ENHANCING NATIONAL REPUTATION & IMPACT
National Office of Policy & Prevention
Our National Office of Policy & Prevention seeks to leverage expertise and innovative practices in child health to achieve specific national policy and practice changes that have the potential to positively impact millions of children and families across the country.
Advancing Well Beyond Medicine
How We Spread and Scaled Our Early Care and Education Work
Our experts have generated tools and policy recommendations related to healthy eating, physical activity, breastfeeding support and screen time that enhance early care and education (ECE) professionals’ ability to influence long-term child health outcomes. We reached more than 5,845 ECE providers serving more than 255,300 children in 30 states in 2022.
Federal Policy Highlights
Enactment of Key Provisions from the TIKES Act (Telehealth)
Bipartisan Introduction of the KIDS Health Act
Convening Policymakers Around Youth Mental Health
Commitment to The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health