Ensure all children will have healthy births and supportive mothers, fathers, families, and communities with resources to develop, grow, and flourish without being defined by one's income, race, ethnicity, or zip code.
What is the Minnesota PN-3 Coalition?
Department of Children, Youth and Families
What is coordinated system planning?
_________ Matters!
What is Implementation?
75th percentile
What are important steps in increasing compensation for providers?
Alliance for Early Success and Pritzker
Who helped fund the coalition activities?
“Prenatal to Age 3: A Comprehensive, Racially-Equitable Policy Plan for Universal Healthy Child Development”
What are the policies that came out of statewide listening sessions?
Paid Leave
What is one of the key wins, making Minnesota the first state in the Midwest to adopt paid leave?
HF 1436 and HF 2058
What are initiatives to address the mental health of underserved communities?
Retain staff
What is the impact of the investments?
$17 Billion
What is the state budget surplus?
Health Care Access and Equity
What other organizations came to the table as part of the PN-3 effort?
Up to $8,500
What are the new early childhood scholarships?
Policy is a loop
What is this work never ends?
What is an outcome of state funding that will strengthen connections and community?
$750 million
What are the new funds available for early childhood?
"When I first started, there wasn’t any talk about policy in early childhood. As the years have gone by, we have gotten more and more organized. We have found our voices and are encouraged to talk about the things that families need."
What is successful coalition building? OR Who is Nancy Jost?
Grow Your Own
What are early childhood educator programs that recruit and prepare community members to enter the teaching profession?
Doulas
What is a core component of health equity that can bring together diverse perspectives?
7 percent
What is the cap on copayments that is the goal of the investment in scholarships?
What is the greatest legislative session for children and families?
Rural Lens
What is having a big tent?
$1,750 per child
What is the state Child Tax Credit?
Parent Child+
What is the impact of increased investment in home visiting?
What is continuous Medicaid coverage for young children up to age 6 and 12- month continuous coverage for all other children enrolled in Medicaid?
The Trifecta
What is the political makeup of the Minnesota House, Senate, and Governor?