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Strong Families
We can nurture strong families that allow babies and toddlers to thrive by enacting policies which address the following issues: Basic Needs, Family Leave, Child Welfare, and Home Visiting.
Parents play the most active and significant role in their baby’s healthy development. Young children learn and grow in strong families where parents are able to successfully face the challenge of caring for their children, while, at the same time, meeting their work and other responsibilities. We can nurture strong families that allow babies and toddlers to thrive by enacting policies which address the following issues: Basic Needs, Family Leave, Child Welfare, and Home Visiting.
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