NCCP FOCUS AREAS
Economic supports for low-income families
- Reducing inequities in public benefit supports
- Mitigating benefit cliffs
- Expanding paid family and medical leave
Access to high-quality early education
- Expanding high quality programs
- Providing fair compensation and essential supports for teachers
- Improving the quality of early education
Supports for young children and their parents with mental health needs
- Promoting policies that identify and address the mental health needs of infants, toddlers, and young children
- Elevating supportive policies across systems, including child care, child welfare, early intervention
Access to supports and services for children and families living with disabilities
- Reducing barriers to health care for people with developmental disabilities
- Improving access to paid leave for families living with disability
- Strengthening the Part C Early Intervention Program
Two-generation supports for families with young children
- Promoting programs and policies that help families access both supports for child development and adult education and job readiness
Inclusion of immigrant families
- Ensuring state public benefit programs include immigrants
- Assessing the impact of immigration enforcement on children of immigrants
- Documenting community needs for immigrant serving organizations
HOW WE DO OUR WORK
NCCP engages in the following types of activities to promote the best policies for low-income children and families.
Research Approach
NCCP uses research to identify strong policy options and strategies for effective policy implementation. We do this through:
- Conducting rigorous research
- Evaluating program and policy impacts
- Conducting needs assessments
- Examining policy implementation
- Synthesizing evidence
We conduct our research in partnership with a wide range of organizations and stakeholders to support the development and implementation of policies that help low-income children and families thrive.
Online resources that provide policy and demographic data: