prenatal

Yesterday, health, faith and education groups from across the state gathered in the Capitol Rotunda today to urge the State Legislature to make healthy babies a priority this session.  In 2010, almost 1,600 low-income women lost access to prenatal care coverage under Medicaid.  The groups urged the Legislature to pass…...

In this year’s Kids Count in Nebraska report, I wrote about the importance of investing in early childhood, because those first few years in a child’s life can have an enormous impact in the long-run. Kids who struggle – in one way or another – before the age of 8 are likely…...