Place Matters:
Four Strategies to Connect Place with Early Childhood Development

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Strategies to Support Child Growth

Promote Place Fairness

Highlight location-based inequities to drive fairer resource distribution for child growth.

Connect Racism & Policy

Show how racial biases in policy impact children's opportunities and community environments.

Use Explanatory Examples

Use explanatory examples of how particular communities have taken effective action on particular issues to create a sense of shared agency.

Part-to-Whole Framing

Apply “Part-to-Whole Framing” to zoom in and explain how a particular feature of a place is intentionally designed; then zoom out to explain how that feature influences aspects of that place.

Place Matters: Four Strategies to Connect Place with Early Childhood Development