Paid Family and Medical Leave: An Essential Component for an Equitable and Comprehensive Early Childhood SystemPaid Family and Medical Leave: An Essential Component for an Equitable and Comprehensive Early Childhood System
This session was presented during BUILD 2022 National Conference.
What will it take to get to Paid Medical and Family Leave (PMFL) for All? Parents and caregivers need time to bond with their babies and PMFL is a critical step toward racial, economic, and health equity and is an essential foundation for an equitable early childhood system. Momentum is growing in states throughout the country to establish and improve PMFL policies. Join advocates and experts to learn why PMFL policies that center equity are so important, where we fall short, and how we can move toward Paid Leave for All.
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State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
Report December 4, 2024
This comprehensive child welfare resource from Child Trends provides state and national data on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, permanency, and older youth in care. The data are essential to help policymakers understand how many children and youth come in contact with the child welfare system, and why. States can use this information to ensure that their child welfare systems support the safety, stability, and well-being of all families in their state.
Ensuring Children in Foster Care get the Supports They Need: Innovating Our Way to Solutions
Blog November 26, 2024
Since 2020, BUILD Initiative has explored how the child welfare system and other early childhood systems (i.e., health, mental health, housing, early intervention, transportation, economic support, early care and education and all the child-and-family serving systems) can align and work together to achieve better outcomes for children and families. According to Dr. Cynthia Tate, who leads the project, several states are developing promising programs, policies, and strategies that can inspire other states.
Authentic Family & Community Engagement CoP: Part 2
Blog November 26, 2024
This is part 2 of 2 of the blog series on Collaborative Leadership and Power Building through Family and Community Partnerships.