Start Early's Take
Repurposing research into owned perspective
The national childcare crisis has reached a boiling point, but as Dr. María José González-Hernández explained on NPR’s Weekend Edition, systemic models already exist to turn this trajectory around.
Our latest longitudinal research emphasizes that the solution requires cohesive funding pools alongside localized parent support structures. When communities merge policy advocacy with on-the-ground home visiting curricula, early development metrics improve exponentially by age 5.
Start Early has mapped out a three-tier execution brief aimed at reducing the childcare gap across metropolitan and rural districts alike.