State

As part of our focus on emotional development, Think Babies™ partner, Georgetown Center for Children and Families, released new resources for state policymakers and advocates. Their new report, Using Medicaid to Ensure the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Infant and Toddlers, and related webinar highlights practical state strategies to ensure that young children and their families in Medicaid receive the support they need to support strong mental health. ...

In June 2018, the National Governor’s Association (NGA) convened an expert roundtable conversation to review the latest research on early childhood development and current state efforts to support infants and toddlers and their families. In partnership with the Think Babies^TM campaign, NGA recently released a report of that conversation that lays out what state leaders need to do to ensure strong futures for babies and their families.

In this blog post, Think Babies^TM national partner NCSL discusses the importance of healthy nutrition for infants and toddlers and how public policies  and programs can help.

This blog post from Think Babies^TM state partner, The Children’s Alliance discusses the challenges faced by young parents of young children and how policies like access to quality child care can support them.

This blog post from the Think Babies^TM state partner, The Children’s Alliance summarizes the first Washington State Strolling Thunder^TM event held on July 27, 2018 in Seattle WA.

This article from the Warwick Post covers RI state lawmakers reading to infants and toddlers as a part of Rhode Island Reads.

This article from WPRI covers the recent wing by RI advocates, including Think Babies^TM state partner Rhode Island Kids Count, of increased child care reimbursement rates for high quality programs, with the largest increases for those serving infants and toddlers.

This clip from Legislative Insight shows video coverage of Rhode Island’s May 16^th, 2018 Strolling Thunder^TM event in Providence, RI.

This article from RI Parent Magazine summarizes the first Rhode Island state Strolling Thunder^TM event which took place on May 16, 2018 in Providence, RI.

This article from the Providence Journal highlights information from Rhode Island Kids Count regarding the challenges families face in access to quality affordable child care and the need for policy solutions.