Translating the science of early childhood development into real impact. 🧠 #LEARNwithZTT and #ThinkBabies to build a better future.Zero to Three is dedicated to ensuring a strong start for every child. Explore our resources, research, and advocacy for early childhood development.

Core values

- **Addressing Mental Health**: They focus on infant and early childhood mental health, an area where up to 22% of children in poverty experience mental health conditions. Their efforts in this area can prevent long-term mental health issues and reduce future treatment costs[4].
- **Building Strong Foundations**: They work on comprehensive policies and systems to support families, caregivers, and professionals, ensuring a strong start in life for babies and toddlers[2].
- **Equity and Inclusion**: Their initiatives aim to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the infant and early childhood mental health clinical workforce, addressing systemic barriers and disparities[1].
- **Evidence-Based Systems**: The establishment of the Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems Evidence to Impact Center supports states in building equitable and family-centered early childhood systems, improving health and well-being outcomes for young children and their families[3][5].