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State-Based Resources

States are incubators for innovative ideas and often set the trends about which policy strategies build momentum and which do not. Learn what your state is doing to support very young children and how infants and toddlers are faring by visiting your state’s page below.

Each page includes articles highlighting state policies and initiatives that support infants, toddlers, and their families. They also include the State of Babies Yearbook: 2019 State Profile, where you can learn how your state measures up on indicators related to Good Health, Strong Families, and Positive Early Learning Experiences.

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How can family child care support infant mental health in their mixed-age programs?
With thoughtful, intentional practice, mixed-age family child care settings can nurture infant mental health by supporting secure relationships, trust, and… Home Leer en español. Dear ZERO TO THREE, How can family child care programs support infant mental health in their mixed-age programs? — Family Child…
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Voices of Families: Insights from Ohio Listening Sessions on Perinatal Substance Use
Home Leer en español. Safe Babies, a program of ZERO TO THREE™, conducted listening sessions with families across Ohio to… Home Leer en español. Safe Babies, a program of ZERO TO THREE™, conducted listening sessions with families across Ohio to better understand the lived experiences…
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Active Efforts and the Indian Child Welfare Act
Protecting Native children and supporting Native families to stay together Native children are disproportionately represented in child welfare systems. The… Protecting Native children and supporting Native families to stay together Native children are disproportionately represented in child welfare systems. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)…
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Stoking Hope in Early Childhood Education: Ten Trauma-Sensitive Tips for Supporting Families
Home Leer en español. In Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools, I wrote that creating trauma-sensitive learning environments demands profound hope, but it’s not a hope that will have “you batting your eyes in anticipation of some imaginary place in the bright blue sky where…
Strengthening Families with Infants and Toddlers: A Policy Framework for States
A roadmap for states to shift from crisis response to family well-being.… Every baby has enormous potential. But too often, families only receive support after a crisis brings them into the child welfare system. This updated executive summary of the policy framework from Safe…
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Holding Space with Heart: Trauma and Young Children
Come together as a community to pause, connect, and support one another during a moment when our care and attention… We are living through a period of profound national upheaval, and its impact is being felt deeply by young children, families, and the early childhood…