Baby’s First Years supports 1,000 low-income families, 80 percent of whom are Black or Hispanic, in greater New Orleans, New York City, the Twin Cities, and the Omaha metro area. First project of its kind, designed to assess whether an additional $4,000 of family income during early childhood would cause the improvements in child development we know are correlated with child poverty reduction.

Related Resources:

• Related findings and a compilation of other research and evaluation on the impact of cash assistance on children, parents and families can be found here.

ECFC members supporting (as of May 2026):

• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Bezos Family Foundation
• Gates Foundation
• Brady Education Foundation
• Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund
• Heising-Simons Foundation
• Perigee Fund
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Valhalla Foundation
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation