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.
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Supporting Young Children Experiencing Separation and Trauma
Resources for Adults Who Care for Them… Young children and their families can be tremendously affected by trauma, with significant implications for well-being well into the future. And while young children can be very expressive, they often do not have the skills or ability…
Kentucky Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Team (START) program for Parents Involved with the Child Welfare System
Kentucky is engaged in cross-system collaboration to meet the needs of young children with substance-abusing parents involved with the child… Kentucky is engaged in cross-system collaboration to meet the needs of young children with substance-abusing parents involved with the child welfare system. The Kentucky…
Meeting the Challenge Full Report
This article, released in June 2014, discusses how the most recent ELC grantees (Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and… This article, released in June 2014, discusses how the most recent ELC grantees (Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont) are targeting infants and…
Meeting the Challenge: Engaging and Supporting Families
This excerpt from “Meeting the Challenge: How the Newest Early Learning Challenge Grantees Can Meet the Needs of Infants and… This excerpt from "Meeting the Challenge: How the Newest Early Learning Challenge Grantees Can Meet the Needs of Infants and Toddlers" discusses grantees’ plans to…