Cash Transfers: A Proven Strategy to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families - Early Learning Nation

Cash Transfers: A Proven Strategy to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families - Early Learning Nation

Research has shown that birth through age 3 is the period of a child’s most rapid and sensitive development, and studies have proven that when a family encounters financial hardship during a child’s early years, the experience can disrupt the child’s brain development and compromise the foundation of their learning, behavior and health. That’s problematic, but there’s evidence supporting the idea that an infusion of even a relatively small amoun…