Learn more about the latest research, articles, and findings on the importance of supporting babies age 0-3 for the benefit of all our futures.
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This issue brief focuses on administrative actions that the Biden-Harris administration, as well as state leaders, can take to build on and improve upon the gains made under the Affordable Care Act.
In this episode, For Our Babies founder Dr. Ron Lally, from the Center For Child and Family Studies at WestEd, talks with Marcy Whitebook, from the Center for the Study of Childcare Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, about the current state of infant/toddler workforce conditions.
When the Model Work Standards were first crafted more than two decades ago, they were built on the premise of Good Child Care Jobs = Good Care for Children.These revised standards reflect a 21st-century context in which “quality improvement” efforts have consistently missed the mark when it ...
This issue brief from American Progress explores the positive impacts that universally available family support programs such as Family Connects have on communities by serving all families and connecting those most in need to additional community resources.
This fact sheet includes policy recommendations and research regarding why to invest in high quality infant/toddler care.
Research paper on the association between employer-offered leave characteristics and maternity leave duration.
An article by J. Ronald Lally about the importance of early development on later success in school.
This article written by Dr. Ronald Lally from Phi Delta Kappa describes the research showing that school readiness preparation begins in infancy.
Research paper exploring decisions on maternity leave and associated mother/child outcomes.
Walter Gilliam is the Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale University Child Study Center and the Director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. Walter is on the Board of Directors of ZERO TO THREE, the Board of ...
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