Strategies

Regulate mental health insurance to increase access to mental health services, including treatment for substance use disorders

Support quality improvement efforts in early child care and preschool via financial incentives, standards, processes to monitor standards and ensure compliance, etc.

Provide center-based programs that support cognitive and social-emotional growth among children who are not old enough to enter formal schooling

Provide center-based programs that support cognitive and social development among young children from families with low incomes, with supports such as home visiting or parental education

Provide publicly funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) education to 3- and 4-year-olds, through large-scale or universal efforts

Prevent radon from entering occupied buildings and reduce existing indoor air radon levels via soil depressurization, home or room pressurization, heat recovery ventilation, etc.

Provide comprehensive early childhood services, including high quality educational child care, health, and family support to address local needs

Provide assistance to families with low incomes to make their homes more energy efficient and to permanently reduce their energy bills