Child Trends and Safe Babies™, a program of ZERO TO THREE, presented findings from a study of six states focused on strategies for expanding prevention for infants and toddlers and their families, including through the Family First Prevention Services Act. There is also a dialogue with state and parent leaders on how they have developed and refined their prevention work for very young children and families, barriers and facilitators to the work, and how prevention-oriented agencies can partner to support families.
Presenters:
Kendra Dunn, Director, Division of Community and Family Support, Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Kimberly Nabarro, Parent Leader, Safe Babies, ZERO TO THREE
Jaclyn Szrom, Senior Policy Manager, Safe Babies, ZERO TO THREE
Rebecca Vivrette, Research Scientist, Child Trends
Join Safe Babies, a program of ZERO TO THREE™, for a webinar led by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on understanding trauma language to enhance practices in Safe Babies courts.
Through the lens of the National Diaper Bank Network, this article identifies diaper insecurity as a public health issue and examines its effects on child health, development, parental well-being, and access to child care and employment, while highlighting the importance of investments in diapers, health care, child care, and family support programs to help children thrive.