in life, we promote good health, strong families and positive early learning experiences for all infants and toddlers, with special emphasis on those impacted by racism, economic inequality, and other forms of oppression.
We engage with national, state, and local policymakers to demand the programs babies need, such as child care, paid family and medical leave and the expanded Child Tax Credit.
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We support policies that prioritize the needs of young children so they can thrive.
Who We Are
Our policymakers have a responsibility to prioritize babies.
We are a non-partisan, research-based center working at all levels of government and across multiple issue areas that affect babies and their families.
Our work includes:
Federal policy
State and local policy
Advocacy through Think Babies™
A focus on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health across our work
Child welfare transformation through Safe Babies
See archival data about how each state measures up in giving babies a strong start in life.
What We Do
Shaping systems to support babies
ZERO TO THREE has decades of experience fighting for policy changes that improve the lives of babies and their families. No other organization has our track record of influencing decision makers to consider how their choices affect our babies.
- We build resources that illustrate how babies and their families are faring across the country.
- We recruit powerful parent advocates and work with state partners to ensure their voices are heard by policymakers at every level of government.
- We support policy and advocacy leaders in states building better systems and working toward policy wins for babies.
- We advocate and lobby for policies that affect millions of families with young children.
Each year, we bring a family from each state and DC to Capitol Hill to meet with policymakers.
[Strolling Thunder] made me realize just how important it was not to tune out, because decisions that impact our lives are being made every day, whether or not we choose to engage.
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Why I Traveled 2,000 Miles to Advocate for Quality, Affordable Child Care
A typical working mom struggling to find child care, Amy joined Strolling Thunder and took her story to Capitol Hill to encourage Congress to Think Babies.
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EdSurge Article Highlights the Importance of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
The last few years have been a strain on nearly everyone, with routines disrupted, social interactions curtailed, and stress and anxiety running high.
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Be a Big Voice for Little Kids
Bring attention to what babies and their families need to thrive.
