Policy Priorities


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Two Key Policy Goals
Five Core Principles
Policy Framework

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Grounded in our Five Core Principles, we focus on two Key Policy Goals that deliver strong results for children, families, and state economies. Our Policy Framework shows how we organize our policy guidance, taking you from big picture vision to policy specifics.

The bedrock principles that shape every recommendation:

  1. Target support where it’s needed most

  2. Put families first

  3. Strengthen markets, don’t replace them

  4. Empower communities to lead

  5. Focus on results, not just spending



How we organize our policy guidance:

From Goals —> Strategies —> Policies