Supporting a Comprehensive Approach to a Fiscal Agenda
This tool is designed to support you in considering the readiness of your community or state to work on prenatal to five fiscal strategies and to plan next steps in response to the current status, and context, of your state or community. The tool includes questions focused on readiness, including previous fiscal planning work, with prompts to explore and reflect on the work in your state or community. It also discusses next steps to align your work with the comprehensive approach to fiscal strategies and reflection on how to advance a system strategies agenda.
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Moving Away from Family Separation: Cross-Systems Strategies to Support Young Children at Risk of Child Welfare Involvement
Report March 12, 2026
Between October 2024 and April 2025, the BUILD Initiative hosted a six-part webinar series, offered through BUILD’s Prenatal-to-Three Capacity Building Hub. This report provides key learnings and highlights from the webinar series.
Community Births – A Solution to Maternity Care Deserts
Archived Webinar March 3, 2026
According to the March of Dimes 2024 report, "Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the United States," 1,104 counties, or about 35% of the nation’s 3,142 counties, are designated as Maternity Care Deserts.
Evidence for Expanded Access to Head Start and Early Head Start
Blog February 27, 2026
Head Start and Early Head Start have been proven effective for supporting young children’s development, and their parents, for many years. But did you know that Head Start and Early Head Start can reduce child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement?