Published:
September 16, 2020
Low-income families struggle to access health insurance, child care and adequate wages, creating stress that can impact babies throughout their childhoods. That’s according to a new report from the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at the University of Texas at Austin. “What we’ve laid out is that it’s not just about investing in child care programs or just in parenting programs alone, but some of the broader family supports like paid family leave or making sure that work pays enough to make sure children get off to a healthy start,” said Cynthia Osborne, who directs the center.