Babies, Toddlers, and Systems that Support Them and Their Families Webinar
States and communities are advancing innovative ways to support critical facets of infant and toddler development as part of their early childhood systems focus. The leaders participating in this webinar highlighted their systems approaches, their leveraging of resources, and their ideas for the future. Speakers drew on their work overseeing a statewide Early Head Start-Child Care partnership; a multi-county integrated health and wellness initiative that includes mental health, family engagement and systems integration; and a community initiative focused on thriving babies that brings together services, system, community and family level strategies.
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Medicaid Expansion Narrows Maternal Health Coverage Gaps, But Racial Disparities Persist
Report September 16, 2021
A new report from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families shows that a state’s decision on whether to expand Medicaid has a profound impact on women of childbearing age (18-44). In 2019, across all racial and ethnic groups, women in non-expansion states were more likely to be uninsured than women in states that had expanded Medicaid. Research shows that expanding Medicaid health coverage helps to lower maternal mortality rates and increases access and use of health care among women of childbearing age. Closing the coverage gap is a critical first step to combatting the maternal health crisis in our country and addressing persistent racial and ethnic health inequities.
Opportunities to Invest State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in Prenatal to Three
Article September 16, 2021
The State and Local Fiscal Recover Fund (SLFRF) is providing counties with $65.1 billion in funding to cover increased expenditures, replenish lost revenue, and mitigate economic harm from the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource highlights examples of SLFRF spending strategies from counties across the country.
Changing the Childhood Obesity Conversation to Improve Children’s Health
Report September 9, 2021
How we talk about child health and obesity matters. Growing evidence shows that where we live and what we earn shapes the options available to us in terms of food and activity.