Advocates for Children and Youth’s Birth to Three Strategic Initiative is a partnership with the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Foundation that began in July 2017 to improve outcomes for children ages birth through three, and their families, in Baltimore City.
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Birth to Three Data Presentation on Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties
Click here to see our presentation on early childhood data for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.
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Increase Funding for Care Coordination through Thrive By Three
Having successfully partnering with Senator Feguson and Delegate Jones to create the Thrive by Three legislation in the 2018 Legislative Session, we are thrilled to continue our efforts to ensure the Thrive By Three Fund is robustly funded. Our 2019 legislation includes…
Allow Counties to Form Local Maternal Mortality Review Teams
ACTION ALERT: In Maryland, black women are 3-4 times more likely to die within a year of childbirth than white women are. Let us prevent these deaths from happening by creating Local Maternal Mortality Review Teams. Send a letter to your legislator…
Include Racial Disparity Data in the Annual Maternal Mortality Review Team Report
In Maryland, Maternal Mortality is on the rise. Maryland’s maternal mortality rate for 2011-2015 is 20% higher than its rate for 2006-2010. However, what is even more alarming and presents a true public health crisis is that in Maryland, black…
Where We Stand: Birth to Three
HB 248/SB 181: Education - Child Care Subsidies - Mandatory Funding Level: This legislation builds on last year's successes expanding Maryland's Child Care Subsidy program. It simply speeds up the implementation of last year's expansions by requiring Maryland's subsidy be at least at the 60th percentile of market value by FY…
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Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Supports for Young Children
ACY is thrilled to be part of a team that received a Technical Assistance (TA) grant from Zero to Three to improve Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health across Maryland. Leading our team is Kay Connors, and Instructor at the…
Maryland and DC are working together to create a joint Infant Mental Health Association– IMHA-MD/DC
On January 17th, the IMHA-MD/DC will be having it's first Board of Directors meeting! Membership application coming soon! ACY is proud to have Melissa Rock, the Director of our Birth to Three Strategic Initiative, as the Membership Chair on the…