What Providers Need: Strengthening the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Workforce

A series of issue briefs, funded by Perigee, outline opportunities to advance infant, early childhood, and parent mental health in Washington State. Informed by family, provider, community, and system leaders from across the state, these resources make the case for deepening the state's collective focus on supporting mental health and wellbeing during the earliest years. This brief discusses the robust and equitable infrastructure required to build and retain a diverse and effective infant and early childhood mental health workforce.