Prenatal-to-Three Capacity-Building Hub

With the BUILD Initiative housing and managing it, the Prenatal-to-Three Capacity-Building Hub supports early childhood leaders, advocates, policymakers, and practitioners from inside and outside state and local governments, and provides consultation, support services, and opportunities for peer exchange. BUILD, and many partner organizations, are helping states and communities create and strengthen prenatal-to-three policies and programs, address racial disparities, and support historically (and currently) marginalized communities—and then sharing what works.

The Hub is progressively growing its national efforts to increase the knowledge of all state and community leaders and coalitions by sharing promising strategies and resources that others can adopt or adapt to improve maternal health, birth outcomes, and infant/toddler well-being.

Prenatal-to-Three Capacity-Building Hub Goal

The Capacity-Building Hub aims to help grantee states and communities, by 2023, reduce by 25 percent the gap between the children and families served by high-quality programs and the children and families who want high-quality services but don’t have access to them.

Our Work: Hub Supports

The Prenatal-to-Three Capacity-Building Hub offers consultation, technical support, and peer opportunities to PCI state and community grantees, as well as lighter touch support to any prenatal-to-age three (PN-3) leader in all 50 states.

Support to PCI state and community grantees includes:

• Tailored Consultation: The Hub provides consultation and support to PCI’s 20 state and 10 community coalition grantees working on their prenatal-to-age-three agendas. The Hub works with an array of dedicated and knowledgeable early childhood professionals from BUILD, ZERO TO THREE, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Vital Village, Start Early, and independent consultants, whom we refer to as Hub Leads. Hub Leads partner with state and community coalition leaders to support them in implementing targeted strategies to achieve universal goals, including reducing disparities, growing and investing in diverse prenatal-to-three leaders, and identifying sound fiscal strategies that sustain and adequately support their prenatal-to-three systems.
• PN-3 XChange: The PN-3 XChange is an online community that unites professionals in the prenatal-to-three field. It facilitates the exchange of strategies, knowledge, and resources through its user-friendly platform. This space empowers prenatal-to-three leaders, advocates, practitioners, parents, and champions of infants and toddlers to share ideas, ask questions, and receive prompt advice from peers and experts. Join us to access valuable job resources, webinars, and a supportive community where you can share your expertise!
• Fellowship: The current Pritzker Fellows are leaders staffing the community coalitions. The Fellows are offered coaching, peer networking, and professional development to support their leadership in executing ambitious community plans for increasing access to high-quality prenatal-to-three services.
• Tailored Learning Activities: The Hub organizes and hosts learning opportunities (webinars, Communities of Practice, in-person and virtual meetings) for grantees—some of these are open to non-grantees as well.

Fifty-state support to PN-3 leaders includes:

1. PN3 XChange: To support the 50-state strategy, the PN3 XChange is open to PN-3 leaders.
2. Help Desk and Warm Line: The PN-3 Help Desk is designed to address PN-3 challenges faced by states and communities. It involves a “request and response” format between states/communities and PN-3 experts. The Help Desk can help states and communities solve challenges that get in the way of children and families experiencing healthy beginnings, family support, and quality child care. The Help Desk serves all 50 states and can be accessed via the XChange or by calling 1-833-275-6248.
3. Learning Activities: The Hub offers broadly relevant PN-3 webinars.
4. Newsletter: The monthly PN-3 Hub Digest includes: State and Community Spotlights (summaries of the work each state and community grantee is focused on), resources and tools produced by grantees, learning opportunities geared to a national audience, resources to support grantees in their PN-3 work, and career opportunities.