The First Five Years is a weekly radio program presented by Maryland Family Network and airing on WEAA 88.9 FM. The program was previously on WYPR 88.1 FM. The series is focused on the extraordinary developmental period from birth to age five. The First Five Years highlights the challenges and opportunities related to nurturing young children and helping them build a solid foundation for success in school and in life. This program is made possible in part by M&T Charitable Foundation.
Maryland will become a haven for women seeking freedom of reproductive choice. Yet many, mostly poor women of color, will not have access to the refuge Maryland and other states provide. Let’s agree to provide a solid future for their children regardless of our personal politics.
The Turnaway Study (University of California San Francisco)
The State of America's Children (Children's Defense Fund)