Strategies

Provide funding via tax credits at the state and local level to support development and rehabilitation costs of low income rental housing

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

Establish tenant protections via regulations to the housing rental market such as limits on rent increases and eviction protections for tenants with low incomes; typically via rent stabilization

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

Create designated tax districts that generate revenue to invest in affordable housing initiatives, blight remediation, and economic development efforts