This toolkit aims to facilitate collaboration among state-level policymakers, agency leaders, administrators, and other partners to pinpoint the connections between policies that promote family well-being and those that prevent child maltreatment. The resources in this toolkit are intended to inform and encourage dialogue, collaboration, and action among state leaders responsible for promoting positive outcomes among children, families, and communities in their states.
These resources were developed by the Measuring Up project, which works to identify family and community circumstances as well as policies and programs that help children develop optimally and equitably. The project focuses on identifying these factors for the prenatal period (before birth) through age 2. We also identify risk factors that may hinder very young children’s optimal development.