Healthy and positive child development emerges best in the context of nurturing, warm, and responsive early parent- and caregiver-child relationships, when children are surrounded by safe communities with strong trust and social connectedness. This landing page offers information on the Center for the Study of Social Policy’s approach, frequently asked questions, blog posts, additional resources,…
The Perspectives on Early Relational Health Series brings together a diverse group of parents, pediatricians, researchers, and providers to share their perspectives on why early relational health matters, and what they are doing to support and promote foundational early relationships.
At the end of 2021, more than two dozen funders came together for the first Early Relational Health (ERH) Funders Summit, co-sponsored by Einhorn Collaborative with the ERH Coordinating Center at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP). These funders are part of a new community – the ERH Funders Community – who…
For decades, field leaders and funders have focused on developmental screening and kindergarten readiness as markers of child and family well-being. While those efforts have advanced a policy and community emphasis on Head Start, universal Pre-K, and other efforts in early education, public officials have placed much less emphasis on the critical importance of foundational…