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A 100-year Review of Research on Black Families (2024)

In February 2024, Child Trends released its highly anticipated A 100-year Review of Research on Black Families, a report that explores the ways in which social science research focused on Black families has changed over 10 decades.  Understanding the ways in which research […]

We’re Glad You Asked! 30 Years of Parent Organizing (2024)

Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) latest report, We’re Glad You Asked reflects on nearly 30 years of parent-led organizing and gives insights into what COFI has learned about what it takes to center the voices of parents in policymaking […]

Embracing a City: The Kresge Foundation in Detroit 1993-2023

Embracing A City,” traces 30 years of Kresge Foundation’s work in Detroit, including unlikely partnerships, unique collaborations, varied financial tools, and bold bets used to catalyze a sustainable and equitable recovery for Detroit residents. Embracing a City gets at the […]

Care Matters: A 2024 Report Card for Policies in the States

The Century Foundation’s 2024 Care Matters Report, co-authored with Caring Acrosshttps://caringacross.org/ Generations, grades each state on a number of supportive family policies and worker rights and protections, such as paid sick and paid family leave, pregnant worker fairness, and the […]

How to Communicate Effectively About Early Relational Health: What It Is and Why It Matters

This guide is meant to be a tool to help the many voices supporting and working on Early Relational Health to speak the same language and spread awareness, spark interest, advocate holistically, and accelerate change. Author: Nurture Connection

State Leadership and Policy Action to Advance Early Relational Health (2023)

Nurture Connection’s report on “State Leadership and Policy Action to Advance Early Relational Health” by Kay Johnson,  Geoffrey Nagle, and David Willis, documents how states are advancing policies and systemic changes that support ERH and family well-being. Highlighting policies and […]

Birth Equity Action Map (2023)

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) released the Birth Equity Action Map, an interactive system mapping tools that describes urgent actions needed by specific system actors (i.e., birth equity partners) to improve birth and racial equity, and […]

The Care Movement’s Winning Tactics, Lessons, and Case Studies from the Pandemic Era and Beyond (2023)

Rachel Schumacher, Director of the Raising Child Care Fund and Shannon Rudisill, ECFC Executive Director, are among the 40+ interviews contributing to the New America new report: The Care Movement’s Winning Tactics, Lessons, and Case Studies from the Pandemic Era […]

Putting Parents at the Center of Early Childhood Solutions: A Case Study (2018)

In early 2017, the Early Learning Lab, with major support from the Overdeck Family Foundation, sought out ways to work more closely with parents to ensure that they have the best tools and strategies to help their children learn early. […]

The Risks and Rewards of Sharing Power With Your Community (Jan 2023)

This Chronicle of Philanthropy OpEd co-authored by Ira Hillman, Einhorn Collaborative, and Mia Halthon, parent leader with the Michigan Home Visiting Parent Leadership group, explores a unique structure for sharing power and building trust within the work of the Early […]

Cash Transfers Support Infant and Toddler Development (March 2023)

This report from Child Trends summarizes the evidence base on cash transfers and illustrates how these policies can support infant and toddler development and narrow the income gaps in early childhood experiences.

Nurture Connection

Nurture Connection is a movement to promote strong, positive, and nurturing early relationships and to build healthier, resilient, and more connected communities. The website is a powerful communication tool that will further our movement-making efforts to advance Early Relational Health. […]

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